Erin Kate Ryan's blog

All proposals to address the abortion funding question have one thing in common: they blithely disregard the effect of such proposals on the actual women and families who choose abortion.

Below the rhetoric of anti-choice extremists, there has been a quiet - yet swelling - murmuring this week. These are the voices of women who seek later abortions.

Massachusetts's recent health care reform has plenty in common with Sen. Barack Obama's proposed health care plan. Can we predict what will happen to public funding for abortion nationwide based on what's happening now in Massachusetts?