The Vote on Abortion - NYTimes.com Re "Voters Speak on Abortion Rights" (editorial, Nov. 9): By rejecting Amendment 6, Florida voters sent a strong message that when politicians deny insurance coverage for abortion, they play a dangerous game of "keep away" with women's health. Sadly, this effort is part of a larger agenda. Some politicians don't want abortion to be legal, so they pass bills that make abortion unaffordable. Politicians should not interfere with a woman's personal medical decisions, but should instead respect that it's her decision to make with her family and her faith. When a woman cannot afford to end a pregnancy when she needs to, the effect on her and her family can be far-reaching. She may put off getting care, shut off her own heat or take another job just to pay for the care she needs. Holding back benefits from someone who is eligible, just to make it impossible for her to have an abortion, as Amendment 6 would have done, is unconscionable. It is time that we put a woman's health and her moral agency ahead of political agendas. HARRY KNOX Washington, Nov. 12, 2012 The writer is president and chief executive of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.