US feminists denounce Bush 'war on contraception'

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — US liberals and feminists are denouncing a "war on contraception" being waged by the Bush administration and religious conservatives who already made gains in the fight against abortion.

Although never officially declared, the left sees many facets to this war: efforts to ban the open sale of the "morning after" pill; the promotion of abstinence as the chief way of avoiding pregnancy; and the introduction of laws allowing pharmacists not to sell contraceptives.

No prominent conservative group has yet officially gone on record against the use of contraception -- with the risk of alienating a large majority of women taking the pill -- and some on the right refuse to admit the existence of a campaign.

"I do not think there is a war on...