NARAL To Dems: We Won't Support You If You Sign On To GOP O'Care Replacement

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By TIERNEY SNEED Published DECEMBER 16, 2016, 12:17 PM EDT

NARAL, a major advocacy group for abortion rights and contraceptive access, warned Democrats against supporting a GOP Obamacare replacement plan if Republicans repeal Obamacare, arguing that Republicans are unlikely to offer "a meaningful plan to 'replace' this historic expansion of Americans’ health care."

"Democrats should not learn the wrong lessons from 2016. If they do, they will be without our support in 2018," NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue said in a statement Thursday.

The statement came after a Thursday Politico report suggesting that many Senate Democrats had expressed a willingness to help Republicans replace Obamacare. Some of the same Democratic lawmakers told TPM earlier this month that they would be open to fixing Obamacare, but many objected to the idea of repealing the law without any clear replacement ideas first.

Republicans have signaled their intention to repeal Obamacare through a process known as reconciliation, which requires only a simple majority vote in the Senate and thus avoids a Democratic filibuster. GOP lawmakers have acknowledged that some of the provisions they would like to pass to replace would still require 60 votes and they've said they hoped to get Democrats on board.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/naral-democrats-obamacare-replacement

[LisaM]

1. Good for NARAL.

One of the first endorsements I always look for, and it really pissed me off when Bernie dissed them as "the establishment".

[RedWedge]

2. K&R

[SunSeeker]

3. K & R

[yurbud]

4. Democrats need to take their voter base at least as seriously as their donor base

[Lonestarblue]

5. No Support for Republicans

We need to contact all Democratic senators and express our objection to any cooperation on changing the ACA unless it is to actually improve it. There is no benefit to Dems. If Republicans actually repeal the program, let them face the voters in 2018. I have already contacted my senators, but both of them are Republicans and all I got was a "Thanks for calling. Goodbye."

[Hugin]

7. Like to add a "Public Option".

Good point!

Thanks for your comment.

Welcome to DU.

[Hugin]

6. An important point to keep in mind for Democrats. We won the POPULAR VOTE!

As we have in the last umpteen elections.