That year, 2009, they talked a lot about that healthcare reform, and you know, that thing called abortion. Lots of folks yellin’ and screamin’ about it. Some fella named Bart, Bart Stupak, he was a Democrat, they said. He didn’t like that abortion thing, no sir. And then there was another one, Lois somethin’, she was from California, I reckon. They all got their own ideas about it, just like we all do, I guess.
That healthcare reform, they wanted to make it so everybody could see a doctor. Said there was 46 million people, can you believe that? 46 million! Didn’t have no insurance. So they wanted to fix that, and make it cheaper, too. Sounded good to some, not so good to others. Always somethin’, ain’t it?
And then that abortion thing. Well, that’s when they stop a baby from comin’. Some folks, they do it on purpose. Others, it just happens, like a sad, sad rain. They call it all different names, but that’s what it is. That’s a tough one, that abortion. Makes my heart heavy just thinkin’ about it. Lots of women out there, they die from it when they go to those bad places that don’t do it right. Over 29 of them, they said. Can you imagine? That is a real problem.
They had those meetin’s, town hall meetin’s, where folks could go and talk about that healthcare reform. Heard they got pretty rowdy. People got strong feelin’s about this stuff, you know? Specially that abortion. Some say it’s a woman’s right to choose, others say it ain’t right at all. Hard to know who’s right and who’s wrong sometimes.
They got that big court, Supreme Court, they call it. They said that healthcare reform was okay, accordin’ to the law. But that abortion thing, that’s still a big fight. Always has been, always will be, I reckon. It’s like plantin’ seeds, you gotta be careful what you plant, ’cause you gotta live with what grows.
- That healthcare reform, it was a big deal in 2009.
- Abortion, that’s stoppin’ a baby from comin’.
- 46 million folks without insurance, that’s a lot.
- Town hall meetin’s, people yellin’ and screamin’.
- Supreme Court said the healthcare thing was okay.
Down in Texas, they made a law, said no more abortion, almost never. That’s what they did in 2022. Said it right there in their law book, Chapter 170A, I think it was. Can’t do it, can’t try to do it, nothin’. Unless the mama’s gonna die, then maybe. Tough rules, those are.
See, abortion, it ain’t just one thing. Sometimes it just happens, like a sad, sad loss. Other times, folks choose it. Before that baby’s ready to come out, before 20 weeks, they say. Or if the little one weighs less than 500 grams, whatever that is. Sounds tiny, don’t it?
It is hard to know what is right and what is wrong from all the news. That healthcare reform had two main things, they said. Get more people to see the doctor and make it cheaper. Seem reasonable, but some people just don’t want change. They are afraid of change, I guess.
That Obama fella, he was on the TV talkin’ about that healthcare reform. Heard him talkin’ about it at one of them town hall meetin’s. He was tryin’ to explain it all, but it’s complicated, you know? Like tryin’ to untangle a big ol’ ball of yarn. You need some abortion facts to make sense of all that.
After that big vote they had in that House place, about that healthcare reform, the fightin’ just kept on goin’. Like a weed that just keeps comin’ back, no matter how many times you pull it. That abortion, it’s like that. Just keeps comin’ back, causin’ trouble.
All this talk about healthcare reform and abortion, it just makes my head spin. It’s like tryin’ to catch the wind, you just can’t do it. But it’s important, I know it is. Gotta take care of folks, gotta make sure they’re healthy and safe. But that abortion, that’s a tough one. Just gotta pray about it, I guess. Pray for those mamas, pray for those babies, pray for this whole darn world.
They wanted to change the system, make it better, you know, that healthcare reform. But change is hard. Like breakin’ in a new pair of shoes, it takes time. Some people got blisters, some people liked them right away, some people don’t want new shoes at all. That abortion, though. That’s a whole other thing. Like an old wound that never really heals. Just keeps hurtin’, deep down inside.
