[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by Miss Tick

"H.R. 358 overturns decades of precedent guaranteeing people access to lifesaving emergency care, including abortion care and says its ok that a pregnant woman fighting for her life be left to die.

Read it again. It is that breathtaking.

As Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) stated during floor debate, had this law been in effect 20 years ago she might not be here, because she was one of those women who needed an emergency abortion to save her life.
But the real lives of real women don't seem to be of great concern to the predominantly white male Congress.
“This bill is a collection of dangerous ideas that will undermine women’s health,” said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. “Most devastating, the bill eliminates protections for patients seeking care in emergency circumstances, and would allow a hospital to deny lifesaving
abortion care to a woman, even if a doctor deems it necessary.”"
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/articl...ie-act-of-2011

As horrifying as this is- expect more of the same with Rebublicans & teabaggers in control of Congress/Senate/Presidency if they win it all in 2012!

We simply must not allow this insanity to continue.

This makes me heartsick.