/tags/barack-obama/ Recent content in Barack Obama on Musafir's Musings Hugo en-us Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:43:00 -0700 /posts/2013/06/the-morning-after-pill---2007-and-now/ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:43:00 -0700 /posts/2013/06/the-morning-after-pill---2007-and-now/ <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <br/> Back in 2007, it survived opposition from hypocritical politicians and Bible thumpers.<br/> <br/> The Bush Administration was unable to stop it.  Recently, President Obama failed to restrict over the counter sale of the drug to teens 17 and over.  <br/> <blockquote> <br/> <blockquote> </blockquote> A federal judge (Edward Korman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York) approved Wednesday the Obama administration’s plan to drop its lawsuit over the “<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/judge-accepts-white-house-plan-on-morning-after-pill-92696.html">morning after pil</a>l” and offer a form of emergency contraception over-the-counter without any age restrictions, winding down a controversy that has lasted for a decade.</blockquote> </div> Good for women of America. <br/> <div class="text-center"><hr/></div> <div class="text-center"> <br/> <div class="text-justify"> <b>"(Before sex)"Dennis: Look, even if you did get pregnant, I'd marry you.</b></div> <div class="text-justify"> <b>Odette: Do you believe in centralized government or states' rights ?<o:p></o:p></b></div> <div class="text-justify"> <b>Dennis: What?Odette: I just want to know the kind of guy I'm marrying.<br/> Dennis: I'm starting to get the distinct impression you don't want to do this anymore."<br/> ---From Sarah Kernochan's 1998 film "Strike"(also released as "All I Wanna Do")<o:p></o:p></b></div> <br/> <div class="text-justify"> <br/></div> </div> <br/></div>