Just when you think the far-right wing of the Republican Party can’t get any more out of touch: House Republicans voted to shut down the federal government and the services it provides in order to cut women off from preventive health care.
Late Saturday night, the House voted for the 43rd time to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. They approved an amendment that would delay implementation until 2015, leaving millions of people without health coverage in the interim – and they didn’t stop there. A small group of extreme members of the House pushed through a provision that goes even further: permanently allowing employers and insurance companies to refuse to cover women’s preventive health care if they have a personal “moral” objection.
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