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Roundup: Sharron Angle Keeps Talking

by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check

August 6, 2010 - 10:02am (Print)

Sharron Angle keeps saying crazy things, while two Senators protect your taxpayer money from having to sit next to slutty money at the insurance office.

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(VIDEO) Bart Stupak and His Merry Band Of Eleven Anti-Choicers Want to Run Your Life

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

March 4, 2010 - 10:23am (Print)

Like a petulant child, Bart Stupak is going all over radio and television media stomping his feet on health care reform. Last week he claimed he had 15 to 20 members who would refuse to vote for reform unless they could impose their own religious ideology on the entire population of American women. Today he is down to 11. Bart is having a classic tantrum and I think its time for him to get a time out.

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How the Bishops Lost Sight of Their Own Priorities

by Jessica Arons, Center for American Progress and Center for American Progress Action Fund

December 4, 2009 - 12:00pm (Print)

An analysis of the criteria originally set out by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops as priorities for health reform finds that the Bishops have moved the goal posts on their original insistence that reform be "abortion-neutral."

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Ben Nelson Latest Elected Official to Ask Catholic Bishops to Give Their Approval to US Law

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

December 4, 2009 - 11:23am (Print)

Just in case you had any doubt about the direct--and I mean direct--intervention of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops in curtailing women's rights in US health reform legislation, here is the latest evidence of how some representatives are working at what appears to be the behest of the bishops. Ben Nelson is holding a Senate Stupak Amendment until the Bishops "have time to review it."

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Stupak: Aberration or Power Outage in the Pro-Choice Movement?

by James Wagoner, Advocates for Youth

November 30, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

Progress on health reform legislation forces us to mobilize to prevent passage of the Stupak Amendment. But our next step must be to take stock of why and how we got here in the first place.

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Advocacy Groups Form Coalition to Stop Stupak and Pass Health Reform Legislation

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

November 24, 2009 - 5:41pm (Print)

A broad group of advocacy organizations from the progressive and women’s health communities has formed a coalition to ensure that health care reform is passed and does not restrict women’s ability to purchase private health insurance that provides comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion.

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Connie Shultz: Reproductive Health Is Not A "Social Issue"

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

November 23, 2009 - 4:10pm (Print)

"When has a medical procedure exclusive to men ever been held to a vote on a floor of the United States Congress?" asks Connie Shulz. "Oh, wait, just remembered: Never."

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Mr. Stupak: Here’s a Senate Speech You’ll Need To Hear

by Rebecca Sive, The Sive Group, Inc./www.rebeccasive.com

November 23, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

No one reading this has forgotten that the House passed a healthcare “reform” bill that includes the Stupak Amendment. Here's a speech Congressman Stupak needs to hear.

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GOP Misinformation Machine Goes into High Gear on Senate Langage on Abortion

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

November 19, 2009 - 2:15pm (Print)

GOP smear and misinformation campaign goes into high-gear on abortion in Senate bill. Here are some of the actual facts.

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A Federal Employee Expresses Outrage on Stupak

by Carole Joffe, University of California

November 19, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

A federal employee--barred by the Hyde Amendment from insurance coverage for abortion--incurs costs of $9000.00 to end a pregnancy in which the fetus is missing major portions of its brain, skull, and scalp.

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