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Cavuto Rallies Against Family Planning Provision In Stimulus
Wonk Room —
... As Amanda Terkel points out over at ThinkProgress, conservatives have started complaining and mischaracterizing a provision of the stimulus bill that would “grant waivers to states to allow them to cover family planning services and supplies to low-income women who are not otherwise eligible for Medicaid.” According to the text of the provision, “the bill would ...
It's Raining Condoms
ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES —
If you have followed the political debate on the new stimulation bill you know that Republican leader John Boehner (heh) expressed his party's dislike of the part of the stimulation bill that has to do with family planning money for women who are poor: "How you can spend hundreds of millions of dollars on contraceptives how does that stimulate the economy?" House Republican Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio said on Friday after congressional leaders met with Obama at the White House. "You can go through a whole host of issues that have ...
Dick Morris Reiterates: Obama Stimulus A Trojan Horse Filled With Socialists
News Hounds —
... The discussion with Morris (anybody notice that he's farther down in the show's lineup than he used to be?) began by hyping a popular GOP myth du jour, suggesting that funds for contraception are a key part of the economic stimulus package. ...
Dick Morris: Obama Stimulus A Trojan Horse Filled With Socialists
News Hounds —
... The discussion with Morris (anybody notice that he's farther down in the show's lineup than he used to be?) began by hyping a popular GOP myth du jour, suggesting that funds for contraception are a key part of the economic stimulus package. ...
Lather, rinse, repeat
Political Animal —
... family-planning programs; states have been screwed over on this for years; it's an easy and straightforward approach to preventative, cost-saving healthcare ; and as it turns out, it's ...
Conservative lies: Wasteful spending on contraception hurts our economic stimulus package.
Feministing —
... House Minority leader Boehner is at it again, only this time him, along with his conservative colleagues, are suggesting that since the stimulus bill has a section about state coverage of family planning, this somehow translates to, "hundreds of millions on contraceptives." The actual text published originally at Think Progress reads, ...
The newest addition to the Bill of Rights: The Conservative Hissy Fit Exception
Crooks and Liars —
... Bill of Rights.
It's called The Republican Hissy Fit Exception.
No matter what harm has been caused by the Republican party to our country and applies especially when they have been voted out of office because of that harm, any piece of Democratic legislation being discussed may be attacked with the intent of watering it down or destroying it completely (voided) at any time as long as one conservative in Congress has a hissy fit.
The traditional media must immediately validate their hissy ...
Linda Bergthold: Do contraceptives stimulate the economy?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... here, this is a serious issue. Republicans are attacking a provision in the stimulus bill that would allow states to cover family planning services for low income women without applying for a federal waiver. How, the Republicans ask, is this a job stimulus? How will this help the economy? Is it not just another progressive Christmas tree ornament to hang on this huge stimulus bill? ...
Republicans exploit economic stimulus bill to increase the abortion rate
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
... be women who were already on the pill, and it’s just to make sure that states don’t go bankrupt because they continue to offer services they’re already providing. Grown-ups can see how this works, and grown-ups realize that preventing unintended pregnancy is a legitimate government service, especially in an economic downturn, when women are less able to afford abortion or the excessive costs of having a baby. That’s the grown-up reaction.
Then there’s the wingnut reaction: ...
Krauthammer: No one ever painted Islam with a ?broad brush.?
The Hollywood Liberal —
... by the headline, “PELOSI SAYS BIRTH CONTROL WILL HELP ECONOMY.” His conservative fans in Congress, of course, quickly went on the attack against the sensible family planning provision in the House economic recovery package, […] Another day, another shrill Drudge headline. On Monday, Drudge put up an unflattering picture of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), accompanied by the headline, “PELOSI SAYS BIRTH CONTROL WILL HELP ECONOMY.” His conservative fans in Congress, of course, quickly went on the attack against the sensible family planning provision in the House economic ...
Obama plans to reintroduce family planning funding stripped from economic recovery package.
The Hollywood Liberal —
... a provision expanding access to comprehensive family planning services for low-income women from the economic recovery package. But TPMDC reports that at yesterday’s Lilly Ledbetter Act signing ceremony, Obama assured attendees “that the family planning aid would be done soon — ...
Japanese Foreign Minister resigns after purportedly appearing drunk at briefing with reporters.
The Hollywood Liberal —
... is particularly visible in the Senate, where leadership has actively sought to keep the Conference’s message on the economy and away from divisive social issues. “I can’t imagine how out of touch people would think we are if we weren’t focused on the economy,” one GOP leadership aide said. But the fact is, many of the conservative attacks on President Obama’s economic recovery plan have been based in the culture wars. During the stimulus debate, congressional conservatives attacked family planning provisions and ...
Looks Like Meat Family Planning is Back on the Menu, Girls!
Shakesville —
... To congressional Republicans, one of the most objectionable parts of an early version of the House's economic recovery package was funding for family planning services. Conservatives cried that spending "hundreds of millions on contraceptives" wouldn't stimulate the economy. (Even though it ...
Cristina Page: Vasectonomics
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Family planning is nothing less than a foundation on which many Americans build sturdy, responsible lives. Regardless of political affiliation, that's exactly what many are struggling to do right now. Those who have lost their jobs and health insurance are in great need of family planning. They're also, alarmingly, the ones with the least access to it. Meanwhile Republicans openly mock attempts to include family planning as a part of the economic recovery, actively ...
