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DeGette Statement on Abortion Coverage In Senate bill: "A Common-Sense Provision"

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

November 19, 2009 - 1:24pm

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Rep. Diana DeGette releases a statement on the Senate bill's exclusion of the anti-choice Stupak Amendment language and her vision for moving forward with health care reform.

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Stupak-Amendment Passes! Affects every woman

Reader diary posted by Megan Evans, Medical Student

November 8, 2009 - 12:35am

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My reaction to the passing of the Stupak-Amendment is emotional as I reflect on the impact this amendment could have if put into law.


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Roundup: National Day of Action for Women's Healthcare Reform, Anti-Abortion Dems Stall Reform?

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

November 4, 2009 - 12:15pm

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Today is the National Day of Action for Women's Health Care; Health care reform is stalled - are anti-choice Democrats to blame?; more news from around the web.

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Roundup: Is Abortion a Deal Breaker?, Righting the Discriminatory Wrongs in Health Care Reform, Too Late for Nadya Sulyeman

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

October 30, 2009 - 11:55am

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What do pro- and anti-choice lawmakers, advocates and others have to say about abortion in health care reform efforts? In good news, the latest version of health care reform legislation includes tremendous boons for women's health. And assisted reproductive technology findings come too late for Nadya  Sulyeman...


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Health Reform and Abortion

Reader diary posted by herchoice, Her Choice Women's Clinic

October 21, 2009 - 2:31pm

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Health reform must be separated from the issue of abortion


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Bobby Jindal: Taking Us Backwards

By Aziza Ahmed

March 11, 2009 - 8:00am

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When I think about the often traumatic health experiences we South Asian women have, I stop feeling the love for Jindal.

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Pro-Life Women, Voting Dilemma

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

October 13, 2008 - 8:08pm

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As Melinda Henneberger writes in Slate today, pro-life women are facing a dilemma this year. How can you vote based on a single issue - abortion - in the midst of a severe economic crisis, and a war? The answer is you don't.

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Chapter Four: Old Spice

By Linda Hirshman

October 10, 2008 - 7:31pm

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Red State is Linda Hirshman's fictional account of an imagined, terrifying but not unthinkable America if Roe v. Wade is overturned. In Chapter Four, Lucy, our heroine may finally be on the road to safety.

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ACLU: "America's Toughest Sheriff" Not Above the Law

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

August 7, 2008 - 4:33pm

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A Sheriff in Arizona has gotten away with implementing his own illegal rules for female prisoners, blocking abortion access and engaging in racial profiling. The ACLU has stepped in. Will his "reign of terror" end?

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Need Abortion, Will Travel

By Marcy Bloom, GIRE

February 25, 2008 - 8:47am

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Many pregnant women and girls are virtually forced to become abortion tourists. Though the term is often used in sexist and disparaging ways, what it really reveals is that women's reproductive health needs are being ignored.


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