Oregon Democrats kill pro-abortion bill.

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madfloridian (83,645 posts) Thu Apr 16, 2015, 11:20 PM


Oregon Democrats Kill Health Bill Because It Included Abortion Provision. Shocked me.

I thought maybe Democrats around the country were learning that compromising with the extremist right was a dangerous thing. But this article mentions that Democrats have a "supermajority", and they still killed the bill.

From RH Reality Check:

Oregon Democrats Kill Reproductive Health Bill Because It Included Abortion Provision

An Oregon bill that would have codified the right to affordable, full-spectrum reproductive health care was killed by the state’s Democratic leadership last week because of a provision that would have increased access to abortion.

Backed by a coalition of progressive lawmakers and activists, SB 894, the Comprehensive Women’s Health Bill, appeared strong coming out of the gate in the Democratic-led legislature.

“I’m proud to be working with such a wide range of legislators and advocates on this issue,” state Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward (D-Beaverton), one of the bill’s chief sponsors, told RH Reality Check when the bill was introduced in February. “We’ve got Republicans and Democrats, men and women, and advocates from across the spectrum who care deeply about this bill.”

The proposal would have required all health insurance plans to cover a wide range of reproductive health services, including contraception, abortion, prenatal care, childbirth, and postpartum care, at low costs. It would also have allowed pharmacies to dispense a 12-month supply of birth control at one time, and reduced cost sharing and deductibles for abortion care.

But the language on abortion proved a sticking point even for the Oregon legislature, which has a Democratic super-majority and a track record of supporting abortions rights. Senators in the health committee failed to even give the bill a hearing date, killing it by default.


The cowardly way out...why they did not want to vote on it.

Aimee Santos-Lyons, director of programs for Western States Center, told RH Reality Check. The Western States Center backed the bill. “Senators didn’t want to be asked to vote on abortion and have that on their record. They find it a difficult issue to go public on.”


That's just shameful.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026520889

madfloridian (83,645 posts)
3. "They find it a difficult issue to go public on.” Democrats MUST get over that.

Politicians, even DemonRat ones that worship at the altar of Moloch know that most people are against unfettered abortion.  The DUmmies can't get it through their empty heads that the thinking on abortion is shifting towards the right to life side.

[DumbAss Tanker]

I'm not going to look it up, but a couple of reasons they might have done this occur, such getting into the area of near-term abortion which is tough for even most Democrats to swallow.  However, it also looks like an unbelievable budget-buster, and I suspect that alone may have killed it.

[obumazombie]

I wonder how much the hive will be stirred up on that thread.

[Carl]

The proposal would have required all health insurance plans to cover a wide range of reproductive health services, including contraception, abortion, prenatal care, childbirth, and postpartum care, at low costs. It would also have allowed pharmacies to dispense a 12-month supply of birth control at one time, and reduced cost sharing and deductibles for abortion care.

I`m surprised they didn`t mandate doctors provide free abortion house calls. 
The blood lust the left has for butchered babies is just vile.