Israel to fund all abortions for women 20-33 starting next year

[LiberalArkie]

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/.premium-1.566198

Another 6,300 women are expected to have a state-funded abortion next year, at a cost of about $4.6 million.

Israel will pay for abortions for women aged 20 to 33 regardless of circumstance starting next year, health officials said Monday, adding that they hope to make eligibilty for state funding universal in the future.

[MinneapolisMatt]

1. So umm

how is the Right going to respond to that?

[booley]

2. the same way they respond when told Israel has universal health care

…they ignore it.

and keep right on with the Hitler references saying single payer is like Nazi Germany.

[TheMightyFavog]

14. Funny.

That's also the same way they react when you tell them that Israel has allowed openly GLBT people to serve in their military since 1993.

[Journeyman]

4. Do you think they'll vote to cut our military funding which makes Israeli healthcare possible? . . .

Absent the billions we give Israel, could they conceivably continue with their highly-socialized medical care program?

(Good for Israel, by the way, for looking after the welfare of its citizens. I think it's great, though it does irk me they receive better health care than we do, funded in part by our money.)

[Iggo]

11. They'll ignore it.

[Warpy]

3. It's a stupid age restriction

What about the 48 year old with grown children who finds herself with a risky change of life pregnancy? How about the kids who were raped by family members during their teens?

Men have no business deciding this stuff. They are unqualified.

[Behind the Aegis]

8. From the article...

Until now, subsidized abortions for women of all ages were available in medical emergencies or in case of rape and sexual abuse. Women under the age of 20 or over 40 were also eligible for abortion funding even when the reason was personal.

The new rule opens it up for 6,300 more women to have a state-funded abortion next year, at a cost of about 16 million shekels ($4.6 million). The cost of all state-subsidized abortions is estimated at 24 million shekels a year.

[oberliner]

13. It's not an age restriction

The examples you mention are already provided for.

This is an expansion to include even more women in the benefit.

[Packerowner740]

5. Is Israel heavily overpopulated?

I would think being landlocked the way they are that might be the case. It might be the option rather than saying each family can only have one child like china.

[Behind the Aegis]

10. Israel is not a landlaocked country.

It is also not overpopulated. The uber-religious do reproduce at a higher rate.

[Packerowner740]

12. You're right, I should have said landlocked

What I meant was they really don't have much room to expand.

[Comrade Grumpy]

6. I don't usually have much nice to say about the state of Israel...

...but this is a good thing.

[surrealAmerican]

7. It's not really a "cost" ...

... it's a savings. Abortion is less expensive than prenatal care, labor, and delivery. Had they already covered the procedure for women older and younger than that range?

[Behind the Aegis]

9. From the article...

Until now, subsidized abortions for women of all ages were available in medical emergencies or in case of rape and sexual abuse. Women under the age of 20 or over 40 were also eligible for abortion funding even when the reason was personal.

The new rule opens it up for 6,300 more women to have a state-funded abortion next year, at a cost of about 16 million shekels ($4.6 million). The cost of all state-subsidized abortions is estimated at 24 million shekels a year.