July 9, 2009
Health Care Reform = Subsidizing Abortion

Posted at 9:48 am, in: Abortion, Health Care
Tags: Guttmacher Institute

Time magazine reports how health care reform could lead to your tax dollars paying for or subsidizing abortion:

If an explicit ban on abortion coverage were imposed, say sources involved in writing the legislation on Capitol Hill, it could have much further-reaching implications than the Hyde Amendment ever did. It could, in fact, have the effect of denying abortion coverage to women who now receive it under their private insurance plans. Nearly 90% of insurers cover abortion procedures, according to a 2002 survey by the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit organization whose statistics are relied upon by both sides of the abortion debate.

Under the legislation being worked on by three committees in the House, Americans earning up to 400% of the poverty level — $43,000 for an individual; $88,000 for a family of four — would be eligible for government subsidies to help them purchase coverage. But if the antiabortion legislators get their way, those subsidies would have a big string attached; they could not be used to purchase a policy that has abortion coverage. For many women, that would mean giving up a benefit they now have under their private insurance policies. And it would raise all sorts of other questions if insurers were allowed to discriminate among their customers based on whether or not they are using federal dollars to pay for their policies.

As someone who is vehemently opposed to the slaughtering of the unborn, I am equally opposed and outraged that my government would steal money from me in order to hand it to some woman so that she can slaughter her unborn child.

For these women who would be “giving up a benefit,” there are a couple of options. Option A: don’t take government subsidies. If you’re making $43,000 a year, you should be able to cover your own health insurance. I covered my own health insurance when I made much less than that and was consumed with student debt. Prioritize!

Option B: Don’t get pregnant. I know that this is a revolutionary idea. Fortunately, in this day and age, there are so many birth control options that there really is no reason for any woman to end up pregnant accidentally.

Option C: In the event you do get pregnant, because you are too retarded to swallow a pill and tell your man to put on a condom, bring the baby to term. At this time you have options, like raising the child that you brought into this world or giving it up for adoption. Why should your child die because of your carelessness?

As the article reported, the current legislation does not address the abortion issue at all. This can only lead to trouble. The first thing you learn in contract law is put everything in writing, no matter how obvious it seems. If they don’t explicitly state federal funds for this health care “reform” are not to be used to procure abortions, then you can bet they will be used to procure abortions.

I know the government enjoys buying votes with my money. I understand that our government likes to reward the irresponsible by punishing the responsible. How far are they willing to take this? Any politician who supports a bill that authorizes the use of my tax dollars to cover the costs of abortion for some woman who couldn’t keep her legs closed or use birth control, needs to be voted out of office, immediately. Let me make this clear: I do not want my money to pay for the killing of the unborn. And, I’m sure I don’t stand alone on this one.