NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin has asked the three announced candidates for governor of Wisconsin to clarify whether they believe contraception is a form of abortion.

"This request is especially pressing in light of recent comments by the state's leading anti-choice, anti-birth control interest group indicating its intention to pass legislation limiting access to contraception, which, contrary to medical science, it believes is a form of abortion," the letter said.

..."Birth control is basic health care, and the men and women of Wisconsin deserve to know where the candidates stand on this issue of fundamental importance," said Kelda Helen Roys, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin in a separate written statement.

The three candidates for governor thus far are incumbent Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat, and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and U.S. Rep. Mark Green of Green Bay, both Republicans.

Of the three, only Doyle has voiced his support for access to contraception, according to NARAL.

I can't imagine anyone believing that a true "contraception" is abortion. By its very name we know that a true "contraception" prevents conception from happening. If a drug works to prevent implantation, then it is not a "contraception" but an contra-implantation drug. Only those drugs are contraceptives.

My post makes no sense. I meant the last sentence to say: Only those drugs are abortifacients.

Given the issues at stake: a state government which recurrently tries to restrict basic medical services; passing a clause that allows health providers to deny birth control simply because they disagree with its practice; and the fact that Wisconsinites are on many different wavelengths in terms of reproductive health issues, PCW's request that candidates share their views now is perfectly appropriate.