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G_j

(40,366 posts)
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 02:43 PM Jun 2013

Plan to deny women prenatal care deals double blow to reproductive health care in NC

http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2013/06/06/plan-to-deny-women-prenatal-care-deals-double-blow-to-reproductive-health-care/

Published on June 6th, 2013
Written by: Paige Johnson


Cuts in maternity care trigger cuts in family planning

The North Carolina Senate’s move to deny pregnant women Medicaid coverage for prenatal care betrays a shocking lack of compassion. It also shows a willful ignorance of the tremendous strides our state has made in improving healthy birth outcomes for moms and infants.

Moreover, the move suggests our legislators care more about fast-tracking their political agenda than thinking through the unintended consequences of denying thousands of North Carolinians health care.

One such consequence is that reducing Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women will automatically lower the income eligibility for our state’s successful Be Smart Family Planning program that provides no-cost birth control, STD testing and life-saving cancer screening to tens of thousands of women and men in our state every year.

North Carolina is in the process of revamping the Be Smart Family Planning Program so that more individuals can obtain essential family planning services. But if the Senate’s provision goes through, it could thwart those efforts and restrict eligibility for Be Smart.

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Plan to deny women prenatal care deals double blow to reproductive health care in NC (Original Post) G_j Jun 2013 OP
I've said it before atreides1 Jun 2013 #1
they are literally destroying what's good G_j Jun 2013 #2
They hate the poor (who they mistakenly assume are all black and Dems) and they want them dead. kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #3
And do these Senators claim to be "pro-life"? Arkansas Granny Jun 2013 #4
Have they talked to Texas? cap Jun 2013 #5
Typical bagger policy: fetishize the fetus, despise the actual child catbyte Jun 2013 #6
Being pro life is profitable for business, that's why they want women to have babies. justice1 Jun 2013 #7

atreides1

(16,046 posts)
1. I've said it before
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 03:05 PM
Jun 2013

This all lies at the feet of those North Carolinians who let their hatred and fanaticism guide their votes.

By allowing their emotions to get the better of them they have condemned many who are poor, disabled, and elderly...those who voted for this will suffer along with everyone else!

Just another example of what the Tea Party really is...an evil organization of men and women who hate anything that doesn't meet their delusional set of standards!

G_j

(40,366 posts)
2. they are literally destroying what's good
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 03:07 PM
Jun 2013

and deliberately hurting as many people as they can. it's insane.

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
3. They hate the poor (who they mistakenly assume are all black and Dems) and they want them dead.
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 03:30 PM
Jun 2013

Since it's no longer legal to simply take them out in the back forty and shoot them, this is the next best thing.

cap

(7,170 posts)
5. Have they talked to Texas?
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 03:54 PM
Jun 2013

Texas tried the same thing and then repealed it after they got the bill. No family planning led to an increase of $233 million in Medicaid.

Kinda busted their lil ol budget. So in these hard times, they decided they couldn't afford to be as prolife as all that.

justice1

(795 posts)
7. Being pro life is profitable for business, that's why they want women to have babies.
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 04:11 PM
Jun 2013

The medical field profits by gouging people, and garnishing wages, leaving the people little to live on.The banks profit from overdraft fees, and charging more for credit. The Republicans don't want people to be able to pull themselves up by their boot straps. I would venture to guess, it costs taxpayers more money to keep people down, than it does to help them up.

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