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Are they really this stupid?
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/mcconnell-gop-will-push-to-let-any-employer-deny-contraception-coverage.php?ref=fpa
I can't believe this...at first I thought it was an Onion Headline.
I didn't see this posted elsewhere..sorry if it's a dupe.
Gman
(24,780 posts)all they're doing is mobilizing the women's vote.
Hell, they're doing our GOTV for us for free.
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)You even have to ask that?
BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)Warpy
(111,339 posts)The insurance industry has never wanted to cover women's health. NEVER.
ewagner
(18,964 posts)HMOs can actually add and subtract....
They know that contraception is cheaper than even a normal vaginal birth...AND
tons cheaper than a premature, or low-birth weight, or alcohol/drug damaged birth....
I would think they would be (pardon the expression) BITCH SLAPPING the GOP as we speak...
Warpy
(111,339 posts)unless the woman has bought a family policy for triple the premiums months before she even conceives. Once she is pregnant, they will not sell her the policy to cover the birth.
Get it?
ewagner
(18,964 posts)I also didn't consider the incredible destruction of the right of a FAMILY to decide for itself when and how many children to have ...let alone a stumbling block to a WOMAN'S right to decide whether or not she wants to conceive....
This is madness on many levels.
Raven
(13,899 posts)is the government going to monitor the sex lives of all these businesspeople to make sure they're not cheating?
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)cover birth control and abortion for spouses and dependants..if the GOP wants these types of laws why don't they go after the military too, afterall they are using Fedral dollars for those medical services?