House Abortion Bill Increases Spending: CBO

[Galraedia]

Source: Huffington Post

A Republican bill that passed the House of Representatives June 18 banning abortions after 20 weeks conflicts with another one of the party's priorities -- to cut spending.

The Congressional Budget Office scored the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and said Thursday the bill would increase Medicaid costs from $75 million to $400 million over 10 years, mostly due to an increase in births. Estimating that one-quarter of pregnancies that would have been terminated after 20 weeks would instead, under the law, be carried to term, the CBO said federal spending for Medicaid would increase by $225 million.

The CBO also predicted that the bill would add another $170 million in Medicaid costs to states over 10 years, since the program is partly funded by the states.

Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) sponsored the bill, and caused a controversy when he said he opposed including an exception for cases of rape because "the incidence of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low." The bill was later amended to allow an exemption for rapes.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/28/house-abortion-bill-spending_n_3518579.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

[Grassy Knoll]

1. Republicans Have no war on woman.....

It's Just a myth, Sez fox news.

[zbdent]

2. Remember, Life is precious ... and it has no price tag. So the cost of saving a fetus is worth it.

However, an actually born child ... not one penny of welfare for the mother who has to take two jobs just to make sure she can pay the rent WHILE paying for the day care she uses because she has to pay the rent and food and the no-good husband left her.

[Politicub]

3. Republicans are the cult of the fetus

[Hulk]

4. Easy fix....

...they just vote to cut benefits. Just because it "should" cost more, doesn't mean the repuKKKes are going to allow for more payment. These sons of bitches are all too willing to cut spending on head start, medical insurance for children, and a myriad of other programs affecting the needy. What makes you think they are going to pay a dime more for unwanted babies that are born and further tax the poor? Forget it. The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer. The great gop mantra.

[toddwv]

5. This would be a triple victory for them.

1) Women become second class citizens,
2) Social safety nets will be even more strained,
3) Ideological victory that will resound amongst their ever increasingly limit voting base.


Once again, the taxpayers will get to foot the bill just so every GOP can walk around with a self-righteous smirk on their face.

[love_katz]

6. Kick