From: Mermaid . (britannica@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Jan 31 2002 - 13:02:39 MST
Bush: Fetus Called 'Unborn Child'
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20020131/pl/unborn_child_coverage_2.html
Bush: Fetus Called 'Unborn Child'
By LAURA MECKLER, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - A developing fetus may be classified as an ``unborn
child'' eligible for government health care, the Bush administration said
Thursday, giving low-income women access to prenatal care and bolstering the
arguments of abortion opponents.
The plan will make a fetus eligible for health care under the State
Children's Health Insurance Program. Because CHIP is aimed at kids, it does
not typically cover parents or pregnant women.
Health and Human Services (news - web sites) Secretary Tommy Thompson cited
well-established data on the importance of prenatal care in explaining the
proposal.
``Prenatal care for women and their babies is a crucial part of the medical
care every person should have through the course of their life cycle,''
Thompson said in a statement. ``Prenatal services can be a vital, lifelong
determinant of health, and we should do everything we can to make this care
available for all pregnant women.''
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