RNC Insurance Hypocrisy Is No Reason To Eliminate Stupak Amendment

The Politico has helped the pro-abortion side of the Stupak Amendment debate tonight by manufacturing a “scandal” of sorts. It turns out that the Republican National Committee’s insurance covers elective abortion:

Federal Election Commission Records show the RNC purchases its insurance from Cigna. Two sales agents for the company said that the RNC’s policy covers elective abortion.

Informed of the coverage, RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho told POLITICO that the policy pre-dates the tenure of current RNC Chairman Michael Steele.

“The current policy has been in effect since 1991, and we are taking steps to address the issue,” Gitcho said.

The fact that the RNC offers elective abortion via its insurance does more than simply make the party look like hypocrites for opposing abortion. It lends ammunition to the proponents of government run health care who think abortions should be covered in any plan created by Congress.

Politico emphasizes this point:

There is no indication that any RNC employee has used the abortion coverage, but Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards said it’s “no surprise” that the RNC is offering it.

“It’s an employer that wants to provide standard health benefits for its employees,” she said. “That’s why the Stupak amendment goes too far in taking away benefits that women have today, and that’s why women won’t allow the Stupak amendment to become law.”

The Stupak amendment, named for sponsor Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), was adopted by the House before it passed the health care bill on Saturday night. It prohibits a government-backed health care plan from offering abortion services and bans the use of federal subsidies for individuals to buy into health care plans that provide abortion coverage.

Allow me to introduce a bit of nuance to the story. The RNC insurance is funded by private money. The Stupak amendment is attached to public money.

This should be plain enough for even a liberal to notice the difference.

The left will, however, use this as a talking point to damage the brand of the RNC. And from a hypocrisy point of view, they have a point.

But let’s not pretend the fact the RNC offers elective abortion in its insurance is a reason to fund the procedure with taxpayer dollars.

Hat Tip: Memeorandum

Rohrbaugh

That is an important distinction, Duane, but as I have said before, in the perpetration of crimes of government against the American people, both political parties are equally culpable. They both have egg on their faces when it comes right down to general practice and policies. The two party system has become a systematic vehicle of extortion of the class of American producers. A two-headed hog is slurping out of the same trough: one head resembles an elephant and the other a jackass. Almost could be a creature from St. John’s book of Revelation. Time to clean house and vote them all out.
Rohrbaugh

That is an important distinction, Duane, but as I have said before, in the perpetration of crimes of government against the American people, both political parties are equally culpable. They both have egg on their faces when it comes right down to general practice and policies. The two party system has become a systematic vehicle of extortion of the class of American producers. A two-headed hog is slurping out of the same trough: one head resembles an elephant and the other a jackass. Almost could be a creature from St. John’s book of Revelation. Time to clean house and vote them all out.
Madalyn

If I am walking down the street and a speeding car jumps the curb, hits me, and causes me to lose my baby, can I sue for the loss of my child?
What if I were on my way to an abortion clinic to have the baby killed?
How come a woman and a doctor can kill a baby, but it is illegal for anyone else to?
There is a double standard here. If a woman does not want a baby, KEEP YOUR LEGS TOGETHER!! It’s not that hard to figure out. Quit acting like a slut and start taking responsibility for your actions, instead of killing an innocent child. Abortion is not a birth control method, regardless of what Planned Parenthood and your teacher may say.
Madalyn
Madalyn

If I am walking down the street and a speeding car jumps the curb, hits me, and causes me to lose my baby, can I sue for the loss of my child?
What if I were on my way to an abortion clinic to have the baby killed?
How come a woman and a doctor can kill a baby, but it is illegal for anyone else to?
There is a double standard here. If a woman does not want a baby, KEEP YOUR LEGS TOGETHER!! It’s not that hard to figure out. Quit acting like a slut and start taking responsibility for your actions, instead of killing an innocent child. Abortion is not a birth control method, regardless of what Planned Parenthood and your teacher may say.
Madalyn
http://www.aup2.com Dominique

So the RNC’s insurance allows for abortion? I can see this become a huge battle cry on the left. Ouch!
.-= Dominique´s last blog ..Recount in NY! =-.
http://www.aup2.com Dominique

So the RNC’s insurance allows for abortion? I can see this become a huge battle cry on the left. Ouch!
.-= Dominique´s last blog ..Recount in NY! =-.