Word of the Day: Stupak

[luluisme]

And from the Coining new words department...

Stupak:
Stupak (n) - The sepsis commonly experienced after unsafe back alley abortions

Brilliant.

(In case the meaning isn't clear, read this and be horrified: Ezra Klein: A very bad deal to pass a very good bill
Update:
also: Daily Kos' mcjoan: What the Stupak-Pitts Coathanger Amendment Doesand for

Comments

[turkchief]

Hang every single one of the Motherfuckers, from both parties, from lamp posts along the beltway, and start over again from scratch....TC

[baerana]

I'm confused - the coverage of this has been confusing me for a couple of weeks now, and I couldn't figure out if it was good or not that the house had passed HCR. sigh. which is how bills usually are these days. but it sounds to me like Obama DOES support the stupak amendment... ie - he says federal money SHOULD NOT subsidize abortion providers, etc. Which I found disappointing. But maybe I'm missing something?

[luluisme]

Obama's saying that the status quo ((no fed $ for abortions - google Hyde amendment, which came into affect circa 1976) should be maintained (which was already going to be the default anyway). The Stupak amendment goes beyond the status quo by making it impossible for _private_ insurers (that are also on the exchange, which will eventually be everyone) to cover abortions except in cases of rape and likely death. So, what Obama's saying is that he doesn't want abortion rights to be affected _in either direction_ by health insurance reform (ie... do that in another bill). Does that help?

[baerana]

yes, thanks.