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http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/05/08/480240/romney-fundraiser-plan-b/?mobile=wpRomney To Fundraise With Plan B Maker Despite Denouncing Emergency Contraception As Abortive Pills
By Josh Dorner on May 8, 2012 at 3:05 pm
Earlier this year, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney came out strongly against the Obama administration policy that will require health insurance plans to offer birth control coverage at no additional cost one of the many important preventive health benefits women will receive as a result of Obamacare.
In particular, Romney denounced the fact that insurance plans would now be required to cover Plan B, a form of emergency contraception that he falsely referred to on numerous occasions as abortive pills. This is what Romney said in Colorado on February 6, 2012:
ROMNEY: This same administration said that the churches and the institutions they run, such as schools and lets say adoption agencies, hospitals, that they have to provide for their employees free of charge, contraceptives, morning after pills, in other words abortive pills, and the like at no cost. Think what that does to people in faiths that do not share those views. This is a violation of conscience.
(Plan B works just like regular birth control pills and is not, in fact, an abortifacient.) The Miami Heralds Marc Caputo reports that next week the Romney campaign will be doing a major fundraising blitz across Florida, including an event at the Star Island manse of pharmaceutical magnate Phil and Pat Frost where dinner costs $50,000.
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Romney to Fundraise With Plan B Maker Despite Denouncing Emergency Contraception as ‘Abortive Pills’ (Original Post)
Hissyspit
May 2012
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. Hypocrisy is a Republican value.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)2. "I have friends who own the abortive pill company" n/t
ProSense
(116,464 posts)3. Mitt will say
...that he meant he was severely "constipated," not "conservative."
Give that man a big red rubber nose, he's earned it.
tanyev
(42,644 posts)4. Now he'll probably take credit for inventing them.
DCKit
(18,541 posts)5. He'll get far more shit from the RWers over this than us.
I think we can stand to leave this one alone - provided they find out about it.
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If anyone from here is still posting over at FR, please take care of this. It's guaranteed you won't be zotted... RmJb hates, hates, hates RMoney.
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)6. The Left should simply put out the news about the fundraiser
without making comment. If the Left sneer and boo over this, they will just help Romney. STFU and let the rightwing zealots eat Romney's ass alive.
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MattBaggins
(7,905 posts)8. I really hope none of his advisers stop him
If he goes through with this he is toast.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)9. K & R