More Liberal Idiocy
Nov. 12th, 2009 06:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hkellickThe more I read, the more centrist I get. I'm sorry but some of the people in Congress are idiots.
So, Sunday the health care bill passed WITH the bit about federal government not paying for abortions included. And then the huge furor including members of the house WHO HAVE ALREADY VOTED saying they won't vote for a bill with this attached (???)
I understand that the attachment makes it harder for women who can't afford an abortion to pay for one, but.. since when was the government involved in giving women money for abortions anyways? I thought this was settled back in '76 with the Hyde Amendment, but apparently not.
I'm not anti-abortion, but I think any liberal who wants to attach a rider saying that the federal government is going to pay for a woman's abortion should be taken in back by Obama and beaten until they get that to do so would undoubtedly mean the end of the Health Care Bill.
This is Liberal Idiocy. No more and no less.
What I want is for the Health Care Bill to pass. Bringing abortion into the debate is .. it's stupid! It's a great way to kill a much needed bill. And for that reason, that one reason, I reject it.
I'm not thrilled with the Health Care Bill. I'd be thrilled if they could include the public option, but include federally-funded abortion and I guarantee you, the Dems would once again be snatching failure out of victory.
So, Sunday the health care bill passed WITH the bit about federal government not paying for abortions included. And then the huge furor including members of the house WHO HAVE ALREADY VOTED saying they won't vote for a bill with this attached (???)
I understand that the attachment makes it harder for women who can't afford an abortion to pay for one, but.. since when was the government involved in giving women money for abortions anyways? I thought this was settled back in '76 with the Hyde Amendment, but apparently not.
I'm not anti-abortion, but I think any liberal who wants to attach a rider saying that the federal government is going to pay for a woman's abortion should be taken in back by Obama and beaten until they get that to do so would undoubtedly mean the end of the Health Care Bill.
This is Liberal Idiocy. No more and no less.
What I want is for the Health Care Bill to pass. Bringing abortion into the debate is .. it's stupid! It's a great way to kill a much needed bill. And for that reason, that one reason, I reject it.
I'm not thrilled with the Health Care Bill. I'd be thrilled if they could include the public option, but include federally-funded abortion and I guarantee you, the Dems would once again be snatching failure out of victory.
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Date: 2009-11-12 03:31 pm (UTC)What most of us are up in arms about (well, in my circle of the internet) is the lumping of "abortion funding" in with other female health issues. The way they're framing this, cutting the abortion funding (on which I agree with you, by the way; that's too hot-button, and it's a sure way of killing this in the water) isn't the only thing that gets cut. For some unfathomable reason, they're putting pelvic exams, birth control, and domestic abuse counseling coverage in with abortions. If they want to not cover terminating pregnancies, fine. But the only women's health measures included are mammograms & pap smears (which, I might add, are part of a pelvic exam).
I guess most of us are irritated at women's health being treated like a special interest issue. The moment something relates to my uterus, it's like "HOLY CRAP THAT'S A GIRL THING WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT LA LA LA" *fingers in politician ears*. It kinda makes me feel like I'm an alien or other exotic creature because I've got some ovaries floating 'round in here.
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Date: 2009-11-12 04:26 pm (UTC)I didn't know that, in regards to the pelvic exams, birth control, etc.. that surprises me, honestly, from a democratic congress. The abortion thing I can understand. It's a political third rail. That.. I do not.
That's... really disappointing.