federal funding for abortion
By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor October 5, 2009 - 11:01am
A letter to the editor of the Ventura County Star (Ventura County, California) discussing health reform and abortion articulates succinctly the position of the majority of Americans who self-identify to pollsters as "pro-life."
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor October 1, 2009 - 9:16am
Those wild and crazy Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee can't make up their minds about big government! They like big government subsidies if they are from farm states with lots of farmers (alive, dead, whose counting?), but they don't like big government subsidies for poor women seeking, say, contraceptive supplies, breast and cervical cancer treatment, or testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (bad, bad, bad!).
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Faith groups now want to expand the Hyde Amendment so that everyone is denied coverage for abortion care even with private insurance, while the same groups are ignoring the exclusion of undocumented workers.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor September 11, 2009 - 12:25pm
For women's rights groups seeking to promote reproductive justice through health reform--including equity of access for poor women to all legal reproductive and sexual health services including abortion services--the past few months have been a serious disappointment.
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The Family Research Council, following on a TV ad last week roundly criticized by groups such as Catholics United for its misleading and inaccurate claims, has launched a second and equally misleading advertisement claiming that federal funding for abortion care under health reform will rob senior citizens of coverage for necessary surgeries. FactCheck.Org calls them out.
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Will abortion be the magic bullet that kills off health care reform? Mainstream media seems to be doing its best to make it happen.
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Barack Obama gets flack from the anti-choice blogosphere for opposing the Hyde Amendment. When federal funding is withheld from covering abortion care, what really happens to women?
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