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In reply to the discussion: KILLING US SOFTLY On abortion we’re one compromise away from third world status [View all]nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)30. just this week Oregon DEMOCRATS (super-majority, btw) killed a bill to expand abortion rights.
http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2015/04/15/oregon-democrats-kill-reproductive-health-bill-included-abortion-provision/
An Oregon bill that would have codified the right to affordable, full-spectrum reproductive health care was killed by the states Democratic leadership last week because of a provision that would have increased access to abortion.
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The proposal would have required all health insurance plans to cover a wide range of reproductive health services, including contraception, abortion, prenatal care, childbirth, and postpartum care, at low costs. It would also have allowed pharmacies to dispense a 12-month supply of birth control at one time, and reduced cost sharing and deductibles for abortion care.
But the language on abortion proved a sticking point even for the Oregon legislature, which has a Democratic super-majority and a track record of supporting abortions rights. Senators in the health committee failed to even give the bill a hearing date, killing it by default.
Health committee chair Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson (D-Gresham), who was also a sponsor of the bill, did not schedule it because she didnt think she could get the votes from her caucus, and it was absolutely because of the inclusion of abortion in the bill, Aimee Santos-Lyons, director of programs for Western States Center, told RH Reality Check. The Western States Center backed the bill. Senators didnt want to be asked to vote on abortion and have that on their record. They find it a difficult issue to go public on.
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KILLING US SOFTLY On abortion we’re one compromise away from third world status [View all]
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
OP
+++ Three women spoke for all of us on Florida's latest attack on abortion rights.
DirkGently
Apr 2015
#1
what's eternally galling is how some Dems (even) have lost sight of this.
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#4
And these are the same folk that love to send live children to war and kill those who have
libdem4life
Apr 2015
#3
I looked at the massive lineup of R candidates...pretty much all look the same. One or two
libdem4life
Apr 2015
#11
i've decided anger can drive my engagement. the more stupid encountered from fellow Dems (esp)
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#34
just this week Oregon DEMOCRATS (super-majority, btw) killed a bill to expand abortion rights.
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#30
STUDY: Abortion Waiting Periods Cause ‘Excessive’ Emotional And Financial Hardships For Women
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#33