Claim: The GOP health bill "would once again allow being a rape or domestic violence victim to be a pre-existing condition.
Verdict: REFUTES

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title: Pre-existing condition
text: to afford insurance in the first place. The "San Francisco Chronicle" has reported that "[c]osts for those with coverage could go up because people in poor health who'd been shut out of the insurance pool would now be included... they would get medical care they could not access before." Senator Mike Enzi, a Republican from Wyoming, has voted to allow insurance companies to consider domestic violence as a pre-existing condition and supported his vote by saying that covering such people could raise insurance premiums to the point where it would preclude others from buying it. He has remarked that "If

title: War on Women
text: Under the language of the bill, only cases of "forcible rape" or child sexual abuse would have qualified. Political activist groups Moveon.org and Emily's List charged that this constituted a Republican attempt to "redefine rape". In 2014, Michigan law prohibited all public and most private insurers from covering abortions including in cases of rape and incest. It requires women to buy separate insurance and has been called "rape insurance" by opponents because of the possibility that women will need to have separate insurance for an abortion resulting from rape. Unsuccessful Missouri Republican candidate to the U.S. Senate Todd Akin made

title: Violence Against Women Act
text: which requires provision of reproductive health services to victims of sex trafficking. On February 28, 2013, in a 286–138 vote, the House passed the Senate's all-inclusive version of the bill. House Republicans had previously hoped to pass their own version of the measure—one that substantially weakened the bill's protections for certain categories. The stripped down version, which allowed only limited protection for LGBT and Native Americans, was rejected 257 to 166. The renewed act expanded federal protections to gay, lesbian, and transgender individuals, Native Americans and immigrants. On March 7, 2013, President Barack Obama signed the Violence Against Women Reauthorization

title: Rape in the United States
text: been raped 17 years before, an insurance company refused to pay for her rape exam and also refused to pay for therapy or medication for trauma, because she "had been raped before" – indicating a preexisting condition. Some insurance companies have allegedly denied sexual-assault victims mental-health treatment, stating that the service is not medically necessary. The 2005 Violence Against Women Act requires states to ensure that victims receive access to a forensic examination free of charge regardless of whether the victim chooses to report a sexual assault to law enforcement or cooperate with the criminal-justice system. All states must comply

title: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
text: have sex against her will, and that is whether she is conscious, unconscious, mentally stable, not mentally stable," the four-term congresswoman added." Critics insist that HR 3 would directly diminish the rights of women who have fallen victim to rapes that are not considered "forcible" by the bill, as well as increase the danger of these types of sexual abuse occurring. TalkingPointsMemo reported, "In an interview with the anti-abortion site LifeNews, Douglas Johnson, the legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee, admits the language in the House's No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act "would not allow general federal

title: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
text: for Abortion Act." 'It is absolutely outrageous,' Wasserman Schultz said in an exclusive interview late Monday afternoon. "I consider the proposal of this bill a violent act against women..." She continued, "It really is -- to suggest that there is some kind of rape that would be okay to force a woman to carry the resulting pregnancy to term, and abandon the principle that has been long held, an exception that has been settled for 30 years, is to me a violent act against women in and of itself," Wasserman Schultz said." "Rape is when a woman is forced to

title: Political positions of Paul Ryan
text: 227 House co-sponsors of the 2011 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act bill that would have limited funding for federally funded abortions to victims of "forcible rape". "Forcible rape" was not defined in the bill, which critics said would result in excluding date rape, statutory rape, or other situations where the victim had diminished mental capacity. The language was removed from the bill before the House passed it; the Senate did not vote on the bill. The National Right to Life Committee has consistently given Ryan a "100 percent pro-life voting record" since he took office in 1999. In 2012

title: Violence Against Women Act
text: only 21% of citizens in the United States. In April 2012, the Senate voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, and the House subsequently passed its own measure (omitting provisions of the Senate bill that would protect gays, Native Americans living in reservations, and immigrants who are victims of domestic violence). Reconciliation of the two bills was stymied by procedural measures, leaving the re-authorization in question. The Senate's 2012 re-authorization of VAWA was not brought up for a vote in the House. In 2013, the question of jurisdiction over offenses in Indian country continued to be at issue over

title: War on Women
text: Chambliss of Georgia was criticized for saying that part of the cause of the sexual assault was young officers' "hormone level created by nature". The renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, which provides for community violence prevention programs and battered women's shelters, was fiercely opposed by conservative Republicans in 2012. The Act was originally passed in 1994 and has been reauthorized by Congress twice. Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell, who has previously voted against renewal of the Act, said the bill was a distraction from a small business bill. However, in 2013 a strengthened version of the act was

title: Violence Against Women Act
text: Act of 2013. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opposed portions of the act that addressed the categories "sexual orientation" and "gender identity", calling the sections unnecessary to achieve equal protection of all persons. 138 House Republicans voted against the version of the act that became law. However, several, including Steve King (R-Iowa), Bill Johnson (R-Ohio), Tim Walberg (R-Michigan), Vicky Hartzler (R-Missouri), Keith Rothfus (R-Pennsylvania), and Tim Murphy (R-Pennsylvania), claimed to have voted in favor of the act. Some have called this claim disingenuous because the group only voted in favor of a GOP proposed alternative version of the bill

