Well, Yes, it IS a War on Women...

Writer Elizabeth Moon on the escalating War on Women. Not sure this is a war? Think about your daughters, your sisters, the women you love -- and think about them having a doctor who decided to lie to them about their ongoing pregnancy, telling them that all was well when not only was all not well, but the fetus is dying and the woman endangered. But the doctor's religion forbids abortion for any reason. So s/he doesn't tell you a thing.

Think about your daughter having endometriosis and needing contraceptives to keep that encroaching disease in check. And not only can her employer deny her insurance company the ability to pay for the contraceptives -- her employer can fire her for using contraceptives.

Yet Viagra is deemed medically necessary.

The next step? If an employer hires only women who do not use birth control, they'll end up with a lot of pregnant women. So there will be medical leave. The employers will either hire women who are past childbearing years, or they won't hire women.

Won't that be jolly?