Rep. Rosa DeLauro

House Once Again Seeks to Eliminate Funding for Family Planning, Planned Parenthood and Other Health Services

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

September 29, 2011 - 8:14pm (Print)

Just a day or two after launching a politically-motivated "investigation" of Planned Parenthood, House leadership released a draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations bill that would effectively eliminate federally-funded family planning programs.

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Are Democrats Backpedaling on Abortion Rights?

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by Kate Michelman and Frances Kissling

July 8, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

It's an official quadrennial tradition: Every four years, self-described moderates advise the Democratic Party that its long-standing and electorally successful pro-choice position is the reason that "values voters" are deserting the party. We are told these voters could be brought into the fold if Democrats would temper their defense of women's freedom with tacit condemnation of the choices many women make.
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