President Obama on the 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

[Kath1]

"Today, we mark the 43rd anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which affirmed a woman’s freedom to make her own choices about her body and her health. The decision supports the broader principle that the government should not intrude on private decisions made between a woman and her doctor. As we commemorate this day, we also redouble our commitment to protecting these constitutional rights, including protecting a woman’s access to safe, affordable health care and her right to reproductive freedom from efforts to undermine or overturn them. In America, every single one of us deserves the rights, freedoms, and opportunities to fulfill our dreams."

RIGHT ON, ONCE AGAIN, PRESIDENT OBAMA! THANK YOU!

[mountain grammy]

1. K & R

[niyad]

2. there is this, however:

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted in 2010, also incorporates the Hyde Amendment. Given the ACA’s significant Medicaid expansion, the law represents the largest expansion of abortion funding restrictions since the Hyde Amendment was first implemented. The ACA also invites states to prohibit abortion coverage in private plans—and many have done so: Twenty-five states have laws essentially banning abortion coverage in plans that will be offered through the health insurance exchanges, including 10 states that ban insurance coverage of abortion more broadly in all private insurance plans regulated by the state. And, just like the federal government, 21 states have banned abortion coverage in insurance plans for public employees.

http://msmagazine.com/blog/2016/01/22/on-roe-anniversary-lets-remember-the-u-s-women-for-whom-abortion-is-a-right-on-paper-only/

[Cha]

3. Thank you, Kath!