Tuesday 11 August 2009

GOP Senators want to use health bill to restrict abortions

http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=08&year=2009&base_name=on_health_reform_uncertainty_b

None of the health reform proposals in Congress threaten the Hyde Amendment, which currently prevents the federal government from funding abortions. But anti-choice legislators are not satisfied. Many women will receive government subsidies to buy health insurance after reform, and Republicans -- including some senators in the all-powerful "Gang of Six" -- would like those women to be banned from accessing abortion with those funds, whether they are covered through private insurance plans or a potential public option. This would be a significant curtailing of reproductive rights, since most private insurance plans currently do offer some abortion coverage.

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