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Holy hypocrisy, GOP: The Republican National Committee's health insurance plan covers abortion. This news comes by way of Politico's Meredith Shiner and Jonathan Allen, who appropriately point out the obvious conflict here: "The party’s own platform calls [abortion] 'a fundamental assault on innocent human life.'" The RNC didn't opt out of abortion coverage, though, even though that is allowed by Cigna, its insurer. Worse yet, though, is the fact that 176 House Republicans voted for the Stupak amendment, which restricts federal funds from going toward insurance plans that cover abortion. God forbid the government help you to get an insurance plan just like the one enjoyed by the RNC.

When Politico called up RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho to ask about this funny little wrinkle, she explained that, oh, uh, the policy was instituted before Michael Steele became the RNC chairman. What about philosophical consistency, though? According to the reasoning behind the Stupak amendment, by paying for a plan that covers abortion, the RNC itself just might have paid for abortions.

http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/1.../mwt/broadsheet

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By Tracy Clark-Flory

Holy hypocrisy, GOP: The Republican National Committee's health insurance plan covers abortion. This news comes by way of Politico's Meredith Shiner and Jonathan Allen, who appropriately point out the obvious conflict here: "The party’s own platform calls [abortion] 'a fundamental assault on innocent human life.'" The RNC didn't opt out of abortion coverage, though, even though that is allowed by Cigna, its insurer. Worse yet, though, is the fact that 176 House Republicans voted for the Stupak amendment, which restricts federal funds from going toward insurance plans that cover abortion. God forbid the government help you to get an insurance plan just like the one enjoyed by the RNC.

When Politico called up RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho to ask about this funny little wrinkle, she explained that, oh, uh, the policy was instituted before Michael Steele became the RNC chairman. What about philosophical consistency, though? According to the reasoning behind the Stupak amendment, by paying for a plan that covers abortion, the RNC itself just might have paid for abortions.

http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/1.../mwt/broadsheet

:lol: They have been offering it since 1991, but it has suddenly become inconvenient for them.. what a sorry set of jokesters!

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So what?

It is private insurance and the US taxpayer isn't footing the bill.

Also...I don't even know if my own employer provided private insurance pays for abortions either. I never noticed nor did I ever look into it. It might be standard throughout the insurance industry. I don't know one way or another.

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I'm really interested in how guys can get abortions.

is there something we should know? :huh:

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I'm really interested in how guys can get abortions.

I'm really interested in why you don't know that private insurance policies are gender neutral. I get the same policy that the women at work get.

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"...for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process."

US Congresswoman Barbara Jordan (D-TX)

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I'm really interested in how guys can get abortions.

is there something we should know? :huh:

Just to make sure - some folks still can't understand that XY men can't get preggo.

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Hey - that's GREAT !!!

So if there's a female staffer working for the RNC, has a tryst during convention time - she's covered for the abortion.

WHEW !!

I hope they keep it in, not yank the coverage.

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The only way to fix the whole abortion question is simple, make it illegal. They did that back home and it works. It shouldn't be a right for anyone to murder another person even if that other person is occupying part of their body. We're all here because our mothers made a choice, many times a hard choice and didn't murder us before we could even defend ourselves.

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