Women's Rights

Trump and Republicans are destroying our already fragile, expensive healthcare system, making coverage even more unaffordable or unavailable for millions of Americans.  Despite the inability to repeal or replace it the Affordable Care Act, Trump and his team continue to sabotage it to disgusting ends.  They consider their actions to be praiseworthy despite causing an inability to afford coverage for sick children and adults.  

But the children???  Congress failed to renew the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which expired September 30, 2017.

The Trump Administration is at it again, putting the religious and moral objections of large companies and institutions over the fundamental right of women to have access to birth control. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, formerly led by Tom Price before his resignation on September 29 due to a private plane scandal, revised the earlier policy of the Department concerning which employers must provide contraceptive coverage to employees.

Trump and Republicans are destroying the Affordable Care Act despite the inability to repeal or replace it.  Trump's sabotage hit a disgusting new low last week ending the funding of subsidies paid to insurance companies to make coverage affordable for millions.  They're known as "cost-sharing reduction" payments.   This action will destroy the Affordable Care Act insurance markets and eliminate healthcare for millions and that's exactly why Trump team suggested it.

Smart Dissent's issues with Betsy DeVos have been documented repeatedly including here, here, here, here, and

Trump and Republicans are destroying the Affordable Care Act and making coverage unaffordable for millions of Americans.  They consider their actions to be praiseworthy despite causing an inability to afford coverage for sick children and adults. 

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Government is intended to represent the People and work on their behalf.  However, many elected and appointed government officials WE employ to operate our nation work everyday to protect the rights of corporations instead of us.

It is difficult to fathom a more clear and appalling example of this than the matter described below to restrict elderly nursing homes residents and their families from suing the facilities in court over alleged abuse, neglect or sexual assault.

An abbreviated reminder of efforts by Republicans and Trump to destroy the healthcare system so far in 2017:

--On May 4th, the House GOP voted to take healthcare away from at least 23 million Americans according to the Congressional Budget Office report, which came after the vote was rushed through.

The Republican electoral wins across the country last November have real consquences.  The impact of these elections is that more Republicans are in positions of real, tangible power and they will spend every hour of every day implementing policies in an efficient, destructive manner.  There may be no more scary an example of this than abortion rights.

The White House is up to no good again, ending the Council on Women and Girls which was active under Presidents Clinton and Obama. 

Trump appears to be quietly disbanding an office President Obama created that focuses on gender equality.  Obama created the White House Council on Women and Girls... to monitor the impact of policy changes with women’s groups and maintain open lines of communication.

The council has not been functioning while the Trump administration evaluates whether to keep it....