Like Mickey Kaus Is A Democrat
By Shorter Ann Althouse: As a feminist, I believe that publicly funded hospitals should be able to deny contraception to women almost as strongly as I believe that Sam Alito should be appointed to the Supreme Court to uphold every conceivable legal regulation (and criminalization) of abortion.
The most important part of Jane’s post is her response to Althouse’s bizarre projection of her views onto the Connecticuit electorate:
By a 78 – 17 percent margin, including 74 percent of Catholics, voters would support a law requiring all Connecticut hospitals, including Catholic hospitals, to provide emergency contraception to rape victims.
I can almost understand why some people erroneously believe the pro-choice position to be unpopular. But anyone who thinks that the anti-contraception position–which is enormously unpopular among Catholics–is popular has been immersed in reactionary talking points for so long they can’t see their past their own nose. Lieberman’s belief that medical professionals can interpose their moral preening between patients and necessary medical care is not merely wrong on the merits, but utterly inconsistent with the beliefs of his constituents.