The Republican National Committee, the wingnutty Focus on the Family, and both groups’ donors are abortion-loving baby killers. Yes, I was shocked too. But it’s true, if you follow the thought process behind the Stupak Amendment to its logical conclusion.<\/p>\n
Let me try to explain, even though the effort may make my brain explode. “Money is fungible,” say proponents of the Stupak abortion-coverage ban. And under “Stupak logic,” if your insurance policy doesn’t cover abortions, but your insurer issues abortion coverage to other<\/strong> people, your premiums are part of a pool of baby-killing cash. <\/p>\n This brings us back to the RNC whose health insurance policy,<\/a> until roughly five minute ago, covered elective abortions and has done so since 1991.<\/p>\n So what inspired the sudden change? The RNC’s hypocritical abortion coverage got some headlines, embarrassing Chairman Michael Steele into sending its carrier an opt-out notice — something the RNC could have done any time during the last eighteen years.<\/p>\n End of story, right? Well, not exactly. Because the RNC hasn’t stopped paying health insurance premiums to Cigna. And Cigna still issues abortion insurance to other organizations. So under “Stupak logic,” the RNC and its donors are still subsidizing abortion and killing those babies. <\/p>\n Shame on the RNC! And shame also on Focus on the Family, which has its own fungible money problem. It’s insured by Principal, yet another abortion-covering<\/a> carrier.<\/p>\n The RNC and Focus on the Family have earned themselves a limerick, don’t you think?<\/p>\n Stupak Stupidity The folks behind Stupak are clear:
\nBy Madeleine Begun Kane<\/p>\n
\nAll money is fungible. Hear?
\nSo how odd that they chose
\nTo pay money to cos
\nThat finance abortions each year.<\/p>\n