boggle

what the fuck just happened.

sparkleneelysparkle:

so we passed a healthcare bill. which is great. i still dont understand WHY this has been such a struggle, but that is neither here nor there.

the fact is that the bill passed with the stupak amendment which i believe NARAL can explain better than i (although i have emphasized the crucial element):

“The Stupak-Pitts amendment makes it virtually impossible for private insurance companies that participate in the new system to offer abortion coverage to women. This would have the effect of denying women the right to use their own personal private funds to purchase an insurance plan with abortion coverage in the new health system — a radical departure from the status quo. Presently, more than 85 percent of private-insurance plans cover abortion services.”

so now its up to you as voters to contact your representatives about this and insure that our right to STAYING ALIVE and STAYING HEALTHY and thus CONTRIBUTING to motherfucking society isn’t given to us with caviats like those stated above.