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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP Murphy(PA) "You’re setting up a rule that not even Jesus and his apostles could adhere too"
The Senate voted to table an amendment that would permit an employer to deny contraception coverage to their employees on Thursday morning, but the debate over birth control raged into the afternoon, as HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Just moments after Senators defeated the so-called Blunt Amendment, Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) accused Sebelius of lying about the administrations rule requiring employers to provide birth control coverage in their health insurance plans and falsely insisted that religious organizations would be required to provide abortification drugs
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When Sebelius went on to explain that the administrations contraception rule upholds religious liberty by exempting houses of worship, religious nonprofits that primarily serve people of the same faith, and even religiously-affiliated hospitals and colleges from providing birth control, Murphy exclaimed, Mam, mam, NO! NO! Youre Wrong! Youre setting up a rule that not even Jesus and his apostles could adhere too. (Video at link)
Regardless of what God may have told Murphy about the morning after pill, the administrations guidance does not include drugs that can induce abortions. As the ruleexplains that insurers and employers must cover Evidence-based items or services that have in effect a rating of A or B in the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force) and the comprehensive guidelines supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration. The contraception language is included in the HRSA guidelines, it reads: All Food and Drug Administration approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling for all women with reproductive capacity.
Just moments after Senators defeated the so-called Blunt Amendment, Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) accused Sebelius of lying about the administrations rule requiring employers to provide birth control coverage in their health insurance plans and falsely insisted that religious organizations would be required to provide abortification drugs
....
When Sebelius went on to explain that the administrations contraception rule upholds religious liberty by exempting houses of worship, religious nonprofits that primarily serve people of the same faith, and even religiously-affiliated hospitals and colleges from providing birth control, Murphy exclaimed, Mam, mam, NO! NO! Youre Wrong! Youre setting up a rule that not even Jesus and his apostles could adhere too. (Video at link)
Regardless of what God may have told Murphy about the morning after pill, the administrations guidance does not include drugs that can induce abortions. As the ruleexplains that insurers and employers must cover Evidence-based items or services that have in effect a rating of A or B in the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force) and the comprehensive guidelines supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration. The contraception language is included in the HRSA guidelines, it reads: All Food and Drug Administration approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling for all women with reproductive capacity.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/03/01/435719/gop-rep-on-birth-control-were-not-talking-about-scientists-im-asking-about-religious-belief/
Senate Kills Blunts Anti-Contraception Amendment
By a vote of 51-48, the Senate agreed to table a Republican amendment offered by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) that would have empowered employers to deny coverage of health services to their employees on the basis of personal moral objections. The measure represented the GOPs response to President Obamas rule requiring employers to provide contraception and other preventive health services as part of their health insurance plans. Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe (ME) who announced her retirement earlier this week was the only Republican to join Democrats in tabling the amendment, while three Democrats, Sens. Ben Nelson (NE), Joe Manchin (WV), and Bob Casey (PA) voted to preserve it.
During the nearly two hour debate, Republicans attempted to frame the issue as an attempt to prevent religious organizations from the Obama administrations overreach and, despite supporting efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, maintained that women could obtain birth control from public sources. Blunt took to the floor to argue that employers would be discouraged from denying certain treatments by existing state mandates and a provision in the amendment requiring employers to replace the benefit with another service.
The most surprising support came from Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), a pro-choice Republican who has previously supported contraception equity measures without conscience exemptions for religious organizations. Collins expressed skepticism about the wide scope of Blunts amendment, but said the administration incomplete rule specifically its lack of detail about how to treat self-insured plans compelled her to support the measure. I feel that I have to vote for Sen. Blunts amendment with the hope that the scope will be narrowed and refined, she said, adding, I do this with a lot of conflict.
During the nearly two hour debate, Republicans attempted to frame the issue as an attempt to prevent religious organizations from the Obama administrations overreach and, despite supporting efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, maintained that women could obtain birth control from public sources. Blunt took to the floor to argue that employers would be discouraged from denying certain treatments by existing state mandates and a provision in the amendment requiring employers to replace the benefit with another service.
The most surprising support came from Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), a pro-choice Republican who has previously supported contraception equity measures without conscience exemptions for religious organizations. Collins expressed skepticism about the wide scope of Blunts amendment, but said the administration incomplete rule specifically its lack of detail about how to treat self-insured plans compelled her to support the measure. I feel that I have to vote for Sen. Blunts amendment with the hope that the scope will be narrowed and refined, she said, adding, I do this with a lot of conflict.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/03/01/435524/senate-kills-blunts-anti-contraception-amendment/
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GOP Murphy(PA) "You’re setting up a rule that not even Jesus and his apostles could adhere too" (Original Post)
SunsetDreams
Mar 2012
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tanyev
(42,568 posts)1. Huh. Didn't know that Jesus and his apostles had paid female employees.
mrmpa
(4,033 posts)2. Murphy, asshole is my fucking representative.......
he's a damn liar and the Democrats can't seem to find anyone to give him a run for his money. While driving today, a yard had 4 "Murphy for Congress" signs.
I HATE THIS GUY.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)3. Mine too. We call him Congressman Lurch in our house.
I just got several letters from his office this week in response to my emails to him. I don't even bother opening them. They go straight into the trash.
Whatever happened to the investigation into his use of staffers for campaigning?
UrbScotty
(23,980 posts)4. His Party seems to do a lot that Jesus and His apostles wouldn't approve
War, poverty, greed, taxing the poor more than the rich...