Blouin vows women's and children's health issues director (DM Register)

[Debi]

Mike Blouin, a Democratic candidate for governor, on Thursday said he would name a Cabinet-level director of women's and children's health issues and double spending for smoking prevention if he is elected.

Blouin, the former state economic development director, also said he would promote universal access to prenatal care for pregnant women and postnatal care for new mothers.

The announcement prompted accusations by his opponents that the announcement was an attempt to reassure Democrats who are uneasy about Blouin's personal opposition to abortion rights.

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"The intent of this announcement is to deflect from his disastrous record on choice and women's rights," Silverman said.

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http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060113/NEWS09/601130357/1056


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Blouin also makes comments about doubling the funding (to $11million) for smoking prevention programs and osteoporosis in women and violence against women.

Wow...where is all this money coming from?

[IA_Seth]

1. Smells overtly political to me. n/t

[Debi]

2. Don't be so prissy...smells like bullshit to me!

Now we know that Mike Blouin REALLY REALLY LOVES women and always has. Rather than promoting more bureaucratic bs to govern women's health care choices, why not just allow women to make their own INTELLIGENT reproductive health care decisions? Who would he propose to place in this cabinet position? Let me see....a white, wealthy, middle-aged man?

Ugh!

[IA_Seth]

3. I know, the irony kills me.

Hello, I am Mike Blouin, and because I believe that woman have the right to privacy and the right to make their own decisions about their body, I will create another bureaucrat to help women make the RIGHT decisions.