If you thought that just because abortion is a constitutional right and part of basic reproductive health care it would be available in the reformed health insurance market known as the Exchange, think again. The Stupak Amendment, passed Saturday night by the House of Representatives after a...

Adding to the rampant mythmaking that health care reform will result in a mandate for taxpayer-funded abortions, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) yesterday released a GOP Leader Alert with a tag line that reads "Despite Democrats' Claims, the 'Capps Compromise' was Just for Political Cover" and asserting that "the legislation...

Last week, five pro-life Democrats, headed by Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), sent Speaker Pelosi a letter suggesting a "common ground" solution to the abortion "roadblock" in health care reform. They proposed that insurance companies neither be required to nor prohibited from paying for abortion and that no federal subsidies...

Yesterday's hearings on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court predictably turned to attempts by the senators to suss out her position on Roe v. Wade. While this controversial opinion is certainly important, Americans--especially women--should be much more concerned about a recent line of cases dealing...

Advocates and politicians who oppose legal abortion often claim they only want to "send the issue of abortion back to the states," and the current round of state ballot initiatives reinforces the impression that this is the case. But this position is a bait-and-switch tactic that should not be trusted....

With the excitement of a historical presidential race and the economy seemingly crashing down around us, no one could be blamed for losing track of a complicated and confusing regulation that the Health & Human Services Department has proposed. However, tomorrow is the last day to submit comments on...