http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/12/12/3053321/michigan-approves-rape-insurance/
On Wednesday evening, both chambers of the Michigan legislature approved a measure that will require women to purchase an additional insurance rider if they want abortion coverage, even in cases when the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest.
It will take effect 90 days after lawmakers adjourn, making Michigan the ninth state to restrict coverage of abortion on the private insurance market — an increasingly popular method of imposing barriers to the procedure.Opponents decried the legislation as a “rape insurance” bill, pointing out that victims of sexual assault would be forced to pay out-of-pocket for an abortion procedure unless they had thought ahead and purchased a separate rider.In the lead-up to the vote, State Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer (D) called the bill “one of the most misogynistic proposals” that has ever been up for debate in the legislature, adding that forcing women to consider purchasing extra insurance in case they’re raped in the future is “truly despicable.”And during Wednesday’s floor debate, Whitmer revealed a personal story to illustrate her opposition to the legislation. The lawmaker tearfully spoke about her own experience with sexual assault, disclosing that she was raped two decades ago.“As I was considering what to say in opposition to the rape insurance proposal in front of the Senate today, I made the decision to speak about my own story publicly for the first time ever,” the Senate Minority Leader explained. “It’s something I’ve coped with privately for many years now, but I felt it was important for my Republican colleagues to see the face of the women they’re hurting with their actions today.Thank god I didn’t get pregnant as the result of my own attack, but I can’t even begin to imagine now having to think about the same thing happening to my own daughters.”
women if they haven't really need to think about who best reflects those things unique to them in society before casting a vote. it still amazes me how some can go along with this singularly aim at them laws and still vote that way.
those who vote out of misguided radical reasons IMO need to be informed and it they still support their own destruction, more power to them, but know they would be forcing their beliefs on those who are not trying to shoot themselves in the head.
Nonetheless, those personal stories didn't sway Whitmer's and Lamonte's colleagues. The anti-choice bill passed easily, almostentirely along party lines.Despite the fact that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) opposes this insurance ban, and actually vetoed it last year, this measure will become law in March without the governor's signature. That's because there's an unusual state law in Michigan that permits "citizen-initiated" votes — so abortion opponents were able to simple circumvent the governor, collecting enough signatures to put the measure back before the legislature. This process ensures that it doesn't need Snyder's approval to become law.
ask yourself who knows best for you? those on the right who claim they listen and do your bidding, are they? one thging you should know by now, they don't care about you!
