Vincent and co in Planned Parenthood video

[maherjunkie]

thesearetheirstories.blogspot.com/2010/01/donofrio-erbe-bogosian-nicholson-in.html

[DonnaJo]

Why is it shocking that the new government sponsored Health Plan won't cover abortions unless they are the result of rape or incest? That's the current rule under Medicaid. Of course they will stick with the same guidelines.

IMO, if you get pregnant because you didn't feel like using birth control or for another irresponsible reason, then you should pay for your own abortion. An abortion isn't that expensive. Planned Parenthood charges around $350-$400.

[maherjunkie]

The point is you can't get PRIVATE coverage if you need it.

[jeffan]

Law and Order Actors Pitch Abortion in Health Care for Planned Parenthood Video

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Four actors form the acclaimed television series Law and Order: Criminal Intent have recorded a new video endorsing the nation's largest abortion business, Planned Parenthood. They specifically endorse its efforts to force Americans to pay for abortions in a government-run health care plan.

Actors Eric Bogosian, Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, and Julianne Nicholson lend their faces, voices and names to the pro-abortion effort.

"Americans were promised that, under health care reform, no one would lose benefits we currently have. So why should women be left behind?" the actors say.

Their comments fly in the face of the language of the current bills in Congress, where the Senate measure actually changes currently law (the Hyde amendment) and makes it so taxpayers are required to pay for abortions unless their states opts out of abortion funding.

The actors continue: "The majority of insurance plans cover abortion care. The new health care system will make it harder for millions of women to purchase private health care insurance that covers abortions. This would be the most devastating restriction to abortion since Roe v. Wade."

Again, the Law and Order actors peddle incorrect information as research shows less than half of current health care plans cover abortions.

The actors all take turns saying their names and endorsing Planned Parenthood in the remainder of the video saying they "support Planned Parenthood" and "Planned Parenthood supports me."

They endorsed the group's political action committee and provide a web site address that leads to a Planned Parenthood web site pushing abortion funding in health care.

The student group Live Action, which has released undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood misleading clients on abortion and fetal development and covering up cases of potential sexual abuse, is urging pro-life advocates to contact the actors with their disappointment over the Planned Parenthood endorsement.

Live Action spokesman David Schmidt says he's upset the Law and Order actors "teamed up with Planned Parenthood to advocate for taxpayer funded abortions in this new ad."

"And what do the American people think about taxpayer funded abortions?" he asked. He points to a Quinnipiac University opinion poll showing 72 percent said they oppose allowing abortions to be paid for with public funds under any new health care system created by the government.

Take action:

Share your thoughts with the actors that participated in this ad. Their contact information:

Eric Bogosian: [e-mail], 212.501.3201 or www.twitter.com/bogosiana

Contact Vincent D’Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Julianne Nicholson at www.nbc.com/contact/general

Related web sites:
Planned Parenthood video -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2z6k-L9fBY
Live Action - liveaction.org

lifenews.com/nat5899.html

[DonnaJo]

Thnaks for the article, Jeffan.

Again, the Law and Order actors peddle incorrect information as research shows less than half of current health care plans cover abortions.

True......and again - current government sponsored health care (Medicaid) does not pay for abortions. I am certainly not against a woman's right to have one, but it should not be paid for with the premiums or taxpayer dollars collected by people who are pro-life. That is unfair. Even Obama knows that, and is being realistic about this.

Instead of further muddying the waters, why don't the actors support the health care bill as it stands so it can finally pass? At this rate, with everyone so caught up in their own agenda, it never will.

[maherjunkie]

It's not as if the person writing the article didn't have an agenda to begin with. I can understand your point but my tax dollars went for a war I sure as hell didn't support.

The house version, which includes stupak, says that any insurance provider that offers ins through the exchange cannot cover abortion, even if the insured purchases coverage with their own money.
The senate version has language that says a provider can cover it only if the insured purchases a coverage rider, seperate from what is provided through the exchange (the insured would literally be required to write two seperate checks to pay premiums).

[DonnaJo]

A coverage rider for abortions is a good idea. People who believe in abortion fail to comprehend how those who are pro-life feel. To say they are vehemently opposed is an understatement. To them, its murder. They do not want any of their money spent on it - tax money, premium money - not a penny. The government knows that. Even if someone pays for their own insurance under the health care bill, the government would be subsidizing part of it. That's the rub.

Thanks for the healthy debate, MJ. ;D

[maherjunkie]

Oh we comprehend; there is a dead doctor in Kansas to prove it. But these are also the same people who B***h about sex ed and welfare.