Michigan Women Required to Get "Rape Insurance" For Abortions

A new law was passed in Michigan recently which has been dubbed as the "rape insurance" policy, that has many politicians and women in general upset.  The Michigan state legislature which is Republican dominated, passed a law on Wednesday, December 11th, with a 27-11 vote int the Senate and a 62-47 vote in the House, which requires women to purchase separate insurance policies if they ever wish to have an abortion.Republican Nancy Jenkins shared her reasoning behind supporting the bill to the Detroit Free Press."I don't think elective abortion should be a part of insurance.  This doesn't affect access to abortion. It will still be legal when this law takes effect. Who should be required to pay? Not Michigan taxpayers."It has been called the "rape insurance" policy by many because the abortion insurance actually bans any woman from purchasing it after she has already become pregnant under any given circumstance which sadly includes rape and incest.  Democrat Senate Minority leader Gretchen Whitmer was raped 20-years-ago and spoke with the Associated Press about what she would've experienced had this bill existed back then."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.  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?"Democratic state representative Marcia Hovey-Wright, spoke about how this vote will negatively translate amongst the many women it will affect."This is a huge government overreach and Right to Life went too far again.  Do not underestimate the power of a lot of angry women and the men who support us. A yes vote puts you on the wrong side of history."How do you feel about the new "rape insurance" bill?

Source: bossip.com