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Cobb-Hunter: Rape, incest victims further 'victimized' by House bill
The failure of state legislators to allow rape and incest victims access to taxpayer-subsidized abortions is "unconscionable," Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter of Orangeburg says.
SOUTH CAROLINA- Last week, the Republican-controlled South Carolina House defeated amendments by Cobb-Hunter and fellow Democrat Rep. Bakari Sellers of Denmark to legislation sponsored by Rep. Greg Delleney, R-Chester.
Under the federal health care reform law, health insurance plans offering abortion coverage are allowed to participate in a state's health exchange, mandated to begin in 2014. Delleney said the law also allows states to opt-out of offering these plans, several of which have already done so.
"The amendment doesn't force a person of conscience from having to support paying for abortion insurance coverage with tax dollars except to save the life of the mother," Delleney said. "Only about 12 percent of abortions in this country are covered by insurance. Most don't use their coverage to pay the costs.
To read more on the story visit; http://www.thetandd.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_784a2ce8-5e6f-11e0-90e3-001cc4c002e0.html
House abortion bill redefines rape, incest exceptions
YAHOO NEWS- A bill to limit federal funding of abortions is redefining rape and incest, writes Nick Baumann at Mother Jones magazine.
Forcible rape has no formal definition under federal law, Baumann notes, but legal experts and abortion advocates told him that the new wording would most likely prevent Medicaid from paying for abortions for victims of statutory rapes not involving the use of force.
Baumann's sources also told him that the revised wording might also disallow funding of abortions in cases where perpetrators used date-rape drugs on their victims, or targeted mentally incapacitated women.
To read more visit; http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110128/us_yblog_thelookout/house-abortion-bill-redefines-rape-incest-exceptions
Indiana Shoots Down Rape/Incest Abortion Exceptions
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INDIANA- The Indiana House, on Thursday May 31, 2011, passed a bill, HB 1210.
The bill would force women to carry pregnancies past 22 weeks to term, even if the father of the fetus is their rapist or family member.
The only reason a woman could get an abortion after 22 weeks is if carrying the fetus to term would result in the woman's death or "substantial physical impairment."
Even then, her doctor would be required by law to perform the abortion in a hospital with a prenatal unit, and in the way that "would result in the best opportunity for the fetus to survive."
The bill passed with overwhelming support, 72-23. State representative Gail Riecken, a Democrat, tried to amend the bill to include exceptions for rape or incest, but her amendment failed.
Among the amendment's critics was Rep. Eric Turner (Republican), who wrote HB 1210. He argued that the amendment would provide a "loophole" to women who wanted abortions.
They would, he suggested, lie about being raped. "I don't want to disparage in any way someone who's gone through the experience of a rape, or incest," Turner said, "but someone who is desirous of an abortion could simply say that they've been raped or there's incest."Federal funding is only allowed to pay for abortions in the case of rape, incest, and when the life of the mother is endangered.
But a new bill with 173 co-sponsors would further limit federally funded exceptions, only allowing Medicaid to pay for abortions in the case of "forcible rape."
To read more visit; http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/03/indiana-shoots-down-rapeincest-abortion-exceptions
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