Is the president opposed to contraception?

An excellent question from WND's Les Kinsolving to Bushmonkey's mouthpiece.

I know none of the protestants out there care. Not even the "conservative" ones.

I also know only a handful of Catholics still care. But unanimity is not truth. Democracy is not God. Only God is.

Defective will kills, kiddies.

Kills forever.

The headline on the news release from New York's Democratic Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney – supported by 18 of her fellow Democrats in the House – is a grabber: "Still Unknown: Is The President Opposed To Contraception?"

Today's letter follows a July 12 letter to the president from the same 19 members of Congress requesting clarification of his position on contraception. They have received no response to date.

White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan has twice refused to answer this question during press briefings, first on May 26 and again on July 18, when White House Correspondent Les Kinsolving raised the question for the second time in response to the members' July 12 letter.

While the White House leaves this question unanswered, some pharmacists continue to refuse to fill prescriptions for birth control.
Votes on the House floor strike mention of contraception from legislation family planning, and the president has nominated a man with no clear record on women's rights to replace the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

Maloney said: "It is absurd that the president's spokesperson is unable to answer this simple question. The continued failure of the White House to answer this question is evidence of the mounting attack on access to birth control. The only explanation is that there is an 'ongoing investigation' on contraception, dangerous to the access women have been guaranteed for decades."

The letter asks whether the president supports the right to use contraception and notes the non-responsiveness of the White House on this issue.

This congressional release includes my question of Press Secretary Scott McClellan at the White House daily news briefing this past May 26:

WND: There are news reports this morning that parents and children who were guests of the president, when they visited Congress, wore stickers with the wording, "I was an embryo." And my question is, since all of us were once embryos, and all of us were once part sperm and egg, is the president also opposed to contraception, which stops this union and kills both sperm and egg?

McClellan: I think the president has made his views known on these issues, and his views known --

WND: You know, but what I asked, is he opposed – he's not opposed to contraception, is he?

McClellan: Well, and you've made your views known, as well. The president --

WND: No, no, but is he opposed to contraception, Scott? Could you just tell us yes or no?

McClellan: Les, I think that this question is --

WND: Well, is he? Does he oppose contraception?

McClellan: Les, I think the President's views are very clear when it comes to building a culture of life --

WND: If they were clear, I wouldn't have asked.

McClellan: – and if you want to ask those questions, that's fine. I'm just not going to dignify them with a response.

So, I waited until July 18 – after the letter to the president from these 19 Democrats – and I asked McClellan:

WND: I have one follow up. Nineteen members of Congress from seven states have written a letter to the president saying that they are still waiting for an answer to a May 26th question: Is the president opposed to contraception? And my question is, could they now have an answer to my question? Or do you regard them, too, as not to be dignified with a response?

McClellan: No, I think we've talked about these issues before and these issues when it comes to the federal government and programs aimed at promoting abstinence and how those ought to be funded on at least equal footing with other programs, so I think we've addressed the president's views in that context.

Ladies and gentlemen: Do you think the president's press secretary has addressed and explained where the president stands on contraception? I don't.

Here is the whole letter from nineteen typical congressthings of The Party of Blasphemy, Buggery, and 'Bortion:

"Dear President Bush,

"On May 26, 2005, your press secretary, Scott McClellan, refused to answer a question about whether you are 'opposed to contraception.' Mr. McClellan said that he would not dignify the simple question with a response. Nearly a month later, we are still waiting for an answer from you.

"Mr. President, do you support the right to use contraception?

"Ninety-five percent of American women will use birth control at some time in their lives, and contraception is essential to healthy family planning, the prevention of unwanted pregnancies and minimizing the need for abortions.

"Today, the right to contraception is under attack by some pharmacists who have recently refused to fill valid and legal prescriptions for birth control pills and other contraceptives. Before this trend grows, responsible men and women need the president to stand up in support of their rights to contraception, not to shy away from the issue.

"Mr. President, this pervasive issue is essential to reproductive freedom and healthy family planning. We urge you to be forthright and to let the American people know where you stand. We respectfully request that you clarify your support or opposition to contraception."

And then there was this:

This letter to the president was organized by Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York and Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida. Among the 19 signatures from seven states – all Democrats – are Henry Waxman and Barney Frank.
Now, I am fairly certain Henry Waxman has never had occasion to use contraception, and I know Barney Frank never has. (In case you have not heard, Congressthing Frank currently holds the Rock Hudson Memorial Chair in Non-Euclidean Sex. This precludes conception by means even less natural than artificial contraception.)


Les Kinsolving hosts a daily talk show for WCBM in Baltimore. His radio commentaries are syndicated nationally. He is White House correspondent for Talk Radio Network and WorldNetDaily. His show can be heard on the Internet at http://www.wcbm.com/ 8-10 p.m. Eastern each weekday.

Before going into broadcasting, Kinsolving was a newspaper reporter and columnist – twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his commentary.