I picked up my morning newspaper today and saw this bit of corporatism gone wild:
"Company to Raise the Price Of High Risk Pregnancy Drug 14,900 Percent"
http://www.star-telegram.com/...
Incredible. The right wing is trying to make any miscarriage where a doctor was present a crime, and any abortion for any reason whatsoever an excuse for "justifiable homicide." Meanwhile, a corporation has now just priced a drug that helps women carry babies to term out of the reach of all but the rich.
A drug for high-risk pregnant women has cost about $10 to $20 per injection. Next week, the price shoots up to $1,500 a dose, meaning the total cost during a pregnancy could be as much as $30,000.
I'd like to hear what the right-to-lifers will say about this. Will they condemn KV Pharmaceuticals? Will they call for the government to rescind this rule?
Or will they call this "capitalism" at its finest? In other words, politicians using regulations not to help citizens, but to help corporations. (IMHO, the antithesis of true capitalism.)
Meanwhile, laws are proposed that will leave women with no choice; having the baby they want die because they can't afford a drug that should cost $20 a shot; or either dying themselves due to a botched illegal abortion.