Romney: Life Begins at Pick Up Line

Romney: Life Begins at Pick Up Line

But for those trained to hear the subtleties, Mr. Romney was acknowledging something more. He implied an opposition to the birth control pill and a willingness to join in their efforts to scale back access to contraception. There are code phrases to listen for - and for those keeping score, Mr. Romney nailed each one.

One code phrase is: "I fought to define life as beginning at conception rather than at the time of implantation." The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists defines pregnancy as starting at implantation, the first moment a pregnancy can be known. Anti-abortion advocates want pregnancy to start at the unknown moment sperm and egg meet: fertilization. They'd also like you to believe, despite evidence to the contrary, that the birth control pill prevents that fertilized egg from implanting in the womb.

I think one of the fears that I have about the right and their attack on abortion is that it is just the lead to a larger effort to control peoples private lives. Once abortion is made illegal, there is serious reason to believe that other forms of birth control will be pushed into the definition. Such common tactics of birth control like the morning after or even the birth control pill be the next targets. I don't trust the religious right with that power, they have their own concepts of right and wrong, which is fine, but they are determined that the rest of us should accept them - which is not fine.

Of course this is pandering by Romney.