title: Helena Moreno
text: by billing victims of sexual assault for their Forensic Medical Exams. Under the federal Violence Against Women Act, it is prohibited to bill a victim for an FME. Moreno took immediate action with the Governor’s staff to stop this practice through gubernatorial executive orders, but soon it was clear that even more extensive measures were necessary. Many other issues also needed to be corrected regarding treatment of victims. Over several months, Rep. Moreno met with groups of stakeholders and advocates to draft HB 835. Not only does this legislation address the prohibition of billing victims for an FME; it also

title: Bill Cowsert
text: for victims of child sex abuse, and to allow civil lawsuits to be brought against both the predator and the entities who were allegedly negligent or grossly negligent in their duty of care, i.e. concealment of known predatory behavior by a person. The legislation had previously passed the House with a 170-0 vote. Sen. Cowsert, along with other Republican committee members met to draft an amended version of the bill When the proposed legislation came before his committee, Sen. Cowsert supported the Senate version of the bill. The Senate passed the substitute version of HB 605 by a vote of

title: Violence against women in the United States
text: immigration status, they can then use the threat of deportation to prevent the battered woman from contacting authorities and assistance agencies. Some legislation passed by the US Congress allowed immigrant victims to leave situations of domestic violence. Other proposed policies not yet in effect are designed to stop deportation of immigrants who have experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. On September 13, 1994, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which was drafted by Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) and co-written by Democrat Louise Slaughter. The Act granted $1.6 billion of funding for investigating

title: Amy's Law (Ohio)
text: domestic violence before they could be held. As Christopher had never been charged with domestic violence and there was no protection order at the time of the first offense, he was not held. House Bill 29 was proposed to change these laws. The bill was submitted to the Ohio House of Representatives in 2005 by State Rep. James T. Raussen. The House unanimously passed the bill (98-0) on April 27, 2005. It was ratified 30-0 by the Ohio Senate on May 4, 2005, and signed into law by Governor Taft on May 25. Amy continues to push for tougher penalties

title: Political positions of Joe Biden
text: the Senate. Indeed, the enactment of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994 was the beginning of a historic commitment to women and children victimized by domestic violence and sexual assault. Our nation has been rewarded for this commitment. Since the Act's passage in 1994, domestic violence has dropped by almost 50%." He has also said that the Act "empower[s] women to make changes in their lives, and by training police and prosecutors to arrest and convict abusive husbands instead of telling them to take a walk around the block". Senator Biden supported the Farm Bill and believes that it

title: Dickey Amendment
text: violence, domestic violence, sexual violence, and suicide. But our resources are very limited." In October 2015, 110 members of Congress, all of whom were Democrats, signed a letter calling on Congress to reject the amendment. In December 2015, despite Nancy Pelosi's efforts to have the Dickey amendment removed from the spending bill for the following year, Congress passed this bill with the amendment still in it. On March 21, 2018, Congressional negotiators reached a deal on an Omnibus continuing resolution. The 1.3 trillion dollar spending agreement also includes language that codified Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar interpretation of

title: Violence Against Women Act
text: that did not contain provisions intended to protect gays, lesbians and transgender individuals, Native Americans and undocumented immigrants. On September 12, 2013, at an event marking the 19th anniversary of the bill, Vice President Joe Biden criticized the Republicans who slowed the passage of the reauthorization of the act as being "this sort of Neanderthal crowd". The Violence Against Women laws provide programs and services, including: When a woman—the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence generally refers to petitioners as female as most are women—is the beneficiary of an order of protection, per VAWA it is generally enforceable nationwide under the

title: Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003
text: Familiar: Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons", released in 1996, when there was barely any Congressional support for legislation aimed at prison rape. A 1998 attempt by Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), known as the Custodial Sexual Abuse Act of 1998, was attached to the reauthorization bill for the Violence Against Women Act but summarily removed and never reintroduced. Michael Horowitz, a Hudson Institute senior fellow, has been credited with playing a part in passing PREA by helping to lead a coalition of the bill's supporters. The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 was supported by a broad

title: John Kasich
text: hospitals willing to enter into transfer agreements. Another provision of the bill requires abortion providers to offer information on family planning and adoption services in certain situations. Under the budget, rape crisis centers could lose public funding if they counseled sexual assault victims about abortion. In 2015, Kasich said in an interview that Planned Parenthood "ought to be de-funded" but Republicans in Congress should not force a government shutdown over the issue. In December 2016, Kasich approved a ban on abortions after 20 weeks, except when a pregnancy endangers a woman's life, but vetoed HB 493, a law which would

title: Office on Violence Against Women
text: have said that the Violence Against Women Act does not allocate enough funds or provide assistance to immigrant women, who they say often cannot receive state or federal assistance because of their status. The reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act on February 28, 2013 was achieved despite some significant controversy in regards to the new provisions of the Act that include the LGBT community, Native Tribes, and undocumented immigrants. Twenty-two members of the U.S. House of representatives opposed the reauthorization because of the additional provision that protects those minority communities. However, according to the Centers for Disease Control and