Tweet of the Day: Stopping Chinese Fetal Blood Testing
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” lang=”en”><p>China Tries to Keep Couples From Sending Fetal Blood Abroad (for sex testing) <a href=”http://t.co/xzPhX9cSTY”>http://t.co/xzPhX9cSTY</a></p>— JamesTurnbull (@JamesTurnbull) <a href=”https://twitter.com/JamesTurnbull/status/558572369124786176″>January 23, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Your “tweets of the day” need improvement, especially when you don’t provide a quick/easy link by click~ so let me help you…I didn’t know that China wants/needs more females for Chinese men(DUHHH)!
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/01/23/china-tries-to-keep-couples-from-sending-fetal-blood-abroad/?mod=WSJBlog
“China wants more girls.
After decades of surplus male babies, China’s health officials are trying to even out the country’s imbalanced sex ratio by making it harder for expecting couples to determine the gender of their unborn babies.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission said in a statement this week that it’s cracking down on agents and organizations that help couples transfer blood overseas for fetal gender testing.”
AND on another note,
American GOP politicians(want to turn back time to the use of hangers in dark alleys) vote to overturn Roe vs. Wade after 40+ years…
‘House Passes Anti-Abortion Bill On Anniversary Of Roe v. Wade’
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/22/taxpayer-abortion_n_6525490.html
“The bill would prevent women from having their abortions covered by Medicaid; restrict a woman’s ability to buy private insurance plans that include abortion coverage; and deny small businesses a tax credit, which they currently receive through the Affordable Care Act, if they include abortion care in their health insurance plans. It would also prevent the District of Columbia from using its own local funds to subsidize abortion care.
Democrats tried to use a procedural move Thursday to sink the bill or send it back to committee. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) submitted a motion to recommit the bill, asking that it be amended to “prohibit any violation of the medical privacy of a woman regarding her personal choice of health insurance coverage, including victims of rape and incest.” But Republicans rejected the motion and passed the bill…
…The latter bill was tabled after some Republicans took issue with the narrow rape exception, which would require women to have reported the rape to the police in order to qualify…”