Christian party pushing for contraceptives on basic health insurance, to prevent abortions
4 years ago

Christian party pushing for contraceptives on basic health insurance, to prevent abortions

NL Times  

Returning the contraceptive pill to the basic health insurance package could prevent abortions, according to a proposal ruling party ChristenUnie is submitting on Thursday. "It's quite strange that abortion is reimbursed, but that women have to pay for contraception," parliamentarian Carla Dik-Faber said in an interview with Trouw. With this proposal, the Christian party seems to be changing its tune of last year, when it voted against a PvdA proposal to reverse the 2011 decision to make women over the 21 bear the costs of contraception themselves. Including the PvdA and GroenLinks bill making it possible for GPs to prescribe abortion pills.

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Christian abortion critics urge Dems to change platform
4 years, 5 months ago

Christian abortion critics urge Dems to change platform

Associated Press  

A group of more than 100 Christian pastors, religion professors and other advocates is urging the Democratic National Committee to adopt a party platform that’s friendlier to abortion opponents. Democrats for Life Executive Director Kristen Day said that her group had sent a letter opposing the Democratic platform’s 2016 inclusion of language backing the repeal of limits on federal funding …

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