You can't have it both ways!

The thing that upsets me the most about many anti-choicers is that they don't want to help the pregnant women, the children that come into the world as a result or really, the whole rest of society.

Rand Paul seems to think women are "milking the system" when they get prenatal care on Medicaid. #1 Talk to your old man about what prenatal care does, #2 know without access to medicaid funded prenatal care, many of these women will not get any prenatal care...at all.

The stupid selfishness astounds me over and over again.

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/10/06/rand-paul-rails-against-pregnant-women-medicaid

Rand Paul Rails Against Pregnant Women and Medicaid

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By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

October 6, 2010 - 5:46pm

Published under: Real Time Blog | Election 2010 | Maternal Health | Women’s Rights | birth | Kentucky | medicaid | pregnancy | Rand Paul | U.S. Senate

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I'm not sure what planet Rand Paul is living on but in his world, pregnant women in Kentucky who make 185 percent of the federal poverty level are taking advantage of Medicaid funded prenatal care.

Republican GOP candidate for U.S. Senate, told a group of business leaders on Monday that "we've made it too easy" for many of the lower income residents in his state to access Medicaid:

"Half of the people in Kentucky are not poor," he said. "We've made it too easy. And people are going to say, 'Oh, that's harsh, you can't say that.' Well, let's take care of those who are truly in need, which would be a small percentage of the public. Let's take care of them until they can take care of themselves.

Almost half of the 57,000 births in Kentucky are covered through Medicaid funding, notes the article. But it's not only pregnant women whom Rand targets - it's children, and senior citizens as well. Basically he's referring to all of those crooks who take advantage of a state's public health funding, who should apparently be able to "take care of themselves" when it comes to paying for health care.

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Does he live in a tree? has he tried to get seen for prenatal care w/o insurance?? Has he treid to get seen for anything w/o insurance? I do know the answer. It just makes me madder!!