tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post3767707370615323316..comments2023-12-02T05:36:17.832-05:00Comments on Sexuality and Religion: What's the Connection?: "Abortion Neutrality" In Health Care Reform: Unjust and UnfaithfulDebra W. Haffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018331891805010135noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-82128082727166808522009-08-18T15:17:06.123-04:002009-08-18T15:17:06.123-04:00I've said this before and I'll say it agai...I've said this before and I'll say it again: the public health care option is already on the ropes, and including abortion in the deal will kill it. I am RABIDLY pro-choice, but insisting on this will give so much ammo to the people who oppose health care - can't you hear them? "The government wants to use your tax dollars to kill babies!"<br /><br />Most Americans don't see abortion as a "regular medical procedure." They think it's horrible, and they don't so much support it as they don't want pregnant women to be put in jail, don't want the government interfering with their private lives - and of course want it available for women in extreme circumstances (rape, incest, danger to health).<br /><br />Most importantly, most Americans don't care about the low income women who are going to be hurt by this disproportionately, because they see unwanted pregnancies as the fault of the people involved. Even if they believe that those women should be able to have abortions if they so desire, they don't want to pay for it.<br /><br />And if it's in the public health option, they won't want to pay for that either.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10602862698828443177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-23290117559282517552009-08-17T13:59:54.641-04:002009-08-17T13:59:54.641-04:00Thanks for posting this, I share your concerns.
B...Thanks for posting this, I share your concerns.<br /><br />BACBAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04394238321236592123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-84636651503931943562009-08-16T08:30:33.717-04:002009-08-16T08:30:33.717-04:00Well, email Mr. Blumenthal, Dr.Perlin, Dr. Halamka...Well, email Mr. Blumenthal, Dr.Perlin, Dr. Halamka on HHS Health Technology Panel and ask them what the Efficiency Standards they've targeted for 2015 include. Efficiency Standards imposed on inpatient and outpatient care on a system to be reformed on a system where the bulk of the costs occur in the last years of life. A system the Administration calls broken.<br /><br />This is pretty vast power granted to a handful of men (and they mostly seem men) to put practice standards on our whole health system.Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-79485627512254348122009-08-14T23:50:07.131-04:002009-08-14T23:50:07.131-04:00"One in three American women has an abortion ..."One in three American women has an abortion by age 45"<br /><br />Wow, maybe it's just me, but that statistic is shocking....Rebolokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14596517608366115894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-52705537760036282332009-08-14T21:59:42.266-04:002009-08-14T21:59:42.266-04:00People will believe what they want to believe. Lo...People will believe what they want to believe. Look how many people continue to believe <a href="http://ravenstonesreflections.blogspot.com/2009/04/politics-and-morality-of-plan-b.html" rel="nofollow">the distortions about Plan B</a>.<br /><br />Now we have people literally screaming about "death panels" which have never even been proposed, simply because enough far-right pundits have been screaming about it on the airwaves.<br /><br />But, back to the issue of "abortion neutrality" ... if it's a licit medical procedure, then it should be treated the same as any comparable medical procedure. So I would think an authentic neturality policy would be to leave the decision-making to patients in consultation with their health care providers -- not have bureaucrats in either government or insurance corporations decide for them.Desmond Ravenstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731355272768955344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-75770855136802253902009-08-14T09:33:06.010-04:002009-08-14T09:33:06.010-04:00I simply do not understand how so many people beli...<em>I simply do not understand how so many people believe the lies and distortions....</em><br /><br />Not sure if you've ever invited anyone for a chat on these issues over coffee or a beer, but pleas know the attitude you bring here a real non-starter.Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.com