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List of Anti-Women Votes By House Republicans Since 2011
An article from Addicting Info cites figures from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce listing recent anti-women votes by the GOP (By the way, my calculator tells me these numbers add up to 65 votes, not 55):
The 55 votes have targeted women in a multiple ways:
-- 17 votes have allowed health insurance companies to discriminate against women
-- 11 votes have cut women’s access to preventive care
-- 10 votes have restricted or rolled back abortion rights or access to legal abortion
-- 7 votes have cut funding for key nutritional votes for women
-- 3 votes have blocked access to reproductive and maternal care services
-- 3 votes have undermined the Medicare and Medicaid programs
-- 14 votes have weakened environmental laws that protect pregnant women from toxic chemicals
The Republican budget drafted by Rep. Ryan further weakens many existing programs and institutions that support and protect women.
Addicting Info article here: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/09/13/55-anti-women-votes-by-house-republicans-since-2011/
Full Congressional Report here: http://democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/sites/default/files/documents/House%20Anti-Women%20Votes%20Report%209.5.12_0.pdf
-- 17 votes have allowed health insurance companies to discriminate against women
-- 11 votes have cut women’s access to preventive care
-- 10 votes have restricted or rolled back abortion rights or access to legal abortion
-- 7 votes have cut funding for key nutritional votes for women
-- 3 votes have blocked access to reproductive and maternal care services
-- 3 votes have undermined the Medicare and Medicaid programs
-- 14 votes have weakened environmental laws that protect pregnant women from toxic chemicals
The Republican budget drafted by Rep. Ryan further weakens many existing programs and institutions that support and protect women.
Addicting Info article here: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/09/13/55-anti-women-votes-by-house-republicans-since-2011/
Full Congressional Report here: http://democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/sites/default/files/documents/House%20Anti-Women%20Votes%20Report%209.5.12_0.pdf
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