While I have long held the belief that freedom of choice means just that when it comes to sexual health, birth control and abortion - which does include the right to choose to make decisions that I don’t agree with - the outgoing US government administration just handed down legislation that will allow anyone who works in a publicly funded health care system to refuse to administer birth control and even information about it.

The Bush administration is also responsible for taking comprehensive sex ed out of the classroom and some will argue that this has done little other than lead to an increase in sexually transmitted diseases and the first increase in US teen pregnancy rates in about 20 years.

Planned Parenthood has already launched an appeal to the Obama administration asking them to protect the freedom of choice and to reverse this legislation - something that will also protect the health of women and teen girls everywhere.

If you wish to, click here to sign the petition .