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“Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, called the Obama administration’s decision today to exclude abortion coverage from newly created high-risk pools wrongheaded and inexplicable. “Abortion is the most common surgical procedure women receive,” Keenan said. “At a time when the country is on the cusp of implementing nationwide health-insurance coverage, it is unacceptable to treat abortion care differently in the new high-risk pools. This policy means that women who are part of these pools because they have significant health problems, such as diabetes or cancer, will not be able to access abortion care, even if their health is at further risk. This decision puts in place a three-year restriction that is similar to the proposal from Rep. Bart Stupak that was rejected during the legislative debate on health reform.””

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Statement on Obama Administration Policy Excluding Abortion Coverage from High-Risk Pools

Motherfucker just sold us out.

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Wow.

I really thought Obama had earned my vote in 2012. Looks like I’ll be writing in Kucinich again.

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I can’t believe he’s caving to the Right. How can anyone call him an extremist? Ugh.

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This makes me very sad.

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Ugh.

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This is a joke, right? Like from The Onion?

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I was never a fan of Barack Obama. Still not a fan. Third parties ftw.
Too bad third parties split the votes.
Nobody wins in politics. :/

Actually, vote splitting is not inherent within voting for single-seat offices. It just happens that we use (quite literally) the worst election method possible—plurality. It’s also the least expressive—vote for one and shut up.

There are a bunch of voting systems out there, but I’ll save you some time. Two are awesome and both prevent vote splitting—approval and range voting.

Approval is simplest and has the lowest ballot spoilage rate of any system (including plurality). You put an X next to any candidate that you “approve” of (can vote between zero to all candidates). The candidate with the highest approval percentage wins.

Range voting is the most expressive and most accurate of any voting system. You rate all candidates on a scale (say 1-10; can give same ratings). The candidate with the highest average wins.

If you’d like to encourage systems that allow more genuine voting and fairer results, check out:

Approval Voting: http://tinyurl.com/2cndmn3
Range Voting: http://tinyurl.com/26xw6os