It's about keeping contraception away from rape victims.

"'This regulation is not about contraception. It's about abortion,' said Mike Leavitt, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

But Mr. Leavitt acknowledged that some medical providers may want to 'press the definition' and make the case that some forms of contraception are tantamount to abortion.

Karen Brauer, president of Pharmacists for Life, said she expects members of her group will do exactly that. 'It would be pretty excellent,' she said, if states lost federal funding over laws requiring pharmacists to fill birth-control prescriptions."

(Emphasis mine.)

Sixteen states currently require hospitals to provide rape victims with information about emergency contraception, but Pharmacists For Life wants to put a stop to that. Normal people see nothing wrong with protecting rape victims from unwanted pregnancy, but Karen Brauer feels we ought to be more worried about protecting rapists' sperm, and the Bush administration agrees.