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Population, Family Planning and Presidential Priorities

By Jeffrey Locke, Population Action International

October 6, 2008 - 8:00am

Family planning is recognized in public health as a crucial element in improving the health of mother and child. In light of the economic crisis, will international family planning programs be a financial priority for America's next President?

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1 Why The Stupak Amendment Is A Monumental Setback

By Jessica Arons on Nov 9, 2009 - 11:11am | comments (1)

The Stupak Amendment potentially goes farther than any other federal law to restrict women’s access to abortion. The claim that it only bars federal funding for abortions is simply false.

Will the Stupak Amendment Force Women Who've Miscarried to Lose Insurance Coverage? I Think So

By Robin Marty on Nov 9, 2009 - 12:04pm | comments (15)

By banning private insurers in the public exchange from covering "abortion services," the Stupak Amendment will affect women whose pregnancies have already ended but have not yet miscarried. Like the one I faced last month.

The Stupak Amendment: An Assault On Women

By Charlotte Taft on Nov 9, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (3)

The Stupak-Pitts amendment would actually result the loss of abortion coverage many women already have because it prohibits the new private insurance market as well as any possible public option from providing such coverage.

2 "This Is Only the First Salvo In the Bishops Campaign Against Women's Health"

By Jon O'Brien on Nov 8, 2009 - 10:58am | comments (21)

This is only the first salvo in the bishops’ campaign against women’s health. Just imagine for a moment what healthcare will look like when the bishops are finished.

The Answer to Stupak? Overturn Hyde Now

By Frances Kissling on Nov 8, 2009 - 1:08am | comments (8)

Our biggest defeat since 1973 was enactment of the Hyde Amendment and the lack of an uncompromising commitment to overturning it. If nothing else, we must now make overturning Hyde the single objective of our movement.

Do Catholic Bishops Run the United States Government?

By Jodi Jacobson on Nov 7, 2009 - 11:11pm | comments (40)

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops apparently now runs the US government, aided by "faith-based advocacy groups," the House Democratic Leadership, the White House and members of the Senate. If you didn't know before, you know now.

3 Where's the Birth Control?

By Sharon Lerner on Nov 6, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (1)

None of the bills emerging from either the House or the Senate require insurers to cover all of the elements of a basic gynecological "well-woman" visit leaving out essential care such as pelvic exams, STI counseling and - yes - birth control.

Notorious Extremist Weslin and Others Arrested at Capitol

By Wendy Norris on Nov 6, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (3)

Notorious anti-abortion activist Father Norman Weslin was among a dozen protesters arrested by U.S. Capitol Police outside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district office Thursday at a raucous protest against the health reform bill.

House Will Take "Up or Down" Vote on Stupak Amendment, Threatening Women's Rights

By Jodi Jacobson on Nov 7, 2009 - 9:45am | comments (4)

House Democratic leaders will allow an up-or-down vote on an amendment blocking any money in its healthcare overhaul from funding abortions, risking the votes of members who support abortion rights.

4 The Ellsworth Amendment: Dems Set to Compromise on Abortion Care in Health Reform, Again

By Jodi Jacobson on Nov 6, 2009 - 4:48pm | comments

A vote originally set for tomorrow on the House health care bill may be delayed until next week, even after months of drama to arrive at this point. And to get to yes, Democrats are set to make another compromise on abortion care.

Michigan Legislator Calls for Repeal of Gay Marriage Ban

By Todd Heywood on Nov 6, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (8)

Following up on a June surprise, Michigan House Speaker Pro Tem Pam Byrnes on Wednesday announced she had introduced legislation to roll back a 2004 constitutional amendment which bans same-sex marriage in the state.

What Is the Message From This Election? Ultraconservatives Are Emboldened

By Margaret Conway on Nov 5, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (5)

Only time will tell how this this week's election and phase of ultra-conservatism among Republicans will play out. What do you predict--and how should pro-choice, pro-reproductive justice advocates respond? Let us know.

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(VIDEO) With Friends Like This....McCaskill Says Stupak Amendment "Not That Bad"

Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor
Nov 9 2009 - 5:59pm | comments

We have a Senator who describes herself as pro-choice short-circuiting the plan to beat the Stupak Amendment in the Senate by conceding the point less than 48 hours after a disastrous change in health reform in the House and before Senators have even come back into the office from the weekend?
UPDATED: DeGette Leading Charge Against Stupak Amendment in the House

Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor
Nov 9 2009 - 5:36pm | comments

Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), co-chair of the House Pro-Choice Caucus and a leader of efforts to defeat the Stupak Amendment in the House health care reform bill last Saturday is now collecting signatures of House members who are vowing to vote against reform unless the language is stripped.
Anti-Choice Amendment: "I Am Confident...That It Won't Be There"

Amie Newman, Managing Editor
Nov 9 2009 - 4:38pm | comments

Pro-choice Democrats in the House of Representatives are fighting against the anti-choice Stupak Amendment that rolls back women's rights in order to pass health care reform legislation.

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