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Re: HR 3962 and the Stupak amendment…
from Democratic Underground/Debbierlus’s Journal
Whose Team is it, anyway?
Posted by debbierlus in General Discussion
Sat Nov 14th 2009, 08:07 PM
…For example, budget hawks in Congress say they’ll vote against the bill because it’s too expensive. Maybe you could win them over if you volunteered to cut out funding for male-exclusive stuff, like prostate cancer, Viagra, male infertility, vasectomies, growth-hormone shots for short little boys, long-term care for macho guys who won’t wear motorcycle helmets and, I dunno, psychotherapy for pedophile priests. Men could always pay in advance for an insurance policy rider, as women are blithely told they can do if Stupak becomes part of the final bill…
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Background and update from a NOW e-mail:
…Several senators who oppose abortion rights are said to be planning to offer an amendment like the sweeping abortion prohibition offered by Reps. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and Joseph Pitts (R-Penn.) and adopted by the House on Nov. 7.
Reportedly, Sens. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Bob Casey (R-Penn.) may offer a version of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to be attached to the Senate bill….
Filed under: health, health care, Healthcare, politics, progressive politics, US Politics Tagged: | abortion, Bart Stupak, Ben Nelson, Bob Casey, health care, HR 3962, Joseph Pitts, pro-choice, pro-life, prostate cancer, reproductive rights, Stupak-Pitts, Viagra
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