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November 18, 2009
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE STUPAK AMENDMENT.... To hear Rep. Burt Stapak (D-Mich.) and his allies tell it, his amendment on public funding of abortion is simply a continuation of the status quo. The measure, as they see it, is the equivalent of adding the Hyde Amendment, which has been on the books for more than three decades, to the health care reform bill. Proponents of abortion rights have spent two weeks arguing otherwise. A new policy analysis bolsters their argument. Brian Beutler reports:
Citing the findings, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, said, "What the findings show are that women who want to purchase policies with their own money -- with their own premiums -- will not be able to buy insurance policies.... That's frankly the intention of the anti-choice movement now." DeGette added that she's spoken directly to some of the Dems who voted for the Stupak measure two weeks ago, but who did not fully appreciate what the amendment was all about. —Steve Benen 4:15 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (7)
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eliminating coverage of medically indicated abortions over time for all women in other words, if i, with my faulty heart (among other things) get pregnant, i will die. feeling the love, guys, feeling the love. Posted by: Personal Failure on November 18, 2009 at 4:50 PM | PERMALINK"DeGette added that she's spoken directly to some of the Dems who voted for the Stupak measure two weeks ago, but who did not fully appreciate what the amendment was all about." When it comes to Congresscritters, policy-wonks like Al Franken and Alan Grayson are flukes. Many Reps and Senators are horribly and frighteningly ignorant. They don't read bills or amendments before voting, they never think through the consequences of their votes, and they don't have any idea how most of their constituents are forced to live. I don't doubt that DeGette has found a lot of House dems who "did not fully appreciate" what the amendment did. Posted by: Shade Tail on November 18, 2009 at 6:26 PM | PERMALINKDo you have a woman in your family who is between being nubile and being in menopause? Then the Catholic Stupak amendment is aimed at them. It is designed to prevent insurance companies from continuing the current practice of extending health insurance benefits from covering either abortion benefits or the medical procedures required if they must medically terminate a pregnancy because of the characteristics of the fetus. Most current health insurance for women do not have these irrational religion-based limitations. This is Catholic religious doctrine, not reality. Posted by: Rick B on November 19, 2009 at 12:53 AM | PERMALINK"DeGette added that she's spoken directly to some of the Dems who voted for the Stupak measure two weeks ago, but who did not fully appreciate what the amendment was all about." Something the left wants,the public option, was debated and debated and watered down and discussed and criticized for months. Something the right wants, the Stupak amendment, came out of nowhere at the last minute with virtually no discussion and added to the bill. Is it any wonder some of these morons didn't know what they were voting for? Why do we have to fight tooth and nail for every goddamn thing, but the people who want to destroy women's rights can ram anything they want into the bill almost instantaneously? Our system is broken. Posted by: kidcharles on November 19, 2009 at 7:28 AM | PERMALINKBadly need your help. A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means. Help me! It has to find sites on the: Finasteride tablet medication. I found only this - finasteride preventive treatment for prostate cancer. Finasteride, first type is artlessly proven to loose a clinic dressing to the problems follicles, and happening very considered men. Finasteride, can you proceed and lose on shabbat? With best wishes :-(, Nika from Seychelles. Posted by: Nika on March 3, 2010 at 1:55 PM | PERMALINKHello, excellent blog, congrats. Post a comment
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