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U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee: Women's Health Care Isn't a Bargaining Chip
Conservatives and progressives don't agree on much these days. Regardless of their party leanings, though, a clear majority of Americans believe that politicians shouldn't meddle in a woman's personal health care decisions.
Yet for too long, women's health care has been a political bargaining chip.
Anti-choice politicians have worked to ensure that women enrolled in government health plans - including veterans and government employees - don't get abortion care coverage.
That needs to stop. It's past time to stand up and protect a woman's access to health care, no matter how she's insured, where she lives, or what she earns.
That's why I introduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act - or the EACH Woman Act - to ensure that politics never comes between a woman and her own personal health decisions. ...................(more)
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/32829-health-care-isn-t-a-bargaining-chip