House Republicans Kick Off 2014 With Renewed Focus On Abortion, Birth Control - Laura Bassett/HuffPo

[WillyT]

House Republicans Kick Off 2014 With Renewed Focus On Abortion, Birth Control
Laura Bassett - HuffPo
Posted: 01/08/2014 4:47 pm EST | Updated: 01/08/2014 5:33 pm ES


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As the Senate takes up a measure to extend unemployment insurance, Republicans in the House of Representatives are looking to make 2014 another banner year for anti-abortion laws.

A panel of 12 men on the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on a bill Thursday that would deny tax subsidies to women and small businesses who purchase health insurance plans that include abortion coverage. The bill only makes an exception for rape and incest victims and women who would die without abortion care, which opponents say could prompt the IRS to audit any woman who claims one of these exceptions.

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has also promised to fight for a rider in the appropriations package Congress is expected to pass next week that would allow employers to refuse to cover contraception in their health insurance plans for moral reasons. And the Republican National Committee has announced it plans to delay its annual winter meeting this year so that members can attend the annual March for Life, an anti-abortion rally in Washington, D.C.

"I'm not a psychologist, but we're dealing with behavior that, to me, appears obsessive," Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, told HuffPost in an interview. "The jury is in from the rest of country as well -- they want Congress to legislate on issues that are priorities for all Americans. But Republicans don't hear it, because it's an obsessive-compulsive behavior, their focus on rolling back women's rights. They can't stop themselves."

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More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/08/house-gop-kicks-off-2014-_n_4563303.html

[giftedgirl77]

1. How do you write a bill to punish people

for following another law? Not to mention...gasp providing medical insurance to women.

Enough of these assholes, we need a great big fly swatter just get them all in one swipe.

[Bandit]

2. One word for them......VETO

[Mass]

3. The anti-abortion bill is a non issue as it will never pass the Senate even if it makes it to the

House floor (which it may as Boehner is a rabid anti-choice).

What concerns me more is the rider. First, Ryan is behind that. Also, it is the appropriation bill that MUST be signed by the president before the 15th. Also, a lot of Democratic congresspeople do not see contraceptives as something expensive, because they are out of touch with the less privileged, so they may be inclined to do that in order to pass the bill (just like they let the unemployment insurance go with the budget).

Hopefully, I am wrong.

[nomorenomore08]

4. No more Viagra or prostate care for Republicans!

Let them be limp-dick assholes in the literal sense!

[Mass]

5. Why are 3 Democrats including a woman cosponsoring this?

http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/7/cosponsors

Rep. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]*
Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]*

[bluestate10]

6. Given the makeup of that party, all it can do is attempt to restrict rights. It grows smaller by

the day. Soon even extreme gerrymandering won't save it.

[catbyte]

7. They're just stuck on stupid, aren't they?

I hope all my sisters all across America remember this and may we all band together to vote all those misogynistic cretins out of office in 2014. Men, if you who love and value the women in your lives, please join us!

[WillyT]

8. G'Night Kick !!!