one step forward, two steps back

[anotheranon]

The U.S. healthcare system is finally getting an overhaul - yay!

There has been a last-minute anti-choice amendment added that will make it almost impossible for American women to get coverage for an abortion - boo :( Big boo.

Full disclosure - I don't have a personal dog in this fight because 1) I've got good insurance already, and 2) with my tubes tied I'm very unlikely to ever need an abortion. But I'm tired of the slaps in the face - a woman is sovereign over her own body, period. And if you're going to expand access to health care, you expand access to ALL of it, and don't use women's lives as a political football.

I could say more but others have likely written it up far more cogently than I ever could (like this). More healthcare for more people is a GOOD thing, don't get me wrong, but I'm extraordinarily disappointed and angry by the addition of Stupak-Pitts.

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[stanci.livejournal.com]

Dammit, I'd heard that there wasn't an anti-choice amendment. Will have to go contemplate angry letters to people (that I'll probably never write). I like y'all's temporary solution of donating to groups that help fund ... stuff.