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DeGette Statement on Abortion Coverage In Senate bill: "A Common-Sense Provision"

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

November 19, 2009 - 1:24pm

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Rep. Diana DeGette releases a statement on the Senate bill's exclusion of the anti-choice Stupak Amendment language and her vision for moving forward with health care reform.

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Truth Is Indeed One of the First Casualties of War

By Jon O'Brien, Catholics for Choice

November 19, 2009 - 9:37am

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I agree with Jim Wallis that the truth has become a casualty in this war--because both Jim and the Catholic Bishops have twisted it. And if Jim Wallis and his conservative allies have their way, women will become another casualty.

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Initial Reports Indicate No Stupak Amendment in Reid's Senate Bill

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

November 18, 2009 - 8:49pm

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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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Hatch Plans to Introduce "Stupak-like" Amendment in Senate...Again

By Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

November 18, 2009 - 8:50am

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Utah Senator Orin Hatch announces he will introduce a Stupak-like amendment to the senate health care reform bill. But will anyone support him?

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The "Real Life" Effects of Stupak-Pitts: An Analysis by Legal Experts at Planned Parenthood

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

November 10, 2009 - 8:41am

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What are the real-life effects of the Stupak-Pitts amendment to the House health care bill? An analysis by experts on health law, and reproductive and sexual health issues, shows just how far it goes.

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UPDATED: DeGette Leading Charge Against Stupak Amendment in the House

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

November 9, 2009 - 4:36pm

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Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), co-chair of the House Pro-Choice Caucus and a leader of efforts to defeat the Stupak Amendment in the House health care reform bill last Saturday is now collecting signatures of House members who are vowing to vote against reform unless the language is stripped.

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The Stupak Amendment: An Assault On Women

By Charlotte Taft

November 9, 2009 - 6:00am

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The Stupak-Pitts amendment would actually result the loss of abortion coverage many women already have because it prohibits the new private insurance market as well as any possible public option from providing such coverage.

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Many Dems Who Voted For Stupak Still Voted Against the Bill

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

November 8, 2009 - 7:54am

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Culture Kitchen reports that many of the 39 Democrats that voted for the Stupak Amendment still voted against the final bill.

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The Answer to Stupak? Overturn Hyde Now

By Frances Kissling

November 8, 2009 - 12:08am

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Our biggest defeat since 1973 was enactment of the Hyde Amendment and the lack of an uncompromising commitment to overturning it. If nothing else, we must now make overturning Hyde the single objective of our movement.

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Capps Speaks Out Against Stupak/Pitts Amendment: Full Text of Remarks

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

November 7, 2009 - 3:31pm

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Statement sent out by the Office of Congresswoman Lois Capps as well as an unaltered version of Congresswoman Capps' preparted statement to be presented on the floor of the House in opposition to the Stupak/Pitts Amendment.

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