House Republicans: Contraception OK for horses, not women

[Judi Lynn]

Sat Feb 19, 2011 at 05:15 PM EST.

House Republicans: Contraception OK for horses, not women
by Kaili Joy Gray
for Daily Kos.

Well, well, well. Turns out Republicans do believe in spending taxpayer dollars on reproductive health care after all:

A Republican representative has introduced a spending bill amendment aimed at promoting the use of contraception – by horses.
Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) introduced the amendment, which would control the population of wild horses and burros as an alternative to the costly practice of capturing the animals and holding them in pens, which the Bureau of Land Management currently employs.

The text of the amendment is innocuous enough:

Text of amendment: H.R. 1 OFFERED BY: MR. BURTON AMENDMENT NO. 485: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the gathers and removals of free-roaming wild horses and burros, except for the purpose of fertility control.

Its purpose, a less costly and more humane way of controlling the wild horse population, is certainly worthwhile. But as Jodi Jacobson at RH Reality Check notes, the push for contraception for horses came on the very same day that Burton and his fellow House Republicans are voting to to cut funding for programs that provide reproductive health care services -- including contraception -- to low-income women.

More:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/19/946107/-House-Republicans:-Contraception-OK-for-horses,-not-women?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos%29

[Liberty Belle]

1. This shows what asses the Republicans are, funding contraception for burros but not women.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. I'd pay to see Repugs try putting a condom on a wild horse. nt