Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., and dozens of others Democrats have introduced legislation aimed at lifting federal restrictions on abortion that have been in place for decades.
Her Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act would gut the so-called Hyde Amendment, which bans federal funding for abortion except in instances of rape, incest or "where a physical condition endangers a woman's life unless an abortion is performed." The amendment has been reinstated annually since it first appeared in 1976, and is seen as a bipartisan compromise on the controversial issue of abortion.
"In essence the bill would end the harmful Hyde Amendment policies that restrict a woman's ability to make the best healthcare decisions for herself and her family," Lee's office said in a press release.
The bill would return abortion coverage for people who get coverage under Medicaid and Medicare, are enrolled in a government-managed health insurance program under their employer or are covered by a government provider such as the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to All Above All, an organization that "unites organizations and individuals to build support for lifting the bans that deny abortion coverage," according to its website.
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But Obama promised with his executive order that the health care bill would not cover abortion
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ReplyDelete"Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) proposed a resolution on Wednesday that said as the climate changes, it will cause food and water scarcity around the world. That will create pressures on poor women in particular, since they are often charged with growing food and collecting water for their families…
'[F]ood insecure women with limited socioeconomic resources may be vulnerable to situations such as sex work, transactional sex, and early marriage that put them at risk for HIV, STIs, unplanned pregnancy, and poor reproductive health,' it read."
Nothing in the Hyde Amendment is stopping anyone from getting an abortion.
ReplyDeleteIt just stops charging me for your abortion, as it should be.
Again !!! Democrats stand for ANYTHING in moral, foul, and against anything of human decency.
ReplyDeleteI'll gladly pay for a $600 abortion, rather than $600,000+ in benefits and special programs and subsidies, then watch the "youth" wreak destruction and violence in the streets.
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