{"id":1975661,"date":"2023-07-17T21:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T01:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-cori-bush-calls-abortion-pills-lifesaving-healthcare\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T21:03:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T01:03:33","slug":"rep-cori-bush-calls-abortion-pills-lifesaving-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-cori-bush-calls-abortion-pills-lifesaving-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Cori Bush hails abortion pills as essential healthcare."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-cori-bush-calls-abortion-pills-lifesaving-healthcare%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1975661&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Rep. \u2062Cori\u2063 Bush Advocates \u200bfor Access to \u2064Abortion \u200cMedication<\/h2>\n<p>During a \u200bHouse\u2062 Oversight and \u2063Accountability Committee\u2062 hearing \u2062on\u200c Monday, \u2063Rep. \u2063Cori Bush\u2062 (D-MO) passionately \u2062defended the\u2062 use of\u2062 abortion \u2063medication, describing it as &#8220;lifesaving healthcare.&#8221; Holding up \u200da \u200dpack of abortion pills, she emphasized their safety \u200band effectiveness,\u2063 comparing \u200cthem to\u200d any\u200c other\u2062 medication.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This is\u200b what an\u200c abortion \u200clooks\u2064 like. &#8230; Medicine \u200cis an \u200cessential \u2062form \u2062of healthcare, lifesaving.\u200d These\u2064 five pills \u2063are safe,&#8221; Bush said.\u200c &#8220;These five pills are effective.\u2064 Medication abortion pills \u200clike\u200b this &#8230; \u2063[are] no \u200ddifferent than another medication\u2064 that is\u2063 safe\u2064 and\u2064 effective.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bush\u200d went \u2063on to explain that\u2063 these pills \u2063have \u2064a\u2064 97.7% success rate in terminating a pregnancy. She\u2062 led\u2064 a discussion on abortion \u200daccess alongside Reps. \u200dJasmine\u200b Crockett (D-TX) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD).<\/p>\n<p>Following the recent Supreme \u200dCourt \u200ddecision\u2062 on Dobbs v.\u2063 Jackson\u200d Women&#8217;s \u200cHealth Organization,\u2063 Bush\u2064 and\u2064 other\u200d Democrats \u2063have\u2062 expressed concerns\u2063 about\u200b anti-abortion \u2062legislation \u2063and legal \u200cchallenges that \u200ccould impact the\u2062 availability of\u2064 abortion \u200dmedication. \u200dIn January, \u200dthe FDA finalized\u2063 a rule \u200ballowing pharmacies to fill\u200b medication \u200cabortion \u2063prescriptions. \u2062Currently, 21\u200c states, including Washington,\u200d D.C., permit\u2063 medical abortion.<\/p>\n<p>During the \u2062hearing, Bush argued that &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-state-legislatures-move-to-ban-chemical-abortion-by-mail\/\" title=\"GOP State Legislatures Move To Ban Chemical Abortion By Mail\">medication abortion<\/a>&#8220;\u2064 serves as \u2062a &#8220;lifeline&#8221; for\u2062 various individuals facing different \u2063challenges. \u200bShe highlighted\u2063 the \u2063economic\u2063 aspect\u200c of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lone-gop-rep-threatens-foundational-piece-of-bidens-agenda-and-hes-not-budging\/\" title=\"GOP Rep. Refuses to Support Key Part of Biden's Agenda\">abortion \u200caccess<\/a>, stating that it provides a\u200d solution \u2062for \u200bthose unable to take\u200b time \u200doff\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nurse-jokes-about-unplugging-ventilators-drugging-and-slapping-patients-gets-fired-starts-gofundme-page\/\" title=\"Nurse \u2018Jokes\u2019 About Unplugging Ventilators, Drugging And Slapping Patients. Gets Fired, Starts GoFundMe Page.\">work due<\/a> to \u2063low wages or \u2064lack of paid\u200c sick \u2064leave. Additionally,\u2063 it offers\u200d support to \u2062mothers struggling with\u2064 childcare expenses \u2063or limited options. Bush also\u2063 emphasized that \u200bthe\u200b availability\u2064 of\u200c abortion \u200bmedication is \u2062crucial\u2064 for \u200cindividuals\u2062 living\u2063 far \u2063from\u2062 abortion \u200bclinics\u2064 and\u2064 lacking reliable transportation.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Bush stressed that the \u2063use of abortion\u2063 medication \u200dis a &#8220;lifeline&#8221; for\u2062 transgender\u200b individuals who face \u2062discrimination and obstacles \u200bin\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-cori-bush-calls-abortion-pills-lifesaving-healthcare\/\" title=\"Rep. Cori Bush hails abortion pills as essential healthcare.\">accessing \u2062gender-affirming care \u2064due<\/a> to \u200canti-LGBT+ \u2063laws.<\/p>\n<p>Comparing\u200d a\u200b ban on abortion pills\u200c to a\u2064 ban on common medications like Tylenol\u2063 or antibiotics, Bush\u2063 argued that\u200d there\u200c is no \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/operating-on-healthy-bodies-defies-surgical-ethics-and-trans-people-are-no-exception\/\" title=\"Operating On Healthy Bodies Defies Surgical Ethics, And Trans People Are No Exception\">valid medical reason<\/a> to restrict\u200c access to medication abortion. She firmly stated that\u2064 such \u200bbans are purely political propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>In her closing statements, Bush\u200b reiterated that\u200d these pills\u200b are\u2062 essential \u2064and \u2064provide &#8220;lifesaving healthcare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last \u200dyear, in \u200dan \u2064interview with \u200bPBS, \u2064Bush revealed\u2062 that she\u200b had personally experienced pressure \u2064to have\u2062 an abortion at \u206419\u2064 years\u200d old \u2062when she wasn&#8217;t \u2062ready. \u2064She expressed frustration that her\u200b wishes were disregarded \u2063by\u2064 the\u200d doctors involved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click <a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">here<\/a> to read more from \u2062The\u2063 Washington\u200d Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) emphasized the life-saving nature of abortion medication during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing. Holding up the pills, she stated, &#8220;This is what an abortion looks like. Medicine is essential healthcare, these five pills are safe and effective.&#8221; Bush highlighted the importance of medication in reproductive healthcare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1975662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}