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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor November 18, 2009 - 8:49pm
Early indications are that the Senate health reform bill introduced by Majority Leader Harry Reid preserves the "status quo" and does not include a version of the Stupak amendment.
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By Nancy Keenan, NARAL Pro-Choice America November 11, 2009 - 10:21am
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and its allies distorted the facts by claiming that the proposed system under the House bill would use federal dollars to cover abortions. They’re wrong.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor November 7, 2009 - 11:53pm
Wanna know which Dems voted to give away your rights by passing the Stupak amendment in the health reform bill? Here's a list of the 64 who voted yes.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor November 7, 2009 - 8:45am
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.
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By Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround July 15, 2008 - 2:02pm
The Department of Health and Human Services Monday released a proposal that allows any federal grant recipient to obstruct a woman's access to contraception. In order to do this, the Department is attempting to redefine many forms of contraception as abortion.
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Why did the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's medical database black out the word "abortion" from its searchable terms? Does federal funding equal censorship? Update: The Dean of the School issues a statement and restores the word.
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Anti-choicers insincere opposition to federally-funded reproductive health programs is the height of hypocrisy considering their slew of debacles lately. From crisis pregnancy centers that have been proven to provide false information to abstinence-only programs that put young people in peril, taxpayers have been funding failed policies for too long.
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