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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThinkProgress: Mitt Romney Is Financially Invested In The Birth Control He Seeks To Restrict
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/02/08/420990/mitt-romney-is-financially-invested-in-the-birth-control-he-now-opposes/Now, an examination of Romneys financial investments reveals that the very same GOP frontrunner who is now petitioning the White House to extend the regulations conscience clause and exclude more women from the benefits of birth control is himself invested in and profiting from pharmaceutical companies that produce the frequently prescribed and extremely common medication:Romneys Goldman Sachs 2002 Exchange Place Fund, valued at over a million dollars in 2010, brought in nearly $600,000 in gains in 2010 and is invested in:
- Watson Pharmaceuticals: manufacturer of nine forms of emergency contraception (which Romney incorrectly identifies as abortifacients).
- Johnson & Johnson: launched the first U.S. prescription birth control product in 1931 and produces various forms of birth control.
- Merck: produces various forms of birth control
- Mylan: produces birth control medication and filed the first application for a generic birth control pill last year.
- Pfizer: a contraception producer that recently had to recall about a million packs of birth-control pills that werent packaged correctly.
Romney often disclaims any responsibility for or knowledge of his own investments by claiming that they are held in a private trust. But since filing his legally-required public financial disclosure reports and certifying that the information is true, complete, and correct to the best of his knowledge, the trust ceased to be a blind trust as he knew what was in it. Romney signed such disclosure forms last August and during his unsuccessful 2008 presidential bid in August 2007.
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ThinkProgress: Mitt Romney Is Financially Invested In The Birth Control He Seeks To Restrict (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Feb 2012
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renie408
(9,854 posts)1. Ouch. n/t
Renew Deal
(81,859 posts)2. This gives "Rubber Romney" a whole new meaning
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)3. Everything Romney does seems to hurt his campaign.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)4. And I bet Newt and Frothy Lube are also invested in at least
One of these pharmas, and they make money off of abortifacients!
unkachuck
(6,295 posts)5. "...the trust ceased to be a “blind trust” as he knew what was in it..."
....what are you trying to say?
....that slick-willie, the rich wall-street Mormon, is a liar and hypocrite?
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)6. His candidacy is now officially toast. The dominionists who
control the Repig Party will never forgive him.