Contact: Midge Potts



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 11th, 2009

Amendment to Health Care Bill Breaks President's Promise
Candidate Potts Calls Amendment Unconstitutional

I was watching the health care debate very closely on Saturday night, and did not really hear much that caught my attention because, like Dennis Kucinich, I had already decided it was a bad bill that will not provide health care for all. However, I did sit up and pay attention when it became apparent that the Stupak amendment was going to pass. The Stupak 'anti-abortion funding' amendment goes much further than banning the government from paying for abortions. In fact, a ban like that was already in the bill. No, the Stupak amendment applies also to the private insurance companies who will be getting government subsidies to insure people. So, the government will basically be dictating what private insurers can or can't cover when it comes to abortions of any sort. This in istself betray's President Obama's promise that people can 'keep the health care coverage they already have'. It will extremely limit a woman's right to choose the best reproductive path for herself. If she pays her premiums for a plan that includes comprehensive health care coverage, the government should not come between patient and doctor in these matters. This contrary addition to the health care insurance reform legislation is an unconstitutional attempt to circumvent a women's right to control her own body, and it has no place in the health insurance reform bill.

Midge Potts
Co-Chair Progressive Party of Missouri
2010 US Senate candidate
midgepotts4congress@gmail.com

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