Acceptable Bigotry ?!?!?!

To use Rep. Chris Smith' of New Jersey's own phrase, his bill 'No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act'—H.R. 3, is a bigotted attempt to deny women personal freedom and privacy, which most American consider basic, sacred rights. This is his own "acceptable bigotry" against women!

H.R. 3 would deny medical coverage for women who rely on the government for their health insurance, including federal employees, women in the military, Native Americans, Peace Corps volunteers and poor women enrolled in Medicaid. In addition, would effectively eliminate coverage for abortion in the private market by making it onerous for insurance companies to offer these plans and imposing new taxes on businesses and individuals that purchase them.
Even more troubling, H.R. 3 would allow public hospitals to refuse to provide a medically necessary abortion to a pregnant woman facing a life-threatening emergency. This is inhumane. Stray dogs would be given better care.

This bill is also fiscally irresponsible, as it would continue the onerous burden of unwanted children and women forced to leave the workforce on to the welfare rolls; draining our resources even faster than the cost of treatment for women under Medicaid. How could a supposedly responsible Republican be so short sighted when it comes to economic realities?!

Not only is it contrary to the stated economic aims of his political party, it is part and parcel to the heinous crime he is reknowned for working to prevent - human trafficking! He should investigate how many of the victims of human slavery start their lives. Many are the overlooked, unempowered, poor who as either pregnant women with no where to turn, or the unwanted child his Right To Life campaign aids and abets.

H.R. 3 must be stopped. It is yet another thinly disguised encroachement of women's rights to privacy and freedom by a minority faction in their fanatic drive to ban a sometimes necessary medical procedure that they, themselves, will never be forced to undergo.

“Testing ….. testing….. Are you paying attention?”

As if enduring a case of the chicken pox that was worse than any military doc at Wright-Patterson AFB had ever seen was not enough of a test of my patience and endurance, now, 46 years later, it just had to let me know it was still hanging around!

Yep, the body wasn’t satisfied by emphasizing that I am aging by afflicting me with a muscle strain that runs from the base of my skull to the tips of my fingers. It just had to add Shingles for my entertainment. So now one side hurts to move or seizes up in immobilizing cramps, while the other side wriggles with muscles spasms and taunts me with an itch I can’t scratch.

Ok, Karma, just who did I wish bodily torture upon that you are returning the sentiment for?
You and my corporeal being have pretty much my full attention now!

But hopefully, not for much longer.

Did you notice I used those brain cells to figure out what was going on and find someone to help?

Yes, I know their help will not fix things completely, but guess what dear OLD body, you are in for some amusement. Those drugs you don’t like me taking because they you turn you into an inert lump of flesh - Well guess what? You are in for a round of steroid induced munching, surface and internal muscle and nerve numbing, paint you till you are all chalky pink and spend the weekend with endless movies that you will miss chunks of because you won’t be able to stay awake.

I am going to dose you well and then leave you in control. I am not going to fight to be productive. I am not going to take you out to enjoy new experiences.

Maybe you should think about at least killing off this viral pox and letting me get back to my normal crazy self, huh?