# Why is the Obama administration fighting so hard to legally restrict access to contraception?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 1, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-obama-administration-fighting-so-hard-to-legally-restrict-access-to-contraception/657270 "2013-05-01T23:42:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Renee\_RL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7c8e57/32.png) [@Renee\_RL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee_RL)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-obama-administration-fighting-so-hard-to-legally-restrict-access-to-contraception/657270/141 "2013-05-07T21:13:25Z")

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> [@Human\_Action](#):
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> Who says it negates anything else he’s done? We don’t have to view politicians as wholly good or wholly bad at their jobs. This decision shifts Obama a few degrees closer to the “bad” end of the spectrum, is all.

let me guess…are you a democrat?

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