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By Laura Bassett
WASHINGTON -- After an emotional floor debate, the House of Representatives on Thursday passed the so-called Protect Life Act, which prohibits women from buying health insurance plans that cover abortion under the Affordable Care Act and makes it legal for hospitals to deny abortions to pregnant women with life-threatening conditions.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), a proponent of the bill, told voters last week that its purpose is "to ensure that no taxpayer dollars flow to health care plans that cover abortion and no health care worker has to participate in abortions against their will."
In fact, the Affordable Care Act already keeps public dollars separate from the private insurance payments that cover abortion. A federal judge ruled in August that the anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony List had to stop making the claim on its website that "Obamacare" subsidizes abortions because the assertion is false.
Protect Life Act Passes House: Congress Passes Controversial Anti-Abortion Bill
By Laura Bassett
WASHINGTON -- After an emotional floor debate, the House of Representatives on Thursday passed the so-called Protect Life Act, which prohibits women from buying health insurance plans that cover abortion under the Affordable Care Act and makes it legal for hospitals to deny abortions to pregnant women with life-threatening conditions.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), a proponent of the bill, told voters last week that its purpose is "to ensure that no taxpayer dollars flow to health care plans that cover abortion and no health care worker has to participate in abortions against their will."
In fact, the Affordable Care Act already keeps public dollars separate from the private insurance payments that cover abortion. A federal judge ruled in August that the anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony List had to stop making the claim on its website that "Obamacare" subsidizes abortions because the assertion is false.
Protect Life Act Passes House: Congress Passes Controversial Anti-Abortion Bill
The only thing this GOP led Congress has passed is stuff on abortion, DOMA, and making gay marriage illegal. Now this, another abortion bill.
Why is it that the GOP keeps writing and passing this bill when they've done it so many times before?
I think that the American people are way more concerned with jobs and the economy than they are about abortion.
Why? More people need jobs than abortions.
So, explain to me why these evil Republicans would choose NOW to undermine what they helped pass in the first place?
I'm not sure I follow the premise: which Republicans currently holding office helped to pass EMTALA 25 years ago?
Does the Republicans' proposed FY2012 budget not seek to fatally undermine and gradually eliminate EMTALA? It's important to look at the totality of the legislation they've passed, instead of just assuming they haven't undone something yet that might mitigate the effects of another piece of their legislative agenda.
New GOP Bill Would Allow Hospitals To Let Women Die Instead Of Having An Abortion | TPMDCIn the case of an anti-abortion hospital with a patient requiring an emergency abortion, ETMALA would require that hospital to perform it or transfer the patient to someone who can.
Can you provide the HR number and roll call for this piece of legislation that your TP bible references?
Because you obviously missed my previous post that discredited their own story:
In the case of an anti-abortion hospital with a patient requiring an emergency abortion, ETMALA would require that hospital to perform it or transfer the patient to someone who can.
Can you provide the HR number and roll call for this piece of legislation that your TP bible references?
Because you obviously missed my previous post that discredited their own story:
In the case of an anti-abortion hospital with a patient requiring an emergency abortion, ETMALA would require that hospital to perform it or transfer the patient to someone who can.
I'm not talking about the TPMDC story (beyond reacting to your reaction to it). I'm saying that pointing to EMTALA as a redeeming influence is dangerous when EMTALA itself is endangered by separate GOP legislation. Not that I anticipate any of their extremist legislation becoming law; but we're talking about the hypothetical situation in which their legislative agenda (primarily the bills the GOP House has already passed) becomes law.
The only thing this GOP led Congress has passed is stuff on abortion, DOMA, and making gay marriage illegal. Now this, another abortion bill.
Why is it that the GOP keeps writing and passing this bill when they've done it so many times before?
I think that the American people are way more concerned with jobs and the economy than they are about abortion.
Why? More people need jobs than abortions.
Now that is a fair point. What the hell are they doing?
The only thing this GOP led Congress has passed is stuff on abortion, DOMA, and making gay marriage illegal. Now this, another abortion bill.
Why is it that the GOP keeps writing and passing this bill when they've done it so many times before?
I think that the American people are way more concerned with jobs and the economy than they are about abortion.
Why? More people need jobs than abortions.
Now that is a fair point. What the hell are they doing?
Fulfilling a campaign promise to the people who voted for them. Used to be that was considered a good thing in a politician.
