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maddezmom

(135,060 posts)
Wed Jul 11, 2012, 05:36 PM Jul 2012

Proposed rule on abortion certification causes confusion (Alaska)

By LISA DEMER
Anchorage Daily News

State health officials are refusing to answer questions about a proposal that critics fear could restrict abortions for low-income women in Alaska.

Whether that would actually be the result is unclear. People on both sides of the abortion debate say it's difficult to determine what the proposed rule really means.

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services proposed the new regulation for "abortion payment conditions" in late June and is inviting public comment through July 30. Officials say it's not appropriate for them to discuss it until then.

At issue is coverage for abortions through Medicaid and Denali KidCare, the state-federal health insurance programs for low-income Alaskans.

Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/07/11/2538721/proposed-rule-on-abortion-certification.html#storylink=cpy

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Proposed rule on abortion certification causes confusion (Alaska) (Original Post) maddezmom Jul 2012 OP
These anti-abortion people are like enlightenment Jul 2012 #1

enlightenment

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1. These anti-abortion people are like
Wed Jul 11, 2012, 05:43 PM
Jul 2012

cockroaches.

They find the tiniest hole - the smallest entry-point - the least little crack . . . and in they scurry, chewing away at the law. Change the wording and strip away the right of women to regulate their bodies as they see fit.

Where is the industrial strength bug zapper when you need it?

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