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(UPDATED) The Health Care Bill and Women's Health: Wins, Losses, and Challenges

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

March 23, 2010 - 9:30am (Print)

Today, President Obama will sign into law the Affordable Health Care for America Act.  An initial summary of the wins, losses, and remaining challenges for women's health and rights.

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Nelson to Vote No on Reconciliation

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

March 22, 2010 - 6:12pm (Print)

Having stuck around long enough to do the dirty work of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) has stated he will now vote no on reconciliation. 

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(UPDATE and CORRECTION) White House Crafting Deal with Stupak on Executive Order

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

March 21, 2010 - 9:18am (Print)

The White House is an executive order to placate Bart Stupak on a bill that already includes the most wide-ranging restrictions on women's rights to choose since before Roe v. Wade.

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(VIDEO) Why Health Reform Must Protect Private Insurance Coverage of Abortion Care: A Mother Speaks Out

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

March 16, 2010 - 9:39am (Print)

"Under the Stupak Amendment, my baby would have died," says Tiffany Campbell, mother of three from South Dakota.

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

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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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The Female Senators' Last Stand: Fight to Win Health Reform, or a Massacre for Sure

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

February 25, 2010 - 9:00am (Print)

The President's version of a health reform bill is based on a flawed Senate bill that contains totally onerous and untenable conditions on American women.  It needs to be fixed, now.

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Health Care for the Holidays Rally - Everett, WA

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reader diary by Joan

December 14, 2009 - 8:46pm (Print)

Despite the freezing temps, Organizing for America held nine rallies in WA State, urging Health Care Reform now. Several speakers told of their individual health challenges. Joan Schrammeck of Cedar River Clinics talked about stopping the Stupak Amendment.

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Memo to Dems: You're Not My Heroes Anymore

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

January 19, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)

The Democrats want Martha Coakley elected in Massachusetts today to get the 60th vote for a health care bill that presently renders American women unequal to the men around them. I can no longer support this.

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In Health Reform, Abortion Not the Only Fight

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by Jennifer Block, RH Reality Check

January 12, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)

A society that would force a woman to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term would also force her to have major abdominal surgery.
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The Handmaid's Tale Comes to Life

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by Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network

January 6, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)

The hijacking of abortion rights as a bargaining chip for the provision of health care is morally reprehensible and if it stands will result in significant harms to women’s health. Yet this is only one aspect of reproductive rights.
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