Birth control bill stirs controversy (Planned Parenthood etc. in Ne)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20120206/NEWS01/702069886#birth-control-bill-stirs-controversy

By Martha Stoddard

LINCOLN — Nebraska could save money and improve the health of women and children by expanding Medicaid coverage of family planning services, a key state lawmaker said Monday.

State Sen. Kathy Campbell of Lincoln called Legislative Bill 540 "an important public health issue."

But the measure immediately ran into controversies about abortion and birth control.

A proposed amendment would bar any funds from the expanded coverage from going to Planned Parenthood or other entity that "performs or promotes elective abortion."

FULL story at link.

[Arugula Latte]

1. Any Republican male who worries about abortion is free to castrate himself.

No balls -- no pregnancy -- no abortion -- no problem.