Reply #112: I'm all for contraceptives. I think all insurance plans should cover them. [View All]

[TwilightGardener]

I support legal, safe abortion--women should be able to choose from private insurance plans that cover them, which is why I think the Stupak law is wrong in how it will cause insurers to drop the coverage altogether, for all women--we agree on that. They need to either discard the amendment or fix it so that women can still have the procedure covered (though I oppose subsidized abortions except for rape/incest/health). But neither restores health or cures a disease state, in MOST cases. (Exception-- I was on the pill as treatment for menorrhagia, but I digress). To me, they pertain more to QUALITY of life--that doesn't make them unimportant, but it also doesn't elevate them to, say, a colostomy for a tumor, in terms of funding necessity. I think Viagra is also a quality of life issue--important, but not vital in terms of funding necessity. There's an argument to be made that Viagra IS restorative of function after a disease state, the same argument can be made for fertility treatment. But that's my hierarchy in terms of funding--yours may vary.