New GOP Bill Would Allow Hospitals To Let Women Die Instead Of Having An Abortion

[The Straight Story]

New GOP Bill Would Allow Hospitals To Let Women Die Instead Of Having An Abortion

The controversy over "forcible rape" may be over, but now there's a new Republican-sponsored abortion bill in the House that pro-choice folks say may be worse: this time around, the new language would allow hospitals to let a pregnant woman die rather than perform the abortion that would save her life.

The bill, known currently as H.R. 358 or the "Protect Life Act," would amend the 2010 health care reform law that would modify the way Obamacare deals with abortion coverage. Much of its language is modeled on the so-called Stupak Amendment, an anti-abortion provision pro-life Democrats attempted to insert into the reform law during the health care debate last year. But critics say a new language inserted into the bill just this week would go far beyond Stupak, allowing hospitals that receive federal funds but are opposed to abortions to turn away women in need of emergency pregnancy termination to save their lives.

The sponsor of H.R. 358, Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA) is a vocal member of the House's anti-abortion wing. A member of the bipartisan Pro-Life Caucus and a co-sponsor of H.R 3 -- the bill that added "forcible rape" to the lexicon this week -- Pitts is no stranger to the abortion debate. But pro-choice advocates say his new law goes farther than any other bill has in encroaching on the rights of women to obtain an abortion when their health is at stake. They say the bill is giant leap away from accepted law, and one they haven't heard many in the pro-life community openly discuss before.

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[HockeyMom]

1. With my tubal pregnancy, my doctor didn't want to put me

in a catholic hospital. In hindsight he was 100% right. There were no beds available immediately, and it had to be immediately, at the non sectarian hospital he was affliated with.

This is a major life of the mother situation. Unless the pregnancy is removed, and quickly, the tube will burst and the woman can die from massive internal bleeding.

[MH1]

2. sick fucks.

[Lorien]

3. If they let the woman die the fetus dies anyway, which just proves that repugs

are all about hating women, not caring about "life".