64 Democrats voted for the Stupak amendment — you know, the one that says woman’s uteri are not their own, especially poor women’s uteri.
64 Democrats have completely disregarded one of the core tenets of the Democratic party – guaranteeing personal liberties for all. Women deciding with their doctors whether a pregnancy carried to term would be the best thing for them (whatever the reason) falls under personal liberties. What the hell are these 64 thinking?
If that wasn’t bad enough, the Goopers, during debate of the House Health Insurance Bill, were disgustingly rude, boorish pigs as members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus took the microphone. Egalia has the video.
64 dems join the goopers in throwing women’s rights under the bus, on the Stupak amendment, and 39 of those dems voted against health insurance reform. Because one lone republican had the wherewithal to vote for HR3962, this is being touted as a Bi-Partisan bill. (Yeah, it is technically because of that one republican vote, but if it were TRULY bi-partisan, more republicans would have voted “yes.”)
Now we turn our attention to the Senate, and how badly will health insurance reform will be watered-down from there. I’m sorry to say, I do not have high hopes that women’s rights will survive, and I have absolutely no faith, whatsoever, in Obama stripping regressive language in Conference.
And folks wonder why I have a very serious case of outrage fatigue! This debacle of a bill is just the tip of the iceberg, I’m sorry to say.
