My body, my life, my choice...

[one_voice]

The House on Thursday passed another anti-abortion-rights bill over Democrats’ complaints that the bill has nothing to do with jobs.

The bill, dubbed the Protect Life Act, passed 251-172. Two Republicans voted no and 15 Democrats voted yes.

Republicans linked the bill to the fiery abortion debate that surrounded the healthcare reform law. President Obama signed an executive order stating that the law’s subsidies for insurance coverage cannot be used to cover abortion, but the GOP said that prohibition doesn’t have the force of law and needs to be codified with the Protect Life Act.

“Obamacare should be repealed, but in the meantime, let’s take this moment to say yes to life,” Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) said.

http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/abortion/187541-house-passes-anti-abortion-bill

[Taverner]

1. I agree, but could you post a link for the contexually challenged?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Absolutely right, my dear one_voice!

Recommended.

[PeaceNikki]

4. Google the "Let Women Die Bill:

And the "personhood" bill in Mississippi

[Taverner]

6. Somehow that news item slipped between the cracks - thanks!

Jesus fuck, is there anything those fucking cavemen won't do?

[PeaceNikki]

8. Jezebel put it best

While the bill is unlikely to pass the Senate (and even if it did, it would almost certainly be vetoed by President Obama), last night's orgy of meaningless pro-life political grandstanding brought us a debate that is all colors of horrible.

The whole thing is — to put it in the nicest, most polite words I can muster — fucking absurd. It's insulting on so many levels — to all women who are being told that their lives are not worth as much as a fetus, to the American public, who should be smart enough to call this bit of bullshit out as political theater and a waste of government time and resources (or to understand that, since 1 in 3 women get abortions in their lifetimes and since most major corporations include abortion coverage in their employee health care plans no matter what they do, some of their precious money is going toward paying for abortion), to the entire concept of American democracy, which is not supposed to be a system where the powerful few get to determine the rights of the oppressed many.

http://jezebel.com/5849839/house-passes-let-women-die-bill-after-extremely-depressing-debate

[Taverner]

9. I would hope Obama would veto it. But my expectations are lower than they were in 2008.

[Ohio Joe]

3. The repugs have been building their war on women for a long time now

It is reaching a fever pitch, they have to be stopped now and their restrictions on women rights reversed.

[dkf]

5. It's kind of obvious that once the government got further into healthcare the Repubs would

Get further into banning abortions.

[ThatsMyBarack]

7. Another Facebook Share!

Came just in time, too! At work today I left my iPhone in my car and had to walk back to get it. On the way I saw another car with a bumper sticker screaming, "IT'S A CHILD NOT A CHOICE!"

Just once I'd like to see a bumper sticker that says, "AGAINST ABORTIONS? USE A CONDOM!"

[Glimmer of Hope]

10. Geez.. Something else to protest. Fuckers!

[sarcasmo]

11. Kick!