Nancy C, I believe the Bush appointee of whom you speak is Dr. W. David Hager, who is anti-abortion of any kind, anti-contraception, anti-morning after pill, anti-sex education, anti-stem cell research and SCNT and wants women to read biblical scriptures instead of asking Midol for menstrual cramps. I think the scriptures that deal with a woman's menstrual cycle refer to her as "unclean' during her period. Linda Herman and Murray Charters do a magnifcent job of bringing us posts of pros and cons of these issues without expressing their own opinions. This may have been where I got this info. My newspaper editor's staff got his full name to put in my letter. I assumed everyone on this List was reading them. Ray ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn