What Planned Parenthood Says We Want v The Truth
In an opinion piece to subscribers they make a ridiculous argument that denying abortion coverage in healthcare could lead to denying coverage to select groups like gays, lesbians and smokers...
In an email to subscribers, Laurie Rubiner, vice president of public policy and advocacy for Planned Parenthood, writes on the need to find compromise in the ongoing healthcare debate in Bridging the Divide on Health Care for Women.
Rubiner states that Planned Parenthood is ready to come to the table and compromise in order to provide health care for all. Planned Parenthood’s compromise is that they are willing to concede that because of the longstanding Hyde Amendment, for now federal law prohibits federal funding to cover abortions.
Yes, that's right it does, and Laurie knows that the government run healthcare plan included in H.R. 3200 creates a loophole so that abortion is federally funded. It simply moves premiums paid by subscribers and holds them in a separate account. This fact has been verified despite what President Obama and pro-choice legislators proffer. More on this below from the National Right to Life:
The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) last week released definitive memoranda that demonstrate that (1) the "Hyde Amendment" would not apply to the new programs that would be created by the Obama-backed health bill, H.R. 3200, and (2) that all of the funds that would be spent on elective abortions under the bill, and all of the funds that would be spent to subsidize private insurance plans that cover abortion, would be "federal funds" in both the legal sense and in the sense in which those terms are used throughout the government. (NRTL)
Rubiner begins in her blog positng by reviewing the "whoppers" told by opponents of government heath care which includes Catholic Bishops as conspiracy theorists. Rubiner writes:
Among my "favorite" whoppers: (1) Grandma is going to go before a government death panel; (2) According to a recent Republican National Committee mailer, the Democratic government is going to check your political party registration, and if you're a Republican you'll be denied health care; (3) Catholic bishops are persuading their parishioners that health care reform will mean that every single American is going to have to pay for their neighbors' abortion.
The posting continues with Rubiner posturing that excluding abortion completely from the public plan is unreasonable, discriminatory and unworkable. It's here that a ridiculous comparison is made, that excluding certain coverage like abortion could lead to individuals asking employers to exclude coverage to groups of people they might find objectionable, say gays, lesbians, smokers and obesity.
But fair compromise is not enough for opponents of women's health. They insist that, if there is a public option, there be a strict and total ban on abortion coverage. To illustrate why this is ridiculous, imagine if we went down the road of individuals being able to dictate which health care services their private insurer offers other customers, of every individual being able to tell their employer that they don't want their premiums going toward individuals or health care they object to — gays and lesbians, obesity, smoking...you name it. Insurance would be discriminatory and simply unworkable.
The article concludes with Laurie wondering why we can't all just work together. She asks "What is it the anti-choice hardliners want, other to simply kill health care reform." Well we know what you want Laurie -- more federal funding (currently over $350 million*), and access to all teens across the country by running the school based clinics on high school campuses ( yes, this is a reality in this bill).
Well, I'll tell you Laurie what we want. We want you to stop exploiting young teen girls by throwing around birth control. We want you to stop undermining the role of parents in a teen girls life. We want you to recognize that you are doing great harm to the future women of this country. We want you to stop killing unborn babies (350,000 in 2007-2008 by your own count), and we want you to stop thinking your right to an abortion trumps the rights of all Americans who are opposed to abortion.
This is what we want!
*Section 2511 of H.R.3200, or the House plan, titled "School-Based Health Clinics," allows a "non-profit health agency" to serve as a "sponsoring facility" for health clinics that operate during school hours.
In an email to subscribers, Laurie Rubiner, vice president of public policy and advocacy for Planned Parenthood, writes on the need to find compromise in the ongoing healthcare debate in Bridging the Divide on Health Care for Women.
Rubiner states that Planned Parenthood is ready to come to the table and compromise in order to provide health care for all. Planned Parenthood’s compromise is that they are willing to concede that because of the longstanding Hyde Amendment, for now federal law prohibits federal funding to cover abortions.
Yes, that's right it does, and Laurie knows that the government run healthcare plan included in H.R. 3200 creates a loophole so that abortion is federally funded. It simply moves premiums paid by subscribers and holds them in a separate account. This fact has been verified despite what President Obama and pro-choice legislators proffer. More on this below from the National Right to Life:
The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) last week released definitive memoranda that demonstrate that (1) the "Hyde Amendment" would not apply to the new programs that would be created by the Obama-backed health bill, H.R. 3200, and (2) that all of the funds that would be spent on elective abortions under the bill, and all of the funds that would be spent to subsidize private insurance plans that cover abortion, would be "federal funds" in both the legal sense and in the sense in which those terms are used throughout the government. (NRTL)
Rubiner begins in her blog positng by reviewing the "whoppers" told by opponents of government heath care which includes Catholic Bishops as conspiracy theorists. Rubiner writes:
Among my "favorite" whoppers: (1) Grandma is going to go before a government death panel; (2) According to a recent Republican National Committee mailer, the Democratic government is going to check your political party registration, and if you're a Republican you'll be denied health care; (3) Catholic bishops are persuading their parishioners that health care reform will mean that every single American is going to have to pay for their neighbors' abortion.
The posting continues with Rubiner posturing that excluding abortion completely from the public plan is unreasonable, discriminatory and unworkable. It's here that a ridiculous comparison is made, that excluding certain coverage like abortion could lead to individuals asking employers to exclude coverage to groups of people they might find objectionable, say gays, lesbians, smokers and obesity.
But fair compromise is not enough for opponents of women's health. They insist that, if there is a public option, there be a strict and total ban on abortion coverage. To illustrate why this is ridiculous, imagine if we went down the road of individuals being able to dictate which health care services their private insurer offers other customers, of every individual being able to tell their employer that they don't want their premiums going toward individuals or health care they object to — gays and lesbians, obesity, smoking...you name it. Insurance would be discriminatory and simply unworkable.
The article concludes with Laurie wondering why we can't all just work together. She asks "What is it the anti-choice hardliners want, other to simply kill health care reform." Well we know what you want Laurie -- more federal funding (currently over $350 million*), and access to all teens across the country by running the school based clinics on high school campuses ( yes, this is a reality in this bill).
Well, I'll tell you Laurie what we want. We want you to stop exploiting young teen girls by throwing around birth control. We want you to stop undermining the role of parents in a teen girls life. We want you to recognize that you are doing great harm to the future women of this country. We want you to stop killing unborn babies (350,000 in 2007-2008 by your own count), and we want you to stop thinking your right to an abortion trumps the rights of all Americans who are opposed to abortion.
This is what we want!
*Section 2511 of H.R.3200, or the House plan, titled "School-Based Health Clinics," allows a "non-profit health agency" to serve as a "sponsoring facility" for health clinics that operate during school hours.
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