The
hypocrisy of the RNC is hardly surprising:
The Republican National Committee’s health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party’s own platform calls “a fundamental assault on innocent human life.”
And it's been the case
for a generation:
Informed of the coverage, RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho told POLITICO that the policy pre-dates the tenure of current RNC Chairman Michael Steele.
“The current policy has been in effect since 1991, and we are taking steps to address the issue,” Gitcho said. [emphasis added.]
As they say,
IOKIYAR.
Given that the coverage has been in place since George Herbert Walker Bush was president, you'll forgive me if I find this a little hard to fathom:
“We were not aware of this, obviously, and this will, of course, be fixed,” said James Bopp Jr., a Republican National Committeeman from Indiana. “I think Chairman Steele will see to it that that’s the case.”
No one knew? No one checked?
Since 1991???Yea, right.
UPDATE: Looks like they're doing something about it. From
Politico:
The Republican National Committee will no longer offer employees an insurance plan that covers abortion after POLITICO reported Thursday that the anti-abortion RNC's policy has covered the procedure since 1991.
