{"id":203,"date":"2009-07-21T15:49:26","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T15:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lynnvsekulow\/2009\/07\/all-women-deserve-health-care.html"},"modified":"2009-07-21T15:49:26","modified_gmt":"2009-07-21T15:49:26","slug":"all-women-deserve-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lynnvsekulow\/2009\/07\/all-women-deserve-health-care.html","title":{"rendered":"All Women Deserve Health Care with the Right to Choose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Jay, any sensible health care reform plan is going to have to cover women&#8217;s<br \/>\nreproductive health care more completely and equitably than the current system. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span>We need to listen to those in the medical field as to what<br \/>\nis the best health care package for every American, women obviously included,<br \/>\nand follow that advice. <br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">As of today, it seems medical experts believe abortion<br \/>\nprocedures should be included in a basic health care package. Nearly 90 percent<br \/>\nof insurers currently cover abortion, according to a 2002 survey by the<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/politics\/article\/0,8599,1909178,00.html\">Guttmacher Institute<\/a>. What you&#8217;re proposing, Jay, seems to suggest that women give up a benefit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plannedparenthoodnj.org\/articles\/20090708_AbortionSinkHealthCareReform\">they are already<br \/>\nreceiving<\/a> under their private insurance policies. Again, this new health care policy is supposed to make health care more<br \/>\naccessible, not less. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Earlier this month, the National Women&#8217;s Law Center <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwlc.org\/details.cfm?id=3622&amp;section=newsroom\">released<br \/>\na poll<\/a> conducted by the Mellman Group that indicated 71 percent of likely<br \/>\nvoters favor including reproductive services such as birth control and abortion<br \/>\nas part of health reform.&nbsp;<br \/>\nAs you can see, most Americans believe reproductive health care is essential to<br \/>\ngood, overall health care. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span><\/span><\/strong>Besides, don&#8217;t you want health care to be equal<br \/>\nfor all?<br \/>\nWomen have the Constitutional right to choose. They should be able to<br \/>\ncarry a pregnancy to term or choose to terminate that pregnancy within<br \/>\nthe boundaries of safe, quality medical care. In addition, women of all<br \/>\neconomic backgrounds must have this right.&nbsp; That&#8217;s why we need medical<br \/>\ncoverage that makes this choice available across the board. It&#8217;s as<br \/>\nsimple as that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"color: black\"><font size=\"3\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><span><span style=\"color: black\"><font size=\"5\" face=\"Times New Roman\">To subscribe to &#8220;Lynn v. Sekulow&#8221; click <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverifySubmit?feedId=2290560\"><font size=\"5\" face=\"Times New Roman\">here<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\">.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jay, any sensible health care reform plan is going to have to cover women&#8217;s reproductive health care more completely and equitably than the current system. 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