Jon Runyan votes to restrict women's private health insurance

The DCCC put out the following statement after today's vote by Jon Runyan:

In Representative Jon Runyan’s (NJ-3) zeal to restrict women’s health care, today he voted to place new restrictions on how women with private insurance can spend private dollars in purchasing their own health insurance. This is yet another example that Runyan’s agenda is about advancing right-wing social issues rather than creating jobs.

Federal policy has long prohibited federal funds from being used for abortions, except in cases of rape or incest, or when the life of the woman would be endangered. Today, the Republicans are trying to intrude on a woman’s ability to purchase private health insurance if the insurance plan includes access to abortions and trying to put the IRS in charge of auditing the claims.

“Rather than focus on creating jobs and reducing the deficit, Representative Jon Runyun backed an extreme plan to restrict women’s access to health care options and their reproductive rights,” said Jesse Ferguson of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “This plan Jon Runyan backed goes well beyond existing law and could block most private health care plans for women. It’s clear that Representative Runyan is putting his radical ideology above New Jersey women.”