Actually, I had a decent weekend. John came down and had flowers delivered to me on Saturday (very silly, but appreciated nonetheless). I got my hair done Saturday morning. I then had planned on making dinner on Saturday, but John really wanted to go to Lucille�s, so we went for a late-lunch/early dinner in order to avoid the V-Day dinner crowd. We then went to brunch yesterday and he went to see his kids while I drank a bunch of Nyquil and stayed in bed. Which is where I wish I were right now. *pout*

And by the way�Yay for The Return of Mr. Big!!!!!!

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The Bush Administration has stepped up its campaign against a woman's right to choose, with a new and deeply troubling assault on personal privacy.

First, John Ashcroft's Justice Department has subpoenaed the private medical records of women across the country who've had abortion care. The Ashcroft Justice Department actually argued in court that the law shouldn't honor the confidentiality of the doctor-patient relationship.

And today we learned that Bush's hand-picked head of the Food and Drug Administration may reject the recommendation of his own advisory committee and deny an application allowing emergency contraception to be sold over-the-counter. FDA observers say that such recommendations are rarely ignored. But political pressure from the White House and Congress could trump sound science. Already the pressure has led the FDA to delay its decision, further holding women's access to this important option hostage.

As the political arm of the pro-choice movement, NARAL Pro-Choice America is prepared to fight these outrageous actions. We are the strongest voice for women's privacy rights and a woman's right to choose, and we will use every tool at our disposal to make sure the American people know how George W. Bush, John Ashcroft and their anti-choice cronies are dismantling medical privacy and a woman's right to choose.

Now more than ever, we need your financial support to help stop the Bush Administration and Attorney General John Ashcroft from trampling our rights. Pro-choice Americans must stand up to these challenges to our privacy rights and say, "Enough is enough!"

The idea of John Ashcroft rifling through our medical records is exactly what NARAL Pro-Choice America fears most. This is a man who opposes oral contraceptives, the IUD, and Depo-Provera - the very tools needed to make abortion less necessary - because he believes contraception is the same as abortion.

That view is obviously spreading throughout the Bush Administration. The FDA's looming decision can only be explained as an act of far-right politics. Emergency contraception has an excellent safety record, and it's the best way to make abortion less necessary by preventing unintended pregnancy. But far-right ideologues oppose it, and the White House has made clear that politics, not science, should rule.

Many of you stood with us to oppose Bush's nomination of John Ashcroft as Attorney General. And a record number of you joined us in calling on the FDA to approve over-the-counter sales of EC. We need you to stand up again for women's rights today. Please support our work by giving a gift to NARAL Pro-Choice America to fight John Ashcroft and the Bush Administration's war on medical privacy.

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Word of the Day for Monday February 16, 2004

plaintive PLAYN-tiv, adjective: Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.

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