Abortion a Major Obstacle in the GOP Healthcare Fight

[applegrove]

Abortion a Major Obstacle in the GOP Healthcare Fight

December 7, 2025 at 7:24 am EST By Taegan Goddard 61 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/12/07/abortion-a-major-obstacle-in-the-gop-healthcare-fight/

“As congressional Republicans weighed how to approach the fight over extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, powerful antiabortion groups saw an opportunity,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Led by Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, antiabortion activists began to pressure Republicans during the fall government shutdown to further restrict abortion coverage from insurance plans made cheaper by ACA subsidies at the heart of the dispute.”

“The activists’ warning was simple: Extending subsidies without such limits was a line Republicans must not cross to keep social conservative support in next year’s midterm elections.”

Applegrove: way to tie the collapse of adequate healthcare for millions to the right wing and abortion. How devastating. It will not be forgotten.

[NotHardly]

1. Fighting women's healthcare, always the Repugs.

They want Trad wives and lots of little white babies... and screw over the lives of women of color.

[Irish_Dem]

2. GOP leaders get abortions on demand for wives, girlfriends, daughters, etc.

Best care in the world.

But nothing for the rest of us.

[Vinca]

3. Why do they care? They can't kill children fast enough after they're born.