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Girls Rocking, Politicians Lying, and TV Shows Hedging

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

August 16, 2009 - 11:01pm

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Jessica Hopper talks about girls rocking out. Also, the health care lies continue, and is a new ABC show pushing an anti-choice message?

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Push, Push, Push - Certified Professional Midwifery In Health Care Reform

By Amie Newman, RH Reality Check

November 4, 2009 - 3:23pm

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Time is running out to ask your Senators to sponsor an amendment that would ensure Certified Professional Midwives are covered under Medicaid, in the Senate health care reform bill. Midwifery gives low risk pregnant and birthing women a safe option and reduces overall costs in health care as well!

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

By Amie Newman, RH Reality Check

November 4, 2009 - 1:15pm

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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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So There's This Conversation With My Pharmacist....

By s.e. smith

November 4, 2009 - 7:00am

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Why is it that every time I try to refill my prescription for birth control I have to engage in the same 40 minutes of wrangling with my pharmacist?

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Health Care Reform Is Worse Than Terrorism? You Could Not Make This Stuff Up

By Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check

November 3, 2009 - 3:07pm

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Far, far right television and radio talk show hosts provide an echo chamber for a very far out statement by Republican Congresswoman Virginia Foxx that health reform is more dangerous than terrorism.

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Vaguely Worded Kansas Law Would Deny Kansans Access to Public Option

By Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check

November 3, 2009 - 1:39pm

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Poor and uninsured Kansans are likely to be most affected by a proposed Kansas law that would, if passed, likely prevent Kansas from participating in a public health insurance option.

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What Catholics Really Want in Health Care Reform

By Jon O'Brien, Catholics for Choice

November 3, 2009 - 8:00am

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What some are really doing in the health reform debate is projecting their own vision of what is moral onto those who will be most affected by distorted views and limited coverage: the taxpayers who will fund and use whatever system emerges.

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What's The Truth About Abortion and 'Unresolved Issues' In House Health Reform Legislation?

By Amie Newman, RH Reality Check

October 30, 2009 - 2:30pm

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Are anti-choice Democrats fighting health reform in the House over federal funds for abortion coverage or are they crying wolf - again?

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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, RH Reality Check

October 30, 2009 - 12:55pm

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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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Breaking News from Politico: Pelosi Introduces House Bill with Public Option

By Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check

October 29, 2009 - 11:00am

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a health reform bill Thursday that would cost $894 billion over 10 years and includes a public option. It meets President Obama’s goal of not adding to the federal deficit, cutting the deficit by about $30 billion in the first 10 years.

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