Republicans may support universal healthcare if abortion is explicitly excluded

[mawilson 2,133]

It's the band you decapitate fetuses with.

Yeah, I figured - just wanted to know where I could purchase one.

[AlHayatZween 2]

It's the band you decapitate fetuses with.

Yeah, I figured - just wanted to know where I could purchase one.

Check & see if your insurance covers it... If not, Uncle Sam may be able to get you one for free...

Oh wait... that is one of those scooter things..

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Hatch and his Republican colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee are pushing legislation that would require insurers operating within the new Exchange to to deny coverage for abortion services.

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Nineteen House members have also sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stating that they will not vote for health care reform legislation "unless it explicitly excludes abortion funding from the scope of any government-defined or subsidized health insurance plan." "Furthermore, we want to ensure that the Health Benefits Advisory Committee cannot recommend abortion services be included under covered benefits or as part of a benefits package," the members wrote.

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/07/06/abortion-sfc/

So the Republican's would like to be agreeable, as long as their most precious anti-abortion crowd is made happy? What about those covered under the plan who are raped? The Rep's say ****em!

Nothing like watching a party spin down the toilet faster than Palin can say "You becha!"

So... how come the article doesn't mention that the 19 House members who wrote the letter are Democrats? It's fascinating that they use something that Democrats did to bash Republicans. Even the link Nineteen House members have also sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Only mentions the names and homes of the 19-

"These are the signers: Dan Boren (Okla.), Bobby Bright (Ala.), Travis Childers (Miss.), Jerry Costello (Ill.), Kathy Dahlkemper (Penn.), Lincoln Davis (Tenn.), Steve Driehaus (Ohio), Tim Holden (Penn.), Paul Kanjorski (Penn.), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), Mike McIntyre (N.C.), Charlie Melancon (La.), John Murtha (Penn.), Jim Oberstar (Minn.), Solomon Ortiz (Texas), Collin Peterson (Minn.), Heath Shuler (N.C.), Bart Stupak (Mich.), and Gene Taylor (Miss)."

Each and everyone of these is a Democrat. Why is that not mentioned?

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Hatch and his Republican colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee are pushing legislation that would require insurers operating within the new Exchange to to deny coverage for abortion services.

...

Nineteen House members have also sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stating that they will not vote for health care reform legislation "unless it explicitly excludes abortion funding from the scope of any government-defined or subsidized health insurance plan." "Furthermore, we want to ensure that the Health Benefits Advisory Committee cannot recommend abortion services be included under covered benefits or as part of a benefits package," the members wrote.

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/07/06/abortion-sfc/

So the Republican's would like to be agreeable, as long as their most precious anti-abortion crowd is made happy? What about those covered under the plan who are raped? The Rep's say ****em!

Nothing like watching a party spin down the toilet faster than Palin can say "You becha!"

So... how come the article doesn't mention that the 19 House members who wrote the letter are Democrats? It's fascinating that they use something that Democrats did to bash Republicans. Even the link Nineteen House members have also sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Only mentions the names and homes of the 19-

"These are the signers: Dan Boren (Okla.), Bobby Bright (Ala.), Travis Childers (Miss.), Jerry Costello (Ill.), Kathy Dahlkemper (Penn.), Lincoln Davis (Tenn.), Steve Driehaus (Ohio), Tim Holden (Penn.), Paul Kanjorski (Penn.), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), Mike McIntyre (N.C.), Charlie Melancon (La.), John Murtha (Penn.), Jim Oberstar (Minn.), Solomon Ortiz (Texas), Collin Peterson (Minn.), Heath Shuler (N.C.), Bart Stupak (Mich.), and Gene Taylor (Miss)."

Each and everyone of these is a Democrat. Why is that not mentioned?

If correct you researched it better than I did, I took the OP at face value...

[dalegg 143]

Hatch and his Republican colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee are pushing legislation that would require insurers operating within the new Exchange to to deny coverage for abortion services.

...

Nineteen House members have also sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stating that they will not vote for health care reform legislation "unless it explicitly excludes abortion funding from the scope of any government-defined or subsidized health insurance plan." "Furthermore, we want to ensure that the Health Benefits Advisory Committee cannot recommend abortion services be included under covered benefits or as part of a benefits package," the members wrote.

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/07/06/abortion-sfc/

So the Republican's would like to be agreeable, as long as their most precious anti-abortion crowd is made happy? What about those covered under the plan who are raped? The Rep's say ****em!

Nothing like watching a party spin down the toilet faster than Palin can say "You becha!"

So... how come the article doesn't mention that the 19 House members who wrote the letter are Democrats? It's fascinating that they use something that Democrats did to bash Republicans. Even the link Nineteen House members have also sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Only mentions the names and homes of the 19-

"These are the signers: Dan Boren (Okla.), Bobby Bright (Ala.), Travis Childers (Miss.), Jerry Costello (Ill.), Kathy Dahlkemper (Penn.), Lincoln Davis (Tenn.), Steve Driehaus (Ohio), Tim Holden (Penn.), Paul Kanjorski (Penn.), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), Mike McIntyre (N.C.), Charlie Melancon (La.), John Murtha (Penn.), Jim Oberstar (Minn.), Solomon Ortiz (Texas), Collin Peterson (Minn.), Heath Shuler (N.C.), Bart Stupak (Mich.), and Gene Taylor (Miss)."

Each and everyone of these is a Democrat. Why is that not mentioned?

If correct you researched it better than I did, I took the OP at face value...

That's a dangerous thing considering the OP. You never know his true intentions.

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It's a copy and paste.

The source has a link to a page with names of the 19 members without their party affiliations. Pretty sneaky.

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Or at-home ultrasound kits... Do-It-Yourself MRIs...

They could even sell it in the $1 stores.[/font][/color]

At home ultrasounds. That would be fun if your kid had some horrible defect. I saw one of the cases on thefetus.net where amniotic bands had decapitated the fetal head. Things I had no idea were possible. Thanks interwebz!

What's an amniotic band?

No one is quite sure what causes amniotic bands (syndrome), but the effects of their existence are catastrophic. One theory is that ruptures in the amniotic sac create them. The inelastic bands wrap around the fetal parts during its development. The fetus keeps growing around the bands like a tree can grow around fencing wire. Eventually though, blood flow is cut off the leg, finger, head, and it dies and is amputated. It is usually present with other fetal defects like cleft lip, but not always. A nice associated syndrome is limb-body wall complex. I highly suggest you not do a google picture search of that.

thefetus.net is a pretty cool site though. I think the only thing that still weirds me out is harlequin fetus.

There is your useless information for today.