Reply #1: Does the Stupak amendment prohibit payment for birth control? [View All]

[JDPriestly]

I am assuming not. Under that assumption, if birth control is covered by health care reform, then the focus of groups now providing birth control can move to assisting needy people with covering the costs of abortion.

I believe that this bill will actually reduce the number of abortions performed due to severe economic pressures on pregnant women. If a woman knows that her birth will not bankrupt her and her child will have access to good healthcare, two of her biggest financial problems are resolved. This healthcare bill will do more to reduce abortions among low-income women than any other action could.