Stupak Amendment

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) took a new step Tuesday in his campaign to limit abortion access, asking a witness testifying at a House hearing on H.R. 3, t...

While Egyptian citizens are demanding democracy, we, who have all the democracy we need, are not protesting at all as some in Congress try to force radical anti-abortion bills on the American public.

WASHINGTON -- Despite campaigning on a platform of creating jobs and boosting the economy, some of the first pieces of legislation Republicans have ta...

Just two weeks into the new Congress, it appears Republicans in the House are already seeking to end the spirit of cooperation.

Progressives are implored to accept the limitations of the political environment. Well enough, I say. We need to shift our focus toward building a grassroots movement that turns promises made to us into positive outcomes.

Karen Nausbamm, the director of the AFL-CIO's Working America, has a penchant for pointing out that the AFL-CIO is the largest women's organization in...

Originally published by RH Reality Check. At this point it's not news to anyone that our ostensibly pro-choice President has presided, through a combi...

In the dog days of summer, when most Americans are longing to escape to the mountains or the beach, the Obama administration has issued HHS regulations for Pennsylvania that will vastly expand subsidies for abortion in that state.

This week, a commotion arose over the question of whether Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plans, also known as high risk pools, can include abortion...

Internationally, America is ranked 84th in the number of women serving in the national legislature, lagging behind Afghanistan and Cuba.

When Mr. Stupak threatened to block health reform unless the amendment bearing his name was included in the bill, I was furious. Since no one else stood up to challenge him, I announced my candidacy.

A Republican member of Congress apparently called Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) a "baby killer" near the end of the day-long House debate on health care ...

There was never a chance that the process of creating a health care reform bill would be anything other than ugly. Compromise (in this case between Democrats and other Democrats) yields ugly solutions.

The current health care bill that Democrats are pushing actually limiting rights women have won through the courts over years.

Unless Pelosi and company can turn some no's to yes's in a hurry, abortion politics may indeed be the end of the road for a health care reform debate that has dragged on for what seems like a lifetime.

As the battle for health care reform enters the endgame, abortion foes in and out of Congress are trying mightily to block the bill. And one small mis...

I was among the millions of American women shocked to learn that a majority of pro-choice Democrats in the House had voted to take away my reproductive rights.

Like Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th, the public option rose from the grave this week (instead of slashing teenage victims, it would slash health care costs). With zero input from the White House, 41 Senators have agreed to support a public option via reconciliation. Ryan Grim lays out how that can easily become 50 -- and Dick Durbin has promised to "aggressively whip" a health care bill that includes a public option. But Nancy Pelosi won't include it in the reconciliation package. Why? She claims it's because the Senate doesn't "have the votes" -- which could also be said about the House passing the Senate bill (Stupak, anyone?). So the Senate blames the House, the House blames the Senate, the White House acts as if it doesn't have a say in the matter, and the insurance companies -- lacking real competition -- keep laughing all the way to the bank.

Connie Saltonstall, the former county commissioner from Kent County, Michigan is mounting a primary challenge against Bart Stupak. She describes her stance on abortion as "without a doubt pro-choice."