‘Rape Insurance’ For Women In Michigan, Thanks To GOP Legislature
The Michigan Republican legislature is forcing women to buy separate insurance for abortion, believing that it shouldn’t be covered under regular medical insurance. And once you become pregnant, even that won’t be available for purchase under any circumstances. For that reason, it’s being referred to as “rape insurance.”
The bill passed by a 27-11 margin in the Senate, and a 62-47 vote in the House, mostly along party lines. According to the Associated Press, state Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer (D) said during the debate that she was raped 20 years ago.
“Thank God it didn’t result in a pregnancy because I can’t imagine going through what I went through and then having to consider what to do about an unwanted pregnancy from an attacker,” Whitmer was quoted as saying. “If this were law then and I had become pregnant, I would not be able to have coverage because of this. How extreme, how extreme does this measure need to be?”
