The GOP’s Attack On Women Is Going Nowhere. Nowhere.

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Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the “No Funding For Abortion Act” (also known as H.R. 3) which you may recall tried to redefine “forcible rape.” That was dead in the water (mostly because statutory rape and incest would not necessarily fall under those categories), so that language was taken out. (And then, it wasn’t.) Instead of trying to limit the kinds of victims of rape, they are now also aiming to limit who can provide the coverage, namely Medicaid. So, no public funding of abortion. For victims of statutory rape. Oh, and also, private health insurers who cover abortions may cause the companies who use them for their employees to lose their tax credits. (By the way, 87 percent of private health insurers cover abortions.)