Posted on 11/12/2009 8:59:46 PM PST by khnyny
Let’s keep this simple. Word got out today via Politico that the RNC’s health care package for their employees covers abortions. At the risk of belaboring the obvious, if you at any time have donated to the RNC since 1991 (when this policy apparently took place), some incremental portion of your donation went to the administrative costs of running the RNC, including employee salaries and benefits packages. Part of “benefits packages” in this context is apparently a health care package that pays for abortions.
For thirty years, we have fought tooth and nail to prevent our tax money from being used to pay for abortions. Turns out, we were apparently doing it through donating to the political party that was ostensibly on our side. This betrayal is so fundamental to the majority of people who donate to the RNC that it’s almost unspeakable. I have no doubt that many of the staffers there will miss the point, so allow me to make it clearly: you have caused every person who donated to support your livelihood to become involved in what they perceive to be a grave moral evil.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
Some insurance policies coverage termination on request, some only cover termination when mother’s life is in danger. Even the Catholic church has that one. It would help to know specifically what the policy says.
If the insurer routinely covers termination by request, the purchaser must ask that the language be removed or it stays in. I’ve worked in both environments. The cost of having or not having the coverage is inconsequential.
The HR benefits manager either wasn’t paying attention, or wanted the language left in the policy.
Are these for elective abortions? Are these for ones done to save the mothers’ lives?
However, the fact that the RNC has always taken this “Big Tent” position, and low-balled the right-t0-life issue, going back to Reagan’s time. My guess is that the majority of staff at RNC is personally pro-choice. Understandable in a climate when the staff at the USCCB tries to minimize the issue of abortion when the majority of Catholic bishops publicly assert its overridding importance.
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I could think of much better targets for your resources than that.
Possibly it’s true that the RNC didn’t know about this coverage and that no one has ever used it. Although how they would know that, with the privacy laws in place, is something of a mystery.
Or it’s possible that they got that coverage quietly, with a wink and a nod, and that the present staff at the RNC didn’t know about it.
Rather than pursue a witch hunt, let’s just see how they handle it. They MUST drop this coverage. And Steele has to stop being a pro-choice stooge. He has several times said that he just loves pro-abort Republicans, and I don’t think I trust him to handle this, either.
Steele must go in any case, and all the other top guys. Otherwise, we will NEVER see the party come to its senses, and it will be time to let it die and start a new one. Their window of opportunity is narrowing. Only a year or three left for them to straighten out and smile right.
Take a look at this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2385399/posts
Good news - it looks like it has been taken care of already. That was fast!
Like some others, I suspect this was deliberately leaked to embarrass the RNC during the ongoing healthcare/Stupak ammendment debate.
Most insurance plans are “boiler plate”. It wouldn't surprise me that most under the policy didn't even know about this.
Someone went on a fishing expedition just to stir stuff up.
Good one!
Be my guest.
American Right to Life.
American Life League.
Personhood USA.
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“White Republicans are afraid of me”
When did he say this? Could you give some context so I can search it?
Thanks.
GG
Here's the article.
Thanks!
GG
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