Wife of sailor battles U.S. over abortion

“This young woman didn’t have the money to pay for it herself,” Power said. “Her husband is an enlisted man, and she was essentially earning minimum-wage working at the Navy Exchange, and the procedure becomes more expensive and risky to the mother the further along the pregnancy is carried. We essentially asked the court to force the government to stop withholding payment.”

This culture of life b.s. is going way too far.

You know, I’m a staunch supporter of abortion rights. I don’t think there should be any restriction on it at all and that it is absolutely a personal and medical decision. Period.

But, I’m not really a big supporter of federally funded abortions. I think insurance companies are smart to cover it, along with all reproductive health services. But I get that there are a lot of people out there that have issues with it and are opposed to having their tax dollars pay for abortions. Basically, I get the issue. It’s the same issue I have with any of my tax dollars going towards religious institutions (a.k.a. cults in my opinion).

But this is just f’cked up. This woman essentially has substandard health coverage. She is a part of the United States of America military family, essentially. And we’re too devoted to the culture of life to pay for a medically necessary abortion. Now that’s supporting our military!

I realize this is a unique case. But if the federal government can pull together a bill specific to one woman in hours, surely they can realize that bugging this poor woman for $3000 is stupid and pointless.