McCain’s stand on contraception
Just in case you thought that if John McCain and Sarah Palin were going to take your abortion rights away but leave you with your right to non-emergency contraceptive access, think again! McCain’s health “reform” could leave you without health insurance, he’s tried to end Title X programs that help fund contraceptive access, he supports the HHS plan to allow pharmacists to refuse to fill birth control prescriptions, he voted against a bill to force insurance companies to cover birth control and he’s opposed to comprehensive sex ed. Nicholas Kristof would like to add that McCain also supported the Bush’s recent efforts to defund contraception programs in Africa. Unsurprisingly, Obama’s votes, legislation and policy stances are all in direct opposition to McCain’s on these issues. [RH Reality Check, NY Times]
McCain is no friend to veterans
As the daughter of a proud Vietnam Veteran, it makes me angry that a man who uses his Veteran/POW status to his advantage is so anti-veteran.
On Friday, September September 26, 2008, John McCain said the following:
“I know the veterans, I know them well, and I know that they know that I’ll take care of them, and I have been proud of their support and their recognition of my service to the veterans, and I love them, and I’ll take care of them, and they know that I’ll take care of them.”This statement–made near the end of Friday’s debate–immediately infuriated veterans across America and overseas. In fact, Senator John McCain has a very clear, long, and illustrious history of not supporting troops and veterans one bit.
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