Reply #6: Wait a minute, do I understand this about "medically indicated"? [View All]

[Blue State Blues]

"eliminating coverage of medically indicated abortions over time for all women"

Are they talking about "medically indicated abortions" as in the "health of the mother," procedures that aren't allowed under Stupak-Pitts because even though continuing a complicated pregnancy may cause health problems including infertility and organ damage, the Stupak rules require that death be imminent? Sure, the pregnancy may cause permanent disability, but we can't do the medically indicated procedure because the mother isn't almost dead yet.

This is not simply eliminating coverage for so-called "elective abortions," a term used by those who say, "I don't want my tax dollars paying for someone else's elective procedure" (as if it were a nose job or a tummy tuck).

This is saying we refuse to cover women's health and we refuse to allow anyone else to cover it.

How can anyone other than the most vehement anti-abortion activists support this measure?