California Senate Candidate Backs Choice


Have you heard the latest from Barbara Boxer?

The men who have brought us this don’t single out a procedure that’s used by a man, or a drug that is used by a man, that involves his reproductive health care and say they have to get a special rider.

There’s nothing in this amendment that says if a man some days wants to buy Viagra, for example, that his pharmaceutical coverage cannot cover it, that he has to buy a rider. I wouldn’t support that.

Of course, this isn’t the first time she’s compared “reproductive health care,” code for prevention of reproduction, with Viagra, something that has nothing to do with abortion or birth control. Take a look at this:

A real, live example, which I’ve been hearing a lot about from women: There are many health insurance plans that will cover Viagra but won’t cover birth-control medication. Those women would like a choice.

Oh wait, my mistake. That last quote wasn’t from Barbara Boxer. It was from Carly Fiorina. Oops. Who can tell these “choice” advocates apart, though? Of course, Fiorina later backtracked and claimed that she was not taking a position at all on “pro-life” matters, I find it interesting that even then, she refused to come out and say that as a matter of public policy, she opposed abortion. She only claimed to be “personally” against abortion, which is the same formulation used by notable pro-publicly-financed-abortion candidates John Kerry and Rudy Giuliani.

Further, let us not forget that the two issues – abortion and birth control – are legally intertwined. A key precedent of Roe v. Wade was Eisenstadt v. Baird, in which Justice Brennan invoked “privacy” in declaring the right to make a “decision whether or not to bear or beget a child.”

The bottom line is this: time and again, Carly Fiorina has had the opportunity to take a stand for life and sane social values. However she has not, and only falls back on “I am personally pro-life” when questioned, instead of being an outspoken champion for life. This is why we have reason to question her commitment to life as a matter of law, and why pro-life California Republicans should think twice before supporting her in June.


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support birth control= pro abortion?

redtillimdead (Diary) Friday, December 11th at 5:31PM EST (link)

Sorry, I just don’t see it. I’m anti-abortion in all cases, as is my wife, but she still uses birth control. Does this make us pro-abortion?

Nancy Pelosi can kiss my asstroturf.

I think the idea of birth control is connected to the phrase...

penguin2 (Diary) Friday, December 11th at 5:47PM EST (link)

“procedure used by a man.” The point being made, is the tie between reproductive rights and care–both of which have lead to the marketing of abortion as being in the same ballpark as birth control. Every time the language starts using these words, it is code, because they have been able to make the argument for one, and thereby force the acceptance of the other. With men, I imagine they are talking about sterilization, thus requiring a rider for men, is unacceptable, thus they can say requiring a rider for women who want abortions, would be unacceptable. This is how they do there dirty work. Equating getting Viagra and reproductive care for men, as the same as birth control and reproductive care for women; only for women, this translates into abortion.

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thx for this NS - That Carly would want to force private ins cos to cover birth control is simply unacceptable for a conservative on so many levels - nt

Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Saturday, December 12th at 10:55AM EST (link)

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Birth control or abortion?

SteveLA (Diary) Saturday, December 12th at 11:06AM EST (link)

Mike

Maybe I am reading you wrong, but I think you mean abortion not birth control in your comment. I’ve not read that many postings here on RS calling for banning of birth control in coverage in medical care as long as it’s not the morning after pill sort and of course abortion.

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don't want to ban birth control - also don't want to force private ins cos to cover birth control - let the market decide - nt

Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Saturday, December 12th at 12:37PM EST (link)

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Not even an issue

SteveLA (Diary) Saturday, December 12th at 12:45PM EST (link)

Mike

I’m not sure that there is a question of private insurance companies offering birth control in their plans, maybe you know of specific cases, but I’m unaware.

I did out of curiosity check what TRICARE, the DOD health care insurance has to say about abortion and about birth control. Abortions are not covered, unless there is a true life of the mother issue with certification by the doctor with real limits, and birth control is covered.

So I’m not sure where you are going with birth control objections, but as far as I can tell that is not a mainstream objection from ether side from the ditch.

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carly makes it an issue of "choice" by her own words, and the only way to ensure

Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Sunday, December 13th at 11:52AM EST (link)

that choice is for government to force private insurers to offer the choice

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