abortion in health care reform
One More in a Long Line of Attacks on Women's Access to Health Care
Liberty University is challenging the new health care reform bill in court, saying its objection to abortion should prevent other insured people from using insurance to pay for medical care that Liberty opposes.
Morning Roundup: (VIDEO) Oprah's Teen Pregnancy
by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check
January 18, 2011 - 10:57am (Print)
Oprah's story of teen pregnancy and suicidal thoughts, emergency contraception in Ireland, SBA List scores the health care repeal, and the ACLU is doing what?
Who Is Bart Stupak?
March 19, 2010 - 9:00am (Print)
Who is Bart Stupak and why is he fronting for the far right in the health care debate? An analysis of Stupak's political record and past history reveals that he was the perfect man for the job: a consistently anti-choice Democrat who isn't worried about reelection, who has a strong connection to the Religious Right and who has done their bidding before. He’s their chosen and willing one and by not wavering thus far, he’s done them proud.
Women, Listen to Your Mothers
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
November 30, 2009 - 4:21pm (Print)
Because of the tremendous work done in the 60s and 70s, my generation can sit around and have conversations about our feelings about abortion. But we need to remember that what matters politically is the legal right to have an abortion, without which these conversations are moot.
Religious Tyranny Shames Religion
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
November 10, 2009 - 6:00am (Print)
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has debased itself by turning into a lobbying group of the most aggressive and inappropriate sort.
Cardinal Rigali, Republican Lobbyist
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
October 2, 2009 - 11:21am (Print)
Cardinal Rigali manipulates Catholic morality to bring it perfectly in line with Republican policy, though it doesn't reflect the “Catholic” line on war, poverty, and health care. But listen: those issues are just not that important.
Bishops Abandon "a Fundamental Issue of Human Life and Dignity"
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
September 2, 2009 - 12:05pm (Print)
While some Catholics have strongly supported health care reform, others are more interested in fighting for their own interests than in fighting for people’s lives.
Conservatives Lean on Abortion to Distract from Health Care Crisis
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
August 3, 2009 - 12:31pm (Print)
Since “Save America’s Insurance Companies” is hardly a winning rallying cry, conservative groups are calling on their reliable foe/political friend, abortion.
