59 replies to this topic

[Jacki O.]

inching forward...?

[zyko]

indeed

although i'm still concerned about the economic implication here. while i, myself, am a liberal on most matters, i find it increasingly troubling that this bill was characterized by more than a couple of representatives as a "liberal bill by liberals for liberals" which tells me that it also is a function of liberal economics which is usually pretty crappy economics. that said, this is like the greatest democratic victory since the 60s!

pelosi is LEGEND

[chalupacabra]

inching forward...?

Its an improvement for sure. Now that fucking Stupak ammendment has to be stripped in conference

[chalupacabra]

Seriously read thisand tell me that liberal for liberals bullshit.

A liberal bill would have been single payer from the start. Anyone saying this is a liberal bill shows how far right the country still is.

[Jacki O.]

ugh don't get me started on that stupid sexist anti-freedom amendment!

great so the house passed a good healthcare bill with a fucked up amendment that takes away my access to abortion services in the private health insurance that i fucking pay for. Now no one will have access to abortion services, private or public health insurance unless they can afford to pay for it themselves. So, if this amendment passes in the senate, our private health insurance can cover hard-on medicine but not abortion? Something that private health insurance companies have been doing for years? Now legally they cannot.

two steps forward, 1 step back.

retreat to move forward?

our government hates American women

[raubhimself]

The right is cool in that they can bash the left for abandoning the free market while restricting private companies based on their moral agenda and not be hypocritical.

[Jacki O.]

Cases for abortion services that are excluded: where the health but not the life of the woman is threatened by the pregnancy, severe fetal abnormalities, mental illness or anguish that will lead to suicide or self-harm, and the numerous other reasons women need to have an abortion.

[chalupacabra]

Cases for abortion services that are excluded: where the health but not the life of the woman is threatened by the pregnancy, severe fetal abnormalities, mental illness or anguish that will lead to suicide or self-harm, and the numerous other reasons women need to have an abortion.

Pro-Life until you're born, right? Fuckers.

[mshell]

Cases for abortion services that are excluded: where the health but not the life of the woman is threatened by the pregnancy, severe fetal abnormalities, mental illness or anguish that will lead to suicide or self-harm, and the numerous other reasons women need to have an abortion.

I can't even explain how enraged I am at this. I can't believe this is America. Why would we protect the rights of a blastocyst over the rights of a fully grown woman to remain healthy?

[JJames]

the bill passes the house and then the senate and commission get started. i bet most more conservative democrats will help block the republicans filibuster but will inevitably vote against the bill. This is so that they can get something through and still be able to return to his/her more conservative constituents and be able to say they voted against it. its like a game they play

[Jacki O.]

it's a total game. Now i want the Senate to either strip the Stupak (or Stupid as i like to call it) amendment from the bill or sadly i am not in support of this version of the healthcare bill.

you can't say "here's your healthcare bill! everyone gets healthcare now - except for women. Sorry. You still have to be the victims in the ideological war being waged in our government"

this is a sneaky way for anti-choice/freedom fuckfaces to circumvent Roe v. Wade and deny millions of women access to abortion services. This amendment makes it harder for women to have affordable access to abortion if they should need it.

they can't make it illegal (though they try and try) so they have to make it practically impossible.

[The Real Jeffrey Lebowski]

RNC insurance plan covers abortion

[mshell]

Just wrote letters to Diane Feinstein tonight at my planned parenthood group. We all urged her to keep the bill from going through. I'll be taking up this issue by tabling on campus to make sure students are aware of the situation. Obama said that the health care bill was going to include comprehensive reproductive health services, and planned parenthood is going to gently "remind" him of that with more letters and urging.

[Jacki O.]

Just wrote letters to Diane Feinstein tonight at my planned parenthood group. We all urged her to keep the bill from going through. I'll be taking up this issue by tabling on campus to make sure students are aware of the situation. Obama said that the health care bill was going to include comprehensive reproductive health services, and planned parenthood is going to gently "remind" him of that with more letters and urging.

word.


and sadly i will be writing a pointless letter to McCain and Kyle's offices that will fall on deaf ears because both of those fuckers are total douchefaces. i can't wait til McCain kicks the bucket...good riddance!

RNC insurance plan covers abortion

of course it did!

and now it doesn't! haha dumbasses