Help preserve women’s reproductive rights
Help preserve women’s reproductive rights
The full text of my letter:
“I’m writing to ask that you remove yourself as a co-sponsor and then strongly oppose both H.R. 3, legislation introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), and H.R. 358, legislation introduced by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA).
As you know, the Smith bill would impose new and unprecedented tax penalties on individuals and businesses that provide health plans that include abortion coverage. The Pitts bill bars insurance plans in the new exchange system from providing abortion coverage to anyone who receives federal subsidies and strengthens the Weldon Amendment, an appropriations rider which allows virtually any healthcare entity to refuse to provide, cover, pay for, or even refer patients for abortions.