One day more until we decide what our government should look like for the next four years.
If you support Romney, know this: I am the 47%. I am a woman who
relies upon affordable health care options and birth control coverage by
my insurance in order to plan my life and my family's. We are
surrounded by the 47%, by the people who most need our help, by the
people who without our help do not thrive and do not persevere.
Romney does not support me, he does not support my friends and my
family. He especially does not support Kevin, as a teacher. He doesn't
support my right to choose or any woman's right to choose. He does not
support the GLBT community and their rights.
These issues may seem as if they do not affect you. But remember this, women's rights are human rights.
My sister then posted it and one of her friends posted the following:
As
a woman who supports Romney, I’d like to point out the other side of
this debate. Romney does not advocate banning birth control; rather, he
opposes Obamacare’s requirement that employers pay 100% of the costs of
birth control for their employees, especially
in the cases of religious employers who must violate their core beliefs
to comply with the regulations. In multiple projections (partisan and
nonpartisan alike), Obamacare is going to substantially raise the cost
of health care, not lower it. It also will have significant effects on
the economy as a whole and, most importantly, will only make the broken
health care system worse. Personally, to me that’s not worth somebody
else paying $10 a month for my birth control co-pay.
Regardless
of my views on the other social issues Lindsey brings up, which I
realize we fundamentally differ on, I think they take a backseat to the
economy and the cliff this country is teetering on right now, and I have
no confidence that Obama possesses the skills necessary to get us back
on the right track. Romney has a proven track record of economic and
bipartisan political success and I think he is going to make a much
better president.
I would like to address one portion of her comment. The part about the mandate for birth control. This mandate was in the original bill(and rightfully so). However, since the mandate has changed. No longer must employers cover 100% of birth control costs, if they disagree for religious reasons(which is silly, because my personal health should not fall under their religions, anyway). Now, these employers must only provide health insurance through a company that covers birth control. Which means that their religious freedoms are maintained and I get to be healthy and so do my children.
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