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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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The Advantage of Bringing A Bill With A Public Option to the Floor

By Mike Lillis, New Journalist Fellow

October 19, 2009 - 10:18am

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Mike Lillis explains why at least one Senator thinks it is critical to include a public option in the bill that ultimately comes to the Senate floor for a vote.

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Democrats To Fight Defining Domestic Violence as 'Pre-Existing Condition'

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

October 7, 2009 - 3:42pm

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As part of health care reform, Democrats vow to ban the practice of denying health insurance coverage to victims of domestic violence.

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Daily Pulse: Public Option Is Alive and Kicking

By Lindsay Beyerstein, RH Reality Check

September 28, 2009 - 12:23pm

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Reports of the death of the public option were greatly exaggerated. In fact, Democrats now have a chance to move further to the left. Also, can reproductive choice help reverse climate change?

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Roundup: Public Option is Alive, National Sex-Ed Week of Action, Is Yaz Safe?

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

September 28, 2009 - 10:49am

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Health care reform needs to result in affordable health insurance options, the death of the public option is highly exaggerated, teens acknowledge the National Sex-Ed Week of Action and the birth control pill known as Yaz is being criticized for its safety.

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Sen Kyl: "I Don't Need Maternity Care Coverage...", Sen. Stabenow: "But Your Mother Did"

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

September 25, 2009 - 12:19pm

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A male senator decides maternity care doesn't need to be covered under insurance plans because he doesn't need it and is reminded by a woman that, well, his mother may have needed it, huh? The health care reform process is uncovering why just being a woman seems to be a pre-existing condition for insurance companies.

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Senate Approves Sotomayor for Supreme Court

By Emily Douglas

August 6, 2009 - 2:19pm

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By a vote of 68 to 31, the Senate has confirmed Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.

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Who Will Follow in Hillary's Feminist Footsteps?

By Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

January 16, 2009 - 8:00am

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Caroline Kennedy, Andrew Cuomo, Rep. Carolyn Maloney -- for the voters of New York, who's the most pro-choice of them all?

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110th Congress Recap: Judging the Candidates By Their Votes

By Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check

October 9, 2008 - 7:00am

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Looking at the presidential candidates' Senate votes is a great resource for pro-choice voters looking to weigh each candidate's actions against his rhetoric before casting their ballot in November.

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Roundup: PEPFAR Passes in Senate, Pelosi Reacts to HHS Proposal

By Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

July 17, 2008 - 11:09am

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PEPFAR passes and HIV travel ban is repealed, Pelosi issues statement on Bush proposal that would limit access to birth control, PETA on pet birth control, Shout out to a great 70's sex ed video.

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