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Dems’ Plan B disintegrates: Bill to reverse Hobby Lobby ruling can’t clear filibuster
The Washington Times ^ | July 16, 2014 | Tom Howell Jr.

Posted on 07/16/2014 12:57:54 PM PDT by jazusamo

Senate Democrats’ effort to reverse the Supreme Court’s “Hobby Lobby” ruling on birth control could not overcome a Republican filibuster Wednesday, exposing the partisan divide over how to balance women’s health rights with religious liberty ahead of November’s congressional contests.

The chamber’s 56-43 vote was not enough to green-light the “Not My Boss’ Business Act” for final consideration, even though Republicans Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Mark Kirk of Illinois and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska broke party ranks and voted to put the bill on the floor.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, changed his vote to “no” at the last minute so he could once more bring up the bill, which would require corporations to insure birth control or other legally mandated services when offering health plans.

“It’s an essential part of women’s health and should be part of an employee’s package, and not something she has to go and add on later,” Sen. Maria Cantwell, Washington Democrat, said.

The legislation authored by Democratic Sens. Patty Murray of Washington and Mark Udall of Colorado was more political than practical — the Republican-led House would not have taken up the measure.

But it provided Democrats a way to woo women voters amid fears of poor turnout this fall.

The party says the bill is necessary because an all-male majority of the Supreme Court ruled owners of closely held corporations do not have to insure forms of birth control that violate their moral beliefs.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortion; democrats; filibuster; hobbylobby; planb; ussenate
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To: jazusamo
Well of course. Any civilized culture kills its young. Every educated, scientifically-minded human being knows and subscribes to that...

Extremists, however, have the audacity to suggest that mothers and babies are not natural enemies.

21 posted on 07/16/2014 3:06:45 PM PDT by Lexinom
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“It’s an essential part of women’s health and should be part of an employee’s package, and not something she has to go and add on later,” Sen. Maria Cantwell, Washington Democrat, said.

Why do people in Washington State (and yes, it's "people", not just Cantwell) believe that executing children in their mothers' wombs is an essential part of "women's health"? I live in the state; what is about this state that makes people so... murderous?

I realize this is not - directly at least - an abortion-related measure, but it's along the same road with much the same rhetoric. Futhermore, a select few of these drugs are abortifacients and do, in fact, result in the death of a tiny human being, hence the Hobby Lobby case.

22 posted on 07/16/2014 3:10:36 PM PDT by Lexinom
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I moved here from CA (was in the military here, met a girl, and married her).

Speaking about Western Washington, from Olympia to the border: Never met meaner people anywhere. Never met more entitled and arrogant people. Silicon alley is worse, but not much worse. Between the feminists, the single parent families, the noveau-riche software and coffee plutocrats, the abortionists who are doing it all ‘for the kids’ - they are reprehensible people.

Openly anti-Semitic - they have speakers at church who talk about the brutality of the Israeli people toward Palestinians and they don’t invite anyone to counter it.

Eastern Washington? It’s the obverse of Western Washington. Good people, patriotic, and out to help each other. They will help you when you are down, but they can’t tolerate idiots.

Spokane is weird. They don’t know whether to be fish nor fowl. Gonzaga is in the heart of it, which makes for great basketball, but the social justice indoctrination will make you upchuck your Keds.


23 posted on 07/16/2014 3:19:49 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs (.)
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To: Lexinom

I hear you and also live here.

My only thought is that we have a large liberal population, state politics is basically run by them from King County, Seattle and Olympia.

Even though Murray and Cantwell are leftists I find it hard to believe they want abortion pills given to pro abortion baby killers along with already supplied birth control.


24 posted on 07/16/2014 3:24:55 PM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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It’s almost like they WANT more dead babies, as though it’s a goal of theirs to kill as many human embryos as possible. It’s not good enough for them that the non-abortifacient drugs are just fine.


25 posted on 07/16/2014 3:51:59 PM PDT by Lexinom
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this is the big payback to planned parenthood. if you have to have plans that cover abortion, who does abortions? most hospitals don’t. most abortionists don’t work/have privileges at hospitals.


26 posted on 07/16/2014 7:07:22 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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