Frequent and Habitual Aborter

I just read a confusing memo from the gov't that is "redefining" abortion.

"The proposal defines abortion as follows: “any of the various procedures — including the prescription, dispensing and administration of any drug or the performance of any procedure or any other action — that results in the termination of the life of a human being in utero between conception and natural birth, whether before or after implantation.”

Birth control = abortion?!

Mind you, from what I can tell this is mostly dealing with funding hospitals and Dr's who disagree with providing "abortions" on moral grounds. I'm not sure the intent was to vilify users of birth control, but the language used in the above statement is certainly a slippery slope. Just think, by using this language to define abortion, I've had an abortion every month for 8 years. Thats approx. 96 possible "terminations of life" that I've been guilty of. Thanks GW!

In other news: You should acquire Ted Kopple's 4 part series on China called "The People's Republic of Capitalism". It is quite interesting and features different segments on China's ever increasing production and exporting capabilities. I've always wanted to teach English in Japan, but China is looking awfully interesting now too. The country has moved far away from communism and the gov't takes a radical approach towards businesses. As Kopple repetitively said, they are attempting to lift a huge nation out of poverty by way of big business. And it appears to be working. While citizens still don't have the ability to disagree with their government publicly, from Kopple's interviews, the general opinion is positive. (They were being videotaped, however).
I really find China's "one child policy" to be really interesting. They've such a different mind set in regards to children, where each child is precious and all of the parents hopes and dreams are siphoned into that one child. Families that have more than one child are charged something like half a years wage in penalties. Obviously this policy has some severe downfalls, more girls being aborted or abandoned, but now China seems to be seeing a bit of a gender revolution where girls are being educated and are much more equal. I suppose overcoming thousands of years of gender discrimination takes some time, but it seems to be happening now.
My point is, it's a radical (and obviously controversial) attempt to reduce China's massive population so the country can better support it's people. It's so interesting that China's policy on abortion and population limitation so drastically differs with our national byline. They are headed towards a more balanced country with a controlled population that can be supported.
We, apparently, are headed in the opposite direction. My choice not to have a child this year, because we could not successfully provide it with a stable home, is now defined as murder.

I am NOT saying the "one child" policy is something we should implement here. We have a lot of room in the US. In India there was nowhere you could ever go and be alone. There is literally not enough space for everyone. I'm assuming China is quite like that.