The House of Representatives voted to pass its health care reform bill (HR 3962), but they did so only after approving an amendment introduced by Bart Stupak that would prohibit public and private plans from covering abortion if they accept people who receive government subsidies.
This means that women with subsidized insurance policies would have to buy separate abortion only "riders" with their own money. The result is the equivalent of a ban on abortion coverage, because most women are unlikely to buy the additional coverage for something they don't expect to ever need. In other words, women would have to plan in advance that they would need an abortion, whereas in reality, abortion is a legal medical procedure for women with unplanned pregnancies.
Stupak's amendment goes much further than current law in restricting access to abortion, which currently is covered under most private health insurance plans. If the amendment becomes law, women would lose health benefits they have today. And given that this violates the spirit of health care reform, which is meant to guarantee quality, affordable health care coverage for everyone, we urge you to contact your senators to oppose any such restrictions in their version of the bill.
Act today to turn back this assault on women's health care rights.
We took action on “Turn Back the Assault on Women's Rights!”!
# 210:
1:44 pm PST, Nov 20,Teresa McMeans, Oregon
# 209:
7:32 am PST, Nov 20,Jacqueline Feulner, Colorado
Religious views do not belong in our government! Do not restrict abortion even more than it is restricted today! This would have a horrible effect on the lives of, especially, poor women!
# 208:
7:15 am PST, Nov 20,Brad Miller, Kansas
# 207:
6:59 am PST, Nov 20,Stephen Weatherby, Georgia
The Stupak amendment is taking choice away from women.
# 206:
1:11 am PST, Nov 20,John Miller, Illinois
# 205:
7:16 pm PST, Nov 19,Brande Pickerel, Washington
# 204:
5:01 pm PST, Nov 19,Elisa Minakis, Canada
# 203:
11:39 am PST, Nov 19,Katherine Nelson, New Jersey
# 202:
7:01 pm PST, Nov 18,Name not displayed, Montana
The Stupak amendment is taking choice away from women. Abortion is not a desirable procedure; it is not fun or easy. It is traumatizing and stays with the patient for the rest of her life. But it's her CHOICE! Restricting her choice can endanger her life or lead to another unloved child in the world. Do not restrict our medical coverage - federal, private or otherwise. Taking women's choice away regarding THEIR OWN BODIES is immoral, wrong, and a huge step back to the dark ages. Stupak and Pitts are un-American for taking our freedom of choice away from us.
# 201:
2:45 pm PST, Nov 18,Alesia Febus, New York
# 200:
1:36 am PST, Nov 18,Susannah Ford-Crush, United Kingdom
# 199:
1:27 am PST, Nov 18,Ira & Ellie Leichter, California
Hypocrites, all of them. Stupak's "plan" is stupid! Get rid of him and the assault on women's health benefits.
ENOUGH NONSENSE! Get out of our bedrooms, private lives, and family decisions. No one has the right to dictate anything about my personal life. If men don't want abortions, ban Viagra, Cialis, and penis extentions. HYPOCRITES, ALL OF THEM.
# 198:
5:45 pm PST, Nov 17,Ron Simasek, Pennsylvania
# 197:
4:13 pm PST, Nov 17,Ellie Shain, California
# 196:
3:37 pm PST, Nov 17,Joan Fahlgren, Michigan
# 195:
2:16 pm PST, Nov 17,Linda Albers, Illinois
# 194:
1:34 pm PST, Nov 17,Ralferd C. Freytag, Canada
Abortions should be legally available and done in sanitary conditions under medical supervision. At the same time there should be information and, in fact, instruction in schools made available on ethical attitudes on relations with sexual partners, on methods of contraception as well as an encouragement to consider abstinence outside of marriage or a permanent relationship.
