Young: The unfathomable war against contraception

By JOHN YOUNG
Cox News Service
Monday, July 03, 2006

WACO, Texas — Two significant and long-awaited statements came the other day about birth control. One was three years in the making. The other took a year to compose.

The one that took a year came from President Bush. Last year Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., wrote the president asking his position on birth control. Getting no reply, she wrote again. And again. And again.

After five letters, which came to bear the signatures of 42 members of Congress, Maloney finally got an answer.

Assistant Secretary for Health John Agwunobi wrote that the administration "supports the availability of safe and effective products and services to assist responsible adults in making decisions about preventing or delaying conception."