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Copyright 2000 The Columbus Dispatch  
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August 24, 2000, Thursday

SECTION: EDITORIAL & COMMENT, Pg. 16A

LENGTH: 217 words

HEADLINE: CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE COULD WIN VOTES FOR GOP

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Dispatch reporter Catherine Candisky wrote in the Aug. 2 article "GOP must prove to women, blacks it wants their vote'' that the Republican Party is trying hard to sway the women's vote its way this year. The ending remark stressed that their sincerity will not be gauged by their town-hall speeches and smart sound bites but by their actions.

It might be worth noting that the average woman voter this year will have at least one very important thing in common with others of her sex: She spends more than the men -- 70 percent more -- in out-of-pocket health care costs.

Why? Because her health-insurance plan, which probably covers Viagra, still refuses to cover contraceptives.

The Republican Party has an excellent opportunity, if not to woo the women's vote, to at least make a sincere effort by supporting during their campaigns full-contraceptive coverage.

Full contraceptive coverage will lower medium- and long-term health-care costs for women and their families, their employers and their insurance companies. Better access to contraceptives is also proven to reduce abortion rates.

This means that even anti-choice Republicans can support contraceptive coverage and perhaps earn a little respect from the female gender this election year.

Tammy J. Miller

Reynoldsburg

LOAD-DATE: August 24, 2000




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