Blog 4

https://thinkprogress.org/gop-congressman-doesnt-want-men-to-pay-for-prenatal-care-fa2025ece774#.ttd4m0fbm

This blog on "Think Progress" by Laurel Raymond discusses how Rep. John Shimkus argues in defense for Republicans that oppose Obamacare. His main argument is that men shouldn't have to pay for women's maternity services, such as pre-natal care. Raymond provides us with the information that before Obamacare, women had to pay more money than men for the same health coverage. She also makes a valid argument that although they are maternity services, men partake in getting women pregnant, so it is only fair that they should have to help women cover any maternity costs. It takes two to create a human being so it should also take two to keep the mother and child healthy. I am honestly not shocked at all to hear someone from the Republican party try to argue that men should not have to pay for women to have low-costing maternity services. I'm almost 100% positive that if the roles were switched and men were the one's that got pregnant they would be all for women helping with the costs of pregnancy. For crying out loud a woman cannot get pregnant on their own, so if maternity services are such a problem for men then the one's that are bitching about it better not be having sex. It is clear that Raymond is trying to reach out to those in support of shutting down Trumpcare. Raymond provides quotes from Shimkus during a hearing, so that alone shows that the information she has provided us with is credible.