AND YOU THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY REPUBLICAN LEGISLATION BECAUSE IT'S A GIVEAWAY TO INSURANCE COMPANIES?:

Abortion foes capitalize on health law they fought (RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press)

Abortion opponents fought passage of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul to the bitter end, and now that it's the law, they're using it to limit coverage by private insurers.

An obscure part of the law allows states to restrict abortion coverage by private plans operating in new insurance markets. Capitalizing on that language, abortion foes have succeeded in passing bans that, in some cases, go beyond federal statutes.

"We don't consider elective abortion to be health care, so we don't think it's a bad thing for fewer private insurance companies to cover it," said Mary Harned, attorney for Americans United for Life, a national organization that wrote a model law for the states.

Abortion rights supporters are dismayed.

Thanks, Barry!

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 17, 2010 1:33 PM