First, Republicans and their Democratic anti-choice accomplices got an Executive Order from the president, guaranteeing that, although already prohibited, the government really will not use taxpayer dollars to fund abortion.
But that wasn't enough.
So the Obama administration issued further restrictions on high-risk insurance pools, to assure Republicans yet again that the government really, really will not use taxpayer dollars to fund abortion.
But that wasn't enough.
Because now Republicans are again demanding that the Obama administration "act immediately" to ensure that the government really, really, really will not use taxpayer dollars to fund abortion.
None of this is necessary. It wasn't necessary when Bart Stupak held health care reform hostage last year. It isn't necessary now. The atrocious Hyde Amendment, which has been renewed every year for 30 years, already prohibits the use of taxpayer dollars to fund abortion. But because the forced birth movement is never satisfied and will always seek further restrictions, and because Republicans love to make shit up, especially when it comes to what the health care law will and will not do, they continue to demand that the president cross his heart, hope to die, stick a needle in his eye that the government really, really, really, really will not use taxpayer dollars to fund abortion.
Just like the birthers who demand proof of the president's citizenship when they have already been given proof again and again and again, Republicans obviously will not be satisfied with executive orders and policy clarifications and additional restrictions that go beyond Hyde. They'll keep whining anyway, even while all of their demands are met.
So women who are already at risk -- that's why they're in the high-risk pools in the first place -- will continue to face increasing restrictions on access to what is supposed to be a legal medical procedure. And just as the Hyde Amendment kills women, so too will these restrictions.
But when it comes to Republicans and the forced birth movement, saving women's lives apparently has nothing to do with protecting life.