New abortion controversy hits Congress (firing women for using birth control!!!)

[niyad]

New abortion controversy hits Congress
Pelosi: 'Allowing employers to fire employees for using birth control ... is unconscionable'
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The same day that the Senate reached a deal on abortion language in a bill to combat human trafficking, the House of Representatives began considering legislation that is igniting a new controversy over the divisive social issue.


The House Oversight Committee approved a resolution on Tuesday night with a party line vote that would attempt to overturn a law passed by the District of Columbia Council in December that bans employers from taking punitive action against any employees for using abortion services or birth control. The bill could be scheduled for a full House vote as early as next week.

The new House resolution, sponsored by Tennessee Rep. Diane Black, says the D.C. law, the "Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act," accomplishes the opposite of what its name implies.

"This coercive measure would ban pro-life organizations in D.C. from even considering a job seeker's views on abortion as a condition of employment," Black said in a statement. "This is an affront to the conscience rights of every American who believes, as I do, in the cause of protecting the unborn. Congress must not remain silent while this injustice unfolds."

The Heritage Foundation and other conservative groups have pressed the GOP-led Congress to block the D.C. law. In an analysis published by two Heritage policy analysts, the group asserts that anti-abortion rights groups based in Washington would be faced with decisions about hiring candidates that could conflict with their beliefs.

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http://www.kionrightnow.com/news/politics/new-abortion-controversy-hits-congress/32494598

[awoke_in_2003]

1. Rec'ing for exposure. nt

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. Question:

how many pro-choice people do anti-abortion groups think want to work with them?

[niyad]

3. don't you know, we are all just PINING to work for close-minded, close-hearted, closed-

checkbook people who think we are scum.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

7. As a committed pro-LGBT activist

the thought of working for NOM just never really crossed my mind either...............

[niyad]

4. . . .

[blkmusclmachine]

5. WAR ON WOMEN

[niyad]

6. and yet, we are repeatedly told there is NO war on women.

the hatred is just gushing from these people. not bothering to even try to pretend that they actually care about women.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

8. Just waiting for SOME Republican/right-wing group SOMEWHERE

to introduce a Constitutional Amendment to repeal women's suffrage. Mark my words. At some point, it's bound to happen. There are no boundaries to these people's lunacy........

[niyad]

9. that particular bit of insanity has already been proposed several times.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. How did I miss THAT?

Not surprised, however. It seems like we should start requiring IQ tests for candidates for public office (only half-joking).

[niyad]

12. those particular bits of insanity got very brief mention, laughed off as jokes. I would insist

that any candidate for public office demonstrate that s/he has actually passed civics 101, and has read and understood howard zinn's "people's history of the US". just for starters.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

13. Those things too

Despite their supposed reverence for the Constitution, they understand very little of it.

[niyad]

10. . . .