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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The Ladies Good News for Washington Women (And the Men Who Love Them)

Posted by Cienna Madrid on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:10 PM

Yesterday evening, at the twilight of "Hug a Uterus" lobby day in Olympia, the Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee approved the Reproductive Parity Act (SB 6185), which would preserve the current trend that all health insurance policies sold in Washington that offer maternity coverage to also cover elective abortions.

Rep. Eileen Cody's (D-34) companion bill (HB 2330) was also approved by the House Health Care and Wellness Committee on January 26.

The bill still must pass out of either the House or the Senate by February 14 or else it's dead, but still: Light hurrahs all around.

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How about an amendment to the bill that requires all opponents of abortion to pay 5% of their incomes for the care and education of foster children?

Posted by thatsnotright on January 31, 2012 at 1:27 PM

good luck to all uteri and their caretakers in Washington State and elsewhere.
With what I'm reading about the roman catholic church these days, my mom's in for a good spirited conversation on her visit here this weekend. These old celibates really need to stop telling us fuckers what to do.

Posted by glasspusher on January 31, 2012 at 9:33 PM