A question of health and women’s equality
By Ellen Goodman | Friday, October 2, 2009 | The Boston Globe
“…My favorite moment so far in the health care debate was when Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona argued against mandating maternity benefits as part of a basic insurance coverage. ‘I don’t need maternity care’, he blurted out. At which point, Michigan’s Debbie Stabenow quipped, ‘I think your mom probably did’. For that matter, so did his wife and daughter. But never mind. We had one brief glimpse into the mind of a politician who doesn’t quite see women’s health concerns as equal to his own….”…BS
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