Abortion Health Care

Abortion Language in the Health Care Bill: Another Women's Smackdown and What to Do

Amy Siskind | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

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Amy Siskind

Is it me, or is Obama's health care bill increasingly like the movie Groundhog Day? Another day, another women's health smackdown. Women's health is under assault.

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Ben Nelson Introduces New Anti-Abortion Amendment To Senate Health Care Bill

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — With time growing short, Senate Democratic liberals are seeking expansion of two large federal programs, Medicare and Medicaid, as ...

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Abortion Rights Supporters In Congress Request Talks With Obama

AP | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Abortion rights supporters in Congress are asking President Barack Obama for a meeting next week on abortion restrictions included ...

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Sam Stein

Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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With Reporting By Ryan Grim One of Congress's foremost champions of abortion rights said on Monday that the Senate did not have the votes to add a mo...

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Stupak Amendment Supported By Many Previously Pro-Choice Democrats

FiveThirtyEight | Nate Silver | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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When I first learned that the Stupak Amendment, which would prevent abortion from being covered under health care plans included in the health care in...

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Sam Stein

McCaskill Opposes Adding Stupak Amendment To Senate Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Less than a day after saying the Senate could live with a health care amendment that greatly restricted a woman's access to abortion in the private in...

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Abortion Coverage Allowed In Health Care Legislation

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Health care legislation before Congress would allow a new government-sponsored insurance plan to cover abortions, a decision that w...

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Anti-Abortion Measure Passes, Then Fails In House

AP | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — An anti-abortion amendment to a sweeping health overhaul bill was voted down in a House committee late Thursday – a dramatic ...

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Anti-Abortion Groups To Launch Attack On Health Care Reform

Politico | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

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A coalition of anti-abortion groups is set to open a new front against Democrats' efforts to restructure American health care, claiming the plans open...

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