This article on the huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/11/michigan-rape-insurance_n_4428432.html?ir=Politics discusses how this law, which disallows all insurance plans in the states from covering abortion, has now been passed into law. The only way this law would not apply is if the woman’s life is in danger…meaning: even in the cases of rape and incest, a woman will not be insured for abortion. Some have even called this legislation ‘rape insurance,’ as it would force some women to anticipate the possibility of being raped with this extra insurance. Basically, as this article suggests, this piece of legislation is pushing the idea that women should have PLANNED for the possibility of being raped at some point in their life…sick and perverted. On Wednesday, several females came forward and discussed their own personal encounters with miscarriage and abortion in rather emotional speeches. Aside from the majority of women blasting Michigan for passing this piece of insurance, several men have also come forward, calling this ‘misogynist.” State Rep. David Kzenek has said, “This body made up of 80 percent of men will make a decision that will impact 100 percent of women.”
This video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDhiXuq6G9E is shown to truly illustrate how sad America has come. For a woman to have to PLAN to be raped at some point in their lives is nothing less than sick. These right wing leaders have no sense of the gravity of this rape insurance law. With a ban for any type of insurance for abortion, your insurance company will no longer have to pay for it…RIDICULOUS. These right wing conservative members think they are being clever, but again this begs the question ‘WHO PLANS TO HAVE AN ABORTION?”
Suppose a woman is raped while she is married? Conservatives practically argue ‘oh well…you should have planned for this.” I had a lot more hope in America, but with this passing of this legislation, I’m beginning to doubt how bright the future for Generation Y looks.
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