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Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, called the Obama administration’s decision today to exclude abortion coverage from newly created high-risk pools wrongheaded and inexplicable.
“Abortion is the most common surgical procedure women receive,” Keenan said. “At a time when the country is on the cusp of implementing nationwide health-insurance coverage, it is unacceptable to treat abortion care differently in the new high-risk pools. This policy means that women who are part of these pools because they have significant health problems, such as diabetes or cancer, will not be able to access abortion care, even if their health is at further risk. This decision puts in place a three-year restriction that is similar to the proposal from Rep. Bart Stupak that was rejected during the legislative debate on health reform.”
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Statement on Obama Administration Policy Excluding Abortion Coverage from High-Risk Pools
Motherfucker just sold us out.
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Wow.
I really thought Obama had earned my vote in 2012. Looks like I’ll be writing in Kucinich again.
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One of the arguments I always hear for government-funded abortion coverage is “Well, taxpayers shouldn’t have to worry about their taxes going to something they don’t agree with.”
Oh yeah? Then stop having MY TAXES go to paying for THE IRAQ WAR.
Here’s the thing: Billions of dollars of taxes go to the federal government each ear. Billions. The taxes you give are a mear .0000001%* or less of what the IRS gets each year. If you think about it, your money pretty much goes wherever you want it to go. I don’t want my money to go to the War, so I believe my money goes to public services such as schools and housing subsidese, etc.
It would be really nice if we could pick and choose personally where our tax money would go, but that isn’t how it works. It all gets pooled together and then divied out as the federal government deems fit.
*exaggeration, actual percentage unknown to me
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Aaaaand he just lost my vote if he chooses to run again. What a motherfucker. STOP PANDERING TO THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT.
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Wait, he just now lost your votes? Welcome to the club, guize.
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