Why even introduce measures that would remove assistance from the poor that need it on religious grounds?
All of a sudden over the last 6 months or so this has been a focus of the GOP party, to remove health care and funding from women on the basis that they are possibly using that funding to get birth control and/or abortions. Is that really of primary importance to the GOP? What's the problem with birth control beyond some religious argument? It just baffles me. At least I am reasonably assured that this sort of thinking will not spread outside the US, but you never know. If the law says that Federal Funding is to be shared without prejudice then the Governor is fully aware that he has no grounds on which to withhold that funding from groups he doesn't agree with, but who are breaking no law. So yes Sam, it is the Governor's fault. And it may be politics, but the end result is that over 130k women as a result will not have the type of assistance which they need. What is going to be the societal fallout from that over time? On 16 March 2012 10:35, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is like an on going comedy. Do you anti-republicans even read the > crap you post? > > "Republican Gov. Rick Perry pledged last week to find state money to > keep the program afloat, but he hasn't offered specifics. U.S. Health > and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Friday that the > federal funding would be phased out this year because the Texas law > violates federal Medicaid regulations requiring that women be allowed > to choose a qualified health-care provider. Perry disputes that claim, > saying Medicaid rules give states the right to determine which clinics > are qualified." > > So, Sebelius is cutting funding for low income women because Texas > won't give it to Planned Parenthood. But you see the Republicans as > the ones cutting the funding. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348659 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
