On January 31, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed making embryos eligible for government-funded insurance under the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The proposal is the latest ploy in the Bush Administrations ongoing stealth campaign to have government make abortions illegal. The proposal demonstrates the Administrations commitment to the strategy of undermining a womans right to choose by ascribing legal rights to embryos.
Anti-choice, anti-family planning officials are driving the President's health care policy. This CHIP announcement is not a serious health care proposal. If it were, it would include low-income women as recipients for comprehensive health care.
Sign the petition below to tell the President and HHS Secretary Thompson that you oppose the extension of the CHIP program to embryos and to call on them to provide comprehensive health care, including prenatal care, to low-income women.
We, the undersigned, oppose the Administrations proposal to extend the CHIP program to embryos. Instead, we urge you to provide comprehensive health coverage to low-income women. This coverage would enhance womens ability to determine when and whether to raise a family and would provide them with the prenatal care needed to support a healthy pregnancy.
