Rachel Maddow on Bush's HHS Rule

I'm one of the millions of people that adores the heck out of Rachel Maddow. It's true. Her weeknight show on MSNBC is a must watch.

So after a long, long day using Bush's dangerous rule as my motivation (though a holiday vacation is just days way), I was thrilled to pieces to see this segment on the Rachel Maddow show:

I love that the Rachel Maddow show gave this dangerous, divisive rule over seven minutes of airtime, and had pro-choice Rep. Diane DeGette (CO-01) as their guest for the segment. I think they did a great job of explaining the rule and showing just how broad and far-reaching this horrifying rule really is.

In today's Washington Post, Rob Stein has a great article about the rule which really demonstrated the focus of the opposing sides:

Donna Crane, policy director for NARAL Pro-Choice America, noted that Congress has a limited window to act. "Right now our efforts are focused on the executive branch."

The regulation's supporters, including some members of Congress, vowed to defend it.

"We will marshal a nonpartisan, grass-roots coalition to prevent any weakening of current conscience protections," said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, a socially conservative group that opposes abortion.

David Stevens of the Christian Medical Association said: "We will do all in our power to ensure that health-care professionals have the same civil rights enjoyed by all Americans. These regulations are needed, do not change the law but simply stop religious discrimination 

In other words, the anti-choice groups are going to give all they've got to make sure the rule stays in place.

Let's make sure we stay vigilant, shall we?