Elizabeth Warren has a new radio ad in the Massachusetts Senate race, hammering Republicans on their response to health care reform and the contraception insurance mandates. Notably, Warren never mentions her chief rival Republican Sen. Scott Brown by name, though he is in fact a co-sponsor of the Republican bill in question.
Warren starts off by going after last week’s House committee hearing on the contraception issue, which in the morning featured an all-male panel of clergy. Warren then renews her charge that the Republican bill would provide a loophole for an employer to deny any health care coverage at all, an accusation that Brown has denied.
“Now, the Senate is about to vote on a new law, proposed by Republicans, that allows your employer or insurance company to claim a vague ‘moral conviction’ to deny you contraception or any health care coverage they want,” Warren says. “This new law threatens women’s access to contraception, mammograms, even maternity care. It’s just plain wrong.”
Hi. I’m Elizabeth Warren. A few days ago I watched a Congressional hearing about birth control, where the panel of experts did not include even one woman.
Wow. Washington really doesn’t get it.
Now, the Senate is about to vote on a new law, proposed by Republicans, that allows your employer or insurance company to claim a vague ‘moral conviction’ to deny you contraception or any health care coverage they want.
This new law threatens women’s access to contraception, mammograms, even maternity care. It’s just plain wrong.
This isn’t about the rights of religious institutions. We must respect those rights, President Obama already made sure that religious institutions can’t be forced to cover birth control. But the President also made sure that women can get the health care they need. That’s the right approach.
I’m Elizabeth Warren, candidate for the U.S. Senate, I approve this message. I hope you’ll stand with me at elizabethwarren.com.
