Queries: Abortion, Government and Choice
Posted: November 8, 2009 Filed under: People, Pitts Indeed, politics, Thought Food | Tags: bart stupak, health care reform, jimmy carter, joe pitts, jon pitts-wiley, melissa harris-lacewell, Pitts Indeed, pitts-stupak amendment, pro-choice, pro-life, prop 8, terrorism, us policy terrorist negotiation 2 Comments »
What do you mean I can't have babies?!
As we inch closer to health care reform, the reproductive rights of women are again a matter of debate (mostly among people who are not women.) The Pitts-Stupak Amendment, the brainchild of Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan (D) and Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania was passed along with the bill last night, an amendment that would not cover abortion as part of a public health care option.
Many, including my buddy Melissa Harris-Lacewell, were outraged last night, and considered this a Prop 8-type body blow on a night that should be one of victory. As a Pitts (-Wiley) who is pro-choice, I couldn’t agree more. While Pitts and Stupak can attempt to spin this amendment any way they wish, it is decidedly anti-choice and another example of men who can’t have babies telling women who can what to do.
Me, Bart Stupak and Joe Pitts are not BFF right now in any way. Read the rest of this entry »
