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


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.

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

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics


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

Abortion Rights Supporters In Congress Request Talks With Obama

AP | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics


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

Sam Stein

Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


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...

Stupak Amendment Supported By Many Previously Pro-Choice Democrats

FiveThirtyEight | Nate Silver | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


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...

Sam Stein

McCaskill Opposes Adding Stupak Amendment To Senate Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


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...

Abortion Coverage Allowed In Health Care Legislation

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics


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

Anti-Abortion Measure Passes, Then Fails In House

AP | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics


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

Anti-Abortion Groups To Launch Attack On Health Care Reform

Politico | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics


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...