Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson blew the Alabama Department of Public Health’s cover on the “morning-after” pill this week. The Department had claimed that they must provide all forms of contraception or lose their federal funding. Thompson wrote to Rep. Aderholt and said this is not the case. Dr. Miller (who is a friend of mine), who oversees the program at Public Health has said they will continue to offer the contraception in question.

It’s interesting that the Birmingham News seems to tie John Giles of the Alabama Christian Coalition much closer to this whole situation than the Advertiser piece above. It claims that he was the one who asked Rep. Aderholt to send the letter and he is the one who is looking at next steps.

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