Hyde
By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor November 23, 2009 - 4:10pm
"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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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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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor November 19, 2009 - 2:15pm
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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By Carole Joffe, University of California November 19, 2009 - 7:00am
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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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor November 17, 2009 - 8:58am
Sarah Palin not "pro-life" enough for extremist anti-choice group. The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Rights brings progressive religious leaders to the Capitol to protest Stupak Amendment and lack of separation between Catholic Church and State.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor November 16, 2009 - 3:40pm
NARAL Pro-Choice America delivers more than 92,000 signatures to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid calling on the Senate to reject Stupak-Pitts language in its health reform bill.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor November 16, 2009 - 3:05pm
This weekend, insurance company executives confirmed to NPR health reporter Julie Rovner what the pro-choice community has been saying since the Stupak amendment passed the House. In short, the amendment will lead to a virtual elimination of insurance coverage for abortion care, in turn leading to what one analyst calls "devastating outcomes" for some women.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor November 16, 2009 - 11:13am
An article by Kathleen Seelye in today's New York Times titled "In Congress, a Predicament for Abortion Supporters," can now be added to the growing list of media analyses that fail to accurately portray the implications of the Stupak amendment should it become law.
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We must make legislators the protagonists in the abortion debate by changing the frame, and asking Stupak and his allies: Do you trust women?
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By Gloria Feldt, www.GloriaFeldt.com November 16, 2009 - 7:00am
I am not convinced by after-the-fact reassurances that the final health reform bill will not include the Stupak amendment. That’s because the table for expanding prohibitions on abortion was set by the Democrats themselves.
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