Week 8

I noticed that there would be tax penalty on employers who offer health insurance plans that cover abortion and individuals who buy a health insurance plan of their own that covres abortion. I'm confused here. Will parenthood have both cut of funding and tax penalty? The debate on funding cut involves so many political reasons. I feel that every political organizations wants to maxmize its own benefit on this debate. I mean even though they say they're concerned with women health, they are more concerned about what kind of benefits they can get from the cut of the funding.Abortion has been legal throughout the United States, but different states have placed varying regulations on it, from requiring parental involvement in a minor's abortion to restricting late-term abortions. It seems that people who want to cut the funding focus on that abortion was “a multibillion dollar business” and that “abortion hurts women’s health and puts future children born to women who aborted at significant risk.” However, Planned Parenthood fought back by claiming that there were lies about who they are and what they do. Planned Parenthood insisted that they provided reproductive healthcare, family planning, and sex education for millions by giving its 2009 annual report. It mentions that 3% received abortion services. This does not count a huge percentage. It seems that their idea is that Parenthood should still get federal funding by pointing out their importance on reproductice healthcare.