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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Politics BABY KILLERS!!!

Posted by Dan Savage on Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 3:35 PM

Politico:

The Republican National Committee’s health insurance plan covers elective abortion—a procedure the party’s own platform calls “a fundamental assault on innocent human life.” Federal Election Commission Records show the RNC purchases its insurance from Cigna. Two sales agents for the company said that the RNC’s policy covers elective abortion.

Informed of the coverage, RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho told POLITICO that the policy pre-dates the tenure of current RNC Chairman Michael Steele. “The current policy has been in effect since 1991, and we are taking steps to address the issue,” Gitcho said.

How long has a total ban on abortion has been a plank in the GOP platform?

 

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Just as every thinking person has known for 40+ years, Republicans are hypocrites.
Posted by Jesus Fucking Christ on November 12, 2009 at 3:38 PM · Report
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Jesus, for the first time ever, your preaching is speaking to me.
Posted by Dino might? on November 12, 2009 at 5:00 PM · Report
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The real question is, how many people have used that coverage? For patient privacy reasons we obviously can't find out who has used it, (although it is safe to say that 99% of Americans would want to know, half to expose the hypocrisy of it and the other half as a public shaming of "murders,") but they could release the data in aggregate. They could say something like "X% of females covered by the plan used this coverage last year." The RNC should totally be in favor of releasing that number because it shows that they aren't hypocrites, (unless, or course, they are and they've been using the coverage. In which case, they should keep offering it since people seem to use it.)
Posted by Matthew D on November 12, 2009 at 5:43 PM · Report
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There is a difference between "banning" abortion and having our tax dollars pay for it. People who are morally opposed to abortion should not have to help pay for it.
Posted by buch on November 13, 2009 at 9:12 AM · Report
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@ buch: That is the can of worms you want to open? Shall I start listing the things my tax dollars buy which I morally oppose?
Posted by Joneser on November 13, 2009 at 10:16 AM · Report

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