Some of OHLGM brigade are saying that the threat of losing Roe v. Wade means nothing. Someone mentioned that there is no legislation threatening a woman’s right to make medical decisions for her own body (aka “choice”). Feministing via Think Progress compiled a list of thing McCain is famous for with regards to those medical decisions.
- Voted to end “the Title X family planning program, credited with helping prevent over 9 million abortions.”
- Voted against funding teen‐pregnancy‐prevention programs and ensuring that “abstinence‐only” programs are medically accurate.
- Voted for the domestic gag rule, which would have prohibited federally funded family‐planning clinics from providing women with access to full information about their reproductive‐health options.
- Voted to take $75 million from the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant to establish a new “abstinence‐only” program that censors information about birth control.
- Declined to help reduce the need for abortion and improve maternal health by opposing effort to require insurance coverage for prescription birth control, improve access to emergency contraception, and provide more women with prenatal health care.
- Voted against legislation that would have prevented unintended pregnancy by investing in insurance coverage for prescription birth control, promoting family‐planning services, implementing teen‐pregnancy‐prevention programs, and developing programs to increase awareness about emergency contraception
Some interesting links to news articles about limiting medical procedures for women:
Laws limiting
Doctor investigated
Abstinence Only side effects
Abstinence Only lies and myths propagated
Keep foolin’ yourselves, ladies.
