Dianne Feinstein: “In the Boxer amendment, we clarified SCHIP law. A pregnant woman's coverage under SCHIP law is optional. We made it…”

“In the Boxer amendment, we clarified SCHIP law. A pregnant woman's coverage under SCHIP law is optional. We made it obligatory so every pregnant woman has the advantage of medical insurance. This amendment undoes that. It takes it away from the woman and gives it to the fetus. Now, if the woman is pregnant in an accident, loses the child, she does not get coverage, the child gets coverage. We solved the problem in the Boxer amendment. If you cover the pregnant woman, you cover her fetus. What Senator Allard does is remove the coverage from the pregnant woman and cover the fetus. I urge a ``no'' vote.”