More on HR3, The Anti-Women GOP Bill Whose Sponsor Wants to "Re-Enfranchise The Unborn"

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More on HR3, The Anti-Women GOP Bill Whose Sponsor Wants to "Re-Enfranchise The Unborn"

This morning, American women wake up having been dealt yet another crippling blow by the GOP members of congress. At Ms. Magazine's blog, Amanda Litman lays out several of the major planks of this bill, introduced by GOP rep Chris Smith (NJ), which goes way beyond the Hyde Amendment in decimating women's rights, and would include a clause allowing doctors to refuse live-saving abortions to women:


...H.R.3 denies tax credits to small businesses that purchase a health insurance policy that includes abortions–currently 87 percent of private insurance plans do–and enacts strict requirements for private insurance companies that cover abortions.

Additionally, the bill eliminates privately funded insurance coverage for abortion in the health-care exchanges (marketplaces for insurance purchasers) established by the Affordable Care Act. NARAL Pro-Choice America estimates that 13.5 million women who receive health coverage through Medicaid and other government-sponsored programs will permanently lose access to abortion coverage if the bill is made law.

...the bill effectively turns IRS agents into “abortion cops.” The law forbids women from using tax benefits (such as credits or deductions) to pay for abortions. Therefore, to ensure that taxpayer money does not go towards the procedure, IRS agents would have to ask questions like, “Were you raped? Was it incest?”

Finally, the bill includes a provision that prevents women in the military from having abortions on federal property, such as military bases...



Robin Marty at RH Reality Check has flagged a "thank-you" video in which Chris Smith creepily declares he's in the process of "re-enfranchising the unborn."

watch:

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1. Anyone know who the 15 or 16 democratic reps are who voted for this POS?

At least there is small comfort knowing the Senate will never let it get through.

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2. More of the Repiglican party's war on women

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3. I used to think the GOP used abortion rights as a GOTV tool. I was wrong--

they are dead serious about rendering Roe v. Wade meaningless through the legislative process.