Anti-Choice Missouri Lawmakers Override Health-Care Coverage for Women
Extreme anti-choice state lawmakers are at it again!
This law will allow bosses to refuse to cover birth control, abortion, and other health-care services in their insurance plans based on their personal beliefs. Women who work at these organizations may no longer receive comprehensive health-care coverage.
This is the furthest-reaching of any recent state bill on this topic.
When Gov. Nixon vetoed the bill in July, he delivered a strong rebuke against its intent to deny contraceptive-coverage to women. Watch his great remarks:
We've seen this kind of political interference in women's birth-control coverage at the federal level, too.
Earlier this year, another Missouri native, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), proposed an extreme amendment to allow corporations and insurance companies to refuse to cover birth control and other essential health-care services, including maternity care, HIV/AIDS screenings, mammograms and cancer screenings.
Fortunately, U.S. senators stood up for women and defeated the notorious Blunt amendment.
Keep up to date on what's happening in Missouri by following NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri on Facebook and Twitter. They are on the front lines, and we applaud them for doing everything they could to stop this attack on women's birth-control coverage.
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Why, Why, WHY do people continue to elect officials that put corporate profits above the well being of the population???
I could not refrain from commenting. Perfectly written!
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US people smartly handled this issue and they supported the women.
I am truly ashamed to be a Missourian.
The legislators here talk about less government intervention in people's lives, while at the same time they dictate health-care service decisions to employees based on business owners personal beliefs. It's just too hypocritical to believe.
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The Republicans are only hurting themselves. According to well-respected surveys, a majority of people in this country want to keep abortion safe and legal and many feel legislators should turn their attention to something else. This kind of nonsense is a waster of the taxpayers' money.