Senator Cantwell Attacked By Challenger For Being Unmarried [View all]

[RandySF]

From the department of inappropriate attacks, a challenger to Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) accused her of supporting access to Plan B for minors because she is not married.

In an email to supporters Thursday, State Sen. Michael Baumgartner (R), slammed Cantwell for her support of making Plan B available to minors — a policy recently supported by the FDA but overturned by the Obama administration. According to the Seattle Times, the email noted that Cantwell is unmarried and votes frequently - as the email put it - to “undermine the role of parents in child rearing.”

Last week, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overrode a decision by the FDA to make Plan B available without a prescription to minors, questioning the judgment of minors who would be accessing it over-the-counter. Cantwell signed a letter with 13 other Senators asking Secretary Sebelius for a scientific justification for the decision.

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