By Amie Newman, Managing Editor November 19, 2009 - 1:24pm
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 Stupak Amendment is not abortion neutral and disrupts the delicate federal balance already in place. The Ellsworth Amendment, which was rejected in the House in favor of Stupak, is much closer to
common ground.
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By Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround November 9, 2009 - 7:00am
Of all the domestic pursuits of Obama's first year, his common
ground efforts on abortion have possibly been the most thankless. If he's going to
succeed in the abortion conflict he's first got to confront those who
perceive common ground as a threat.
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As
a prolifer, I
recognize another dimension of my belief is to guarantee maternity care for all;
something that concerns pro-choicers, too, for different but often
overlapping reasons.
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By Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround October 21, 2009 - 7:00am
Groups like the Family Research Council and pro-life politicians two-time their devoted crisis pregnancy center partners. While professing their love for their work, they batter the social programs on which crisis pregnancy centers rely to help women.
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By Jill Alliman, American Association of Birth Centers October 8, 2009 - 6:00am
Despite the financial resources commanded by hospital-based birth
services, many experts, economists, and advocates are alarmed at the state of U.S. maternity care, which is driven by high rates of unproven medical interventions.
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Pro-lifers
and pro-choicers in the U.S. are bickering over whose side has the most martyrs
and whose has the most blood on its hands. Yet, there are ways both sides can respond together to help stop the abortion war killings.
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The national effort to find common ground on
abortion-reduction strategies fits with our hopes. We don't
expect everyone to agree with us on these strategies but we do expect our fellow Christians to portray such efforts
accurately.
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The Capps Amendment, which continues the ban on federal funding of abortion, is being widely misrepresented by opponents of health reform. Many argue my amendment departs from current law. This couldn't be further from the truth.
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Before the congressional recess, moderate pro-life and
pro-choice leaders agreed both sides would not
seek provisions in healthcare reform to change the status quo on abortion. But the good will of the pro-choicers has not been met by pro-lifers.
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