# 193:
1:26 pm PST, Nov 17,Bruce D Chambers, Minnesota
# 192:
12:28 pm PST, Nov 17,Autumn Odette, Texas
# 191:
11:05 am PST, Nov 17,Theresa Williams, Colorado
# 190:
11:04 am PST, Nov 17,Barbara V Gallagher, Texas
The RNC is nothing but a bunch of Hypocrites. Whom treats this subject with ignorance. We are in the 21st century for gosh sakes grow up
# 189:
10:33 am PST, Nov 17,Claudia Parks, California
# 188:
10:19 am PST, Nov 17,Name not displayed, Arizona
prevent back alley abortions.
# 187:
9:59 am PST, Nov 17,Jayme Weare, Nebraska
# 186:
9:48 am PST, Nov 17,Lorene Rowland, Montana
# 185:
9:24 am PST, Nov 17,Erin Noelle, Texas
# 184:
9:22 am PST, Nov 17,MaryJane Duncan, Maine
# 183:
9:21 am PST, Nov 17,J Evrard, Maine
# 182:
8:15 am PST, Nov 17,Robert Reinalda, Illinois
# 181:
8:05 am PST, Nov 17,William NIemi, Iowa
# 180:
5:32 am PST, Nov 17,Nubia Dickerson, Maryland
# 179:
5:46 pm PST, Nov 16,Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 178:
2:52 pm PST, Nov 16,Name not displayed, Indiana
# 177:
10:17 am PST, Nov 16,Peter Paul, New York
# 176:
9:11 am PST, Nov 16,Sandy Valencour, Washington
Hate crime against women. You have taken away a legal medical decision from all women in this country. That alone is illegal. How can Congress act so stupid and think they can get away with this. Next election, repubs and demos will realize that women are pissed.
# 175:
8:45 am PST, Nov 16,Yesim Yalcin Ayaz, Turkey
# 174:
7:59 am PST, Nov 15,Carol Carter, Michigan
An affordable rider may be a compromise that all will have to live with. ALL life matters, so give those who are already born some compassion too. Not every case is an abortion of convience. And the first man to have a child please speak up, otherwise check with the experts, women!!!
# 173:
2:30 pm PST, Nov 14,Marilyn Mick, Texas
# 172:
9:31 pm PST, Nov 13,Ihadira Lopez de Search, Oregon
# 171:
9:16 pm PST, Nov 13,Name not displayed, Connecticut
# 170:
8:12 pm PST, Nov 13,Stephen Hale, Illinois
# 169:
4:39 pm PST, Nov 13,Conrado Acevedo, Texas
What is wrong with you, everyone should be taken care of in the right way. Women created you and they should have the right to decide for themselves what they want to do with their bodies. No man has that right.
# 168:
4:32 pm PST, Nov 13,Dee C., New York
# 167:
4:24 pm PST, Nov 13,Denise Brennan, Michigan
# 166:
2:17 pm PST, Nov 13,Bridget Fisher, New York
Dear Senate Members,
I am insulted by this attempt to regulate the market for health care to destroy women's access to abortion. This denies women the legal right to make their own choice regarding abortion and their health care. Please ensure the Stupak amendment is not in the Senate version of the health care bill and is not included in conference.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Bridget C. Fisher
# 165:
10:58 am PST, Nov 13,Sarah Emily Labance, Ph.D., New Jersey
# 164:
10:45 am PST, Nov 13,Holly Matter, Washington
# 163:
8:12 am PST, Nov 13,Tom Marcinko, Arizona
Women's reproductive freedom should NOT be something we need to give up to get access to decent healthcare for all. DECOUPLE these issues.
# 162:
7:56 am PST, Nov 13,April Miller, Massachusetts
# 161:
7:50 am PST, Nov 13,Ralph Paine, California
It is time to stop marginalizing anyone who is not a white man! This opinion brought to you by a white man.
# 160:
7:48 am PST, Nov 13,Denise Southern, Alabama
# 159:
7:48 am PST, Nov 13,Sara Greer, Mississippi
# 158:
7:47 am PST, Nov 13,Joni Rillera, Washington
# 157:
6:32 am PST, Nov 13,Anna Lifson, Massachusetts
# 156:
5:29 am PST, Nov 13,Amanda Stevens, MSW, LSW, Ohio
