Massachusetts Congressman — and former union ironworker — Stephen Lynch recently sat down with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to talk about the labor movement and the status of vital pro-worker legislation — like the Employee Free Choice Act and health care reform — on Capitol Hill today.
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Too bad he doesn’t feel the same way about a woman’s right to make her own medical decisions.
If the Stupak amendment merely enforced the status quo, I would have no problem with Rep Lynch’s vote but that is not the case at all.
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p>Stupak is a poison pill that removed abortion services as status quo from all health insurance plans plus the public option offered in the exchange.
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p>In my judgement, if Lynch defends his vote on Stupak he loses mine.
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p>Before Saturday night, the IBEW and everyone in Lynch’s district had no idea how Lynch would vote on helath care reform. In addition to his bad vote of Stupak-Pitts, we want more transparency in Lynch’s process. He needs to tells us where he stands and not keep it a secret from June to November 7.
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p>I think Lynch deserves a primary challenge for his vote on Stupak becuase it rolls back woman’s reproductive rights in a bill about health care reform not reproductive rights. Shame on Stupak and Lynch two Democrats.
I’m concerned that if the Stupak amendment hadn’t passed the bill as a whole would not have either.