Senate Version of Trumpcare Puts Women on the Chopping Block

[Judi Lynn]

by FEMINIST NEWSWIRE on Jun 22, 2017 • 10:31 PM

The Feminist Majority condemns the cruel draft of the U.S. Senate healthcare bill released today that threatens to decimate Medicaid as we know it and rip health insurance away from millions. We’re calling on U.S. Senators to oppose the Senate’s deadly, heartless version of Trumpcare.

Statement by Feminist Majority President, Eleanor Smeal:

“Today, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released a draft of the Senate’s healthcare bill that shamelessly targets women: pregnant women trying to access maternal and pre-natal healthcare; elderly women that make up two-thirds of nursing home patients; the women who make up two-thirds of all Medicaid recipients; and young women trying to access reproductive healthcare.

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[EllieBC]

1. Nothing shocking in that bill. We should know by now that

any human with ovaries and a uterus is going to be at the bottom of the list. We will have to fight for our reproductive rights, our prenatal care, our postpartum care, and later our menopausal care.

You would think that the pro-life party would at least care about prenatal care. Nope. That's because there's a woman involved and that immediately cancels out any concern.

[democratisphere]

2. redumbliCONs only whine and pine about children in the womb.

Once you're out of the womb, you're on your own.