In defiance of federal law, California currently requires all private health insurance plans to include coverage for abortion. Last December, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it would withhold $200 million from California unless the state changed course.
Unconcerned about the threat, State Senator Lena Gonzales (D-Los Angeles) wants to push the state’s noncompliance further with the introduction of SB-245, a bill to force all private insurance policies to pay for abortions free of charge, no co-pays, no deductibles.
“Everyone should have the right to make their own decision about when, if and how to start a family,” Gonzales explains.
“It is heartbreaking to imagine the devastating stress and crushing uncertainty that individuals have to go through, as they rush to save funds in hopes of getting the care they need. If our state is to be a true leader and defender of reproductive freedom, then we must ensure care for those who need it most….”
Wynette Sills, Director of Californians for Life, believes SB 245 will inevitably increase the number of abortions in a state she says already kills more than 130,000 babies every year through all nine months of pregnancy.
“When abortions are made free, even more abortions will likely occur,” Sills said.
“California taxpayers are already forced to pay for Medi-Cal funded abortions and SB 245 is just another way Democrats will promote even more harm to both mother and child. SB 245 is not a “pro-choice” bill, but is strictly a pro-abortion effort as it only promotes violently ending a child’s life through abortion, instead of addressing the often significant insurance co-pay and deductible costs of a pregnant woman’s pre-natal care and delivery.”
The above comes from a Feb. 9 story on Press California written by Greg Burt of the California Family Council.
If our civil rights are only fully realized if the government [or others] are required to give us free stuff, I want the government to give me a printing press and an on-line server so I can have freedom of the press. While we’re at it, I also need a Glock and an AR-15 so that I can exercise my second amendment rights.
People have said it before. Almost every day its shown to be true. Democrats… the party of evil.
I doubt that anyone who has chosen to terminate a pregnancy will change her mind and have the baby based on their insurance co-pay. She will get the money. Similarly no pregnant woman will decide to terminate just because it is free.
This free cost will increase the abortion rate.
Be careful with rationalizations that dismiss unethical and tragic activity.
Free abortions reward that immoral behavior and encourage irresponsibly under the guise of health care by making it a civil right and convenient.
It normalizes and facilitates the act of destruction of life, causing pain and torture of the baby and even infanticide.
It bypasses the need for counseling. self-knowledge. and responsibility.
It’s not a benign procedure for the woman: hormone disruption, scar tissue, other risks etc.
Later, many women regret the loss.
If one had to pay, the cost, or borrow, it could prompt a counseling, accountability of behavior and self-knowledge. At least, it wouldn’t be so automatic.
” Similarly no pregnant woman will decide to terminate just because it is free.” Utter nonsense…..
People believe what they want to believe. I remember Roe v. Wade decision. I thought the people who would get abortions would be teenagers who were afraid of telling their parents that they were pregnant. I never thought married women would get abortions. Or women who already had kids. Or that a woman would kill their own baby for a job opportunity.
Of course, having free abortion will increase the likelihood of a woman getting an abortion. Especially poor women. Abortionist prey on the poor.
I agree, Annette. Further, Sill’s assertion that this bill will inevitably lead to more abortions does not present any peer-reviewed evidence, and Sill’s, as Director of Californians for Life, has shown their assumption bias by stating this as a fact which this article then quotes as proof of their article’s point of view and audience.
MJD…Sill will be proven right and liberals like you will be proven wrong yet again
What is missing in “Hippie Radical Liberal Leftist Land” is mature adult thinking. Life is a responsibility! Nothing in life is “free!” That is babyish thinking! A baby is a big responsibility! They never see things that way– no Moral Conscience! Our Nation desperately needs mature leaders, who can help guide our country back to God, Traditional Marriage and Family, and the work ethic, good Moral Conscience, and responsibility.
Character most often shows in the face of a person. The meanness shows in the face of this senator. It looks as if she has to “grit her teeth” just to force a smile. I doubt she truly loves anyone.