You DO realize this isn't the only thing they're doing, right? They can and do multitask on Capitol Hill.
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Speaking of job creation, how many did the democrats create when they had two full years of filibuster proof house and senate? None, but their policies sure did cost alot of jobs. How convenient that you forget where the blame should lie.
With the Republican congress, the Bush administration, the Dem congress, the Obama administration, the Tea Party members of Congress.
All are at fault, period.
The tea party just came into existence, so please carefully detail their involvement.
The only thing this GOP led Congress has passed is stuff on abortion, DOMA, and making gay marriage illegal. Now this, another abortion bill.
Why is it that the GOP keeps writing and passing this bill when they've done it so many times before?
I think that the American people are way more concerned with jobs and the economy than they are about abortion.
Why? More people need jobs than abortions.
Now that is a fair point. What the hell are they doing?
Fulfilling a campaign promise to the people who voted for them. Used to be that was considered a good thing in a politician.
You DO realize this isn't the only thing they're doing, right? They can and do multitask on Capitol Hill.
With the Republican congress, the Bush administration, the Dem congress, the Obama administration, the Tea Party members of Congress.
All are at fault, period.
The tea party just came into existence, so please carefully detail their involvement.
They were electd on a jobs mandate, did nothing about jobs, and nearly collapsed the government economically. End of story.
With the Republican congress, the Bush administration, the Dem congress, the Obama administration, the Tea Party members of Congress.
All are at fault, period.
The tea party just came into existence, so please carefully detail their involvement.
They were electd on a jobs mandate, did nothing about jobs, and nearly collapsed the government economically. End of story.
With the Republican congress, the Bush administration, the Dem congress, the Obama administration, the Tea Party members of Congress.
All are at fault, period.
The tea party just came into existence, so please carefully detail their involvement.
They were electd on a jobs mandate, did nothing about jobs, and nearly collapsed the government economically. End of story.
The tea party just came into existence, so please carefully detail their involvement.
They were electd on a jobs mandate, did nothing about jobs, and nearly collapsed the government economically. End of story.
No they weren't elected to do any such thing. They were elected to STOP obama from expanding government beyond the next ten generations to pay the debt. They are doing that admirably too.
Now that is a fair point. What the hell are they doing?
Fulfilling a campaign promise to the people who voted for them. Used to be that was considered a good thing in a politician.
You DO realize this isn't the only thing they're doing, right? They can and do multitask on Capitol Hill.
Fulfilling a campaign promise is great. I dont recall anyone campaigning on it do you?
With the Republican congress, the Bush administration, the Dem congress, the Obama administration, the Tea Party members of Congress.
All are at fault, period.
The tea party just came into existence, so please carefully detail their involvement.
They were electd on a jobs mandate, did nothing about jobs, and nearly collapsed the government economically. End of story.
Fulfilling a campaign promise to the people who voted for them. Used to be that was considered a good thing in a politician.
You DO realize this isn't the only thing they're doing, right? They can and do multitask on Capitol Hill.
Fulfilling a campaign promise is great. I dont recall anyone campaigning on it do you?
Actually, I recall that windbag Boehner campaigning on jobs and the economy, like many of the other GOP did.
And.........I don't mind when a person fulfills a campaign promise, matter of fact, they should do that on a regular basis, but they never campaigned on abortion or right to life, nor did they campaign on DOMA, but that is all they've done since they've convened.
And...........what's even worse, the abortion laws have ALREADY BEEN PASSED SEVERAL TIMES. It's time to start working on jobs now, don't ya think?
Fulfilling a campaign promise is great. I dont recall anyone campaigning on it do you?
Actually, I recall that windbag Boehner campaigning on jobs and the economy, like many of the other GOP did.
And.........I don't mind when a person fulfills a campaign promise, matter of fact, they should do that on a regular basis, but they never campaigned on abortion or right to life, nor did they campaign on DOMA, but that is all they've done since they've convened.
And...........what's even worse, the abortion laws have ALREADY BEEN PASSED SEVERAL TIMES. It's time to start working on jobs now, don't ya think?
Two words link plaes.
Now that is a fair point. What the hell are they doing?
Fulfilling a campaign promise to the people who voted for them. Used to be that was considered a good thing in a politician.
You DO realize this isn't the only thing they're doing, right? They can and do multitask on Capitol Hill.
Fulfilling a campaign promise is great. I dont recall anyone campaigning on it do you?
