Thanks to increasingly aggressive legislation by the GOP, abortion clinics across the U.S. are closing at the fastest rate since 1973, the year the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion procedures. 162 clinics have closed since 2011, while only 21 have opened.
Since the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, Republicans have been squawking about their intentions to repeal the legislation that's extended healthcare benefits to 15 million Americans who were previously uninsured.
One unequivocally good thing about the new healthcare bill: it should reduce healthcare costs for women. But some people are still grumbling about "paying for everyone else's stupidity."
Sen. John Kyl says his insurer shouldn't have to cover maternity care, since he doesn't need it. But Sen. Debbie Stabenow knows someone who might've needed it — his mom. [Talking Points Memo]
