Congressional Democrats aren't doing anything at all to quiet the discord; see Speaker Pelosi's commentary about Republican reaction to the stimulus bill wherein she refers to the "8 years of economic mismanagement".
Now, as to contraception: I agree. For a relatively small investment and empowerment of people to take responsibility for the results of having sex, contraception is far more cost-effective than full-term-pregnancy. The current Congressional Republicans represent the firmest of the firm when it comes to "principles" that keep them in the Congress, pron. "What my red state voters tell me I should be paying attention to, like family planning, rather than returning to small C conservative values of fiscal responsibility". It makes no sense out of that context.
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Besides, there's that insane bit of the republican base that thinks birth control == abortion, so their base will latch on to that.
Besides, Im sure we'll get those programs back in another bill.
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Now, as to contraception: I agree. For a relatively small investment and empowerment of people to take responsibility for the results of having sex, contraception is far more cost-effective than full-term-pregnancy. The current Congressional Republicans represent the firmest of the firm when it comes to "principles" that keep them in the Congress, pron. "What my red state voters tell me I should be paying attention to, like family planning, rather than returning to small C conservative values of fiscal responsibility". It makes no sense out of that context.
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