The House of Representatives Passes the “Protect Life Act"
After a heated floor debate yesterday, the numbers are in. The House of Representatives passed the “Protect Life Act,” (H.R. 358) which would allow any hospitals that don't wish to provide abortions to refuse to do so, even if a woman needs the procedure to save her life.
The act would allow any hospital employee who did not agree with abortion to refuse to process bills, handle medical records, or even set up an examination room for a woman in need of a life-saving abortion. Current regulation allows anti-abortion doctors to opt out of performing them, but not in the case of a life-saving emergency.
In addition to changing the rules for hospitals, H.R. 358 would radically change health insurance coverage in regard to abortion and contraception. It would eliminate federal funding to any health care plan that includes abortion coverage, which could cause insurance companies to stop covering abortions. H.R. 358 would also allow states to pass laws that allow health care insurance plans to undermine the new requirement to cover birth control with no co-pay.
“This bill is a collection of dangerous ideas that will undermine women’s health,” says Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. “[It] will increase the economic burden on already struggling American families by eliminating health insurance provisions that could save them from bankruptcy.”
What does this mean to the women of America? Well, maybe nothing. The White House said that President Obama would veto H.R. 358 if it ever hits his desk. "The legislation intrudes on women's reproductive freedom and access to health care and unnecessarily restricts the private insurance choices that women and their families have today," says a statement from The White House.
What do you think of the “The Protect Life Act”? Are you for or against it? Tell us where you stan
The act would allow any hospital employee who did not agree with abortion to refuse to process bills, handle medical records, or even set up an examination room for a woman in need of a life-saving abortion. Current regulation allows anti-abortion doctors to opt out of performing them, but not in the case of a life-saving emergency.
In addition to changing the rules for hospitals, H.R. 358 would radically change health insurance coverage in regard to abortion and contraception. It would eliminate federal funding to any health care plan that includes abortion coverage, which could cause insurance companies to stop covering abortions. H.R. 358 would also allow states to pass laws that allow health care insurance plans to undermine the new requirement to cover birth control with no co-pay.
“This bill is a collection of dangerous ideas that will undermine women’s health,” says Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. “[It] will increase the economic burden on already struggling American families by eliminating health insurance provisions that could save them from bankruptcy.”
What does this mean to the women of America? Well, maybe nothing. The White House said that President Obama would veto H.R. 358 if it ever hits his desk. "The legislation intrudes on women's reproductive freedom and access to health care and unnecessarily restricts the private insurance choices that women and their families have today," says a statement from The White House.
What do you think of the “The Protect Life Act”? Are you for or against it? Tell us where you stan
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