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03/09/2010 RH Reality Check: BLOG: Wreckonciliation

03/09/2010 NY Daily News: BLOG: Gillibrand Runs Against Stupak

03/08/2010 Huffington Post: BLOG: Reproductive Rights and the Divine Feminine

03/04/2010 Newsweek.com: BLOG: Poll: Why Abortion Stays Central in Health-Care Debate, Even When We Don't Want It To

03/04/2010 US News & World Report: BLOG: Bullets Flying Over Abortion Coverage in Health Reform Bill

02/24/2010 The Huffington Post: BLOG: Senators’ Last Stand: The Battle to Win (Healthcare Reform) or a Massacre for Sure

02/24/2010 Ms. Magazine.com: OPINION: Bishops Lose the Faith(ful)

02/22/2010 Newsweek: BLOG: Obama Presents a Health-Care Plan But Abortion Issue Remains Unsettled

01/17/2010 Jackson Citizen Patriot (MLive.com): OP-ED: Stupak amendment limits women's choices

01/15/2010 The Independent Press (NJ.com): OP-ED: Health care needs a better plan

01/15/2010 The Washington Post: OP-ED: Catholic bishops too powerful?

01/15/2010 The Huffington Post: BLOG: Day of Action for Women's Health 1/13/2010

01/12/2010 The Bellingham Herald: OP-ED: Health Care for Women Includes Abortion Access

01/07/2010 Deming Headlight: OP-ED: Women’s Health Negotiated Away

01/05/2010 RH Reality Check: BLOG: Healthcare Compromise: Low-Income Women Get Bumped

01/04/2010 The Morning Call.com: OPINION: Abortion rights and coverage must be part of health reform01/03/2010 Women's Media Center.org: OPINION: Reclaiming Legal Abortion as a Fundamental Right

12/30/2009 Politics Daily.com: COLUMN: Catholic Hospitals vs. Catholic Bishops?

12/26/2009 The New York Times: OP-ED: The Next Step on Health Reform

12/25/2009 CBS News.com: OPINION: Health Reform to Impact Abortion?

12/24/2009 L.A. Times Watts: OP-ED: People of Conscience

12/23/2009 The New Republic.com: OPINION: How Much Harder Will It Be for Women to Get Abortions?

12/23/2009 US News & World Report: BLOG: Catholic Bishops Still Opposed to Senate Health Reform Bill

12/22/2009 The Boston Globe: OP-ED: On health care, women compromise

12/21/2009 The Huffington Post: OP-ED: Gutted Health Care Bill Ignores This Nation's Best Opportunity for Reform

12/21/2009 US News & World Report: BLOG: Crib Sheet: Who's Opposing Senate's Healthcare Abortion Compromise--and Why

12/21/2009 About.com: BLOG: As Health Care Reform Throws Women's Rights Under the Bus, NotUnderTheBus.com Fights Back

 

 

 

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Today's Update

American voters overwhelmingly oppose using abortion to hijack health care reform. See key slides from poll conducted by The Mellman Group. . .


Putting Americans in Control of Their Health Care --
President Barack Obama's Proposal


Kaiser Foundation new survey shows that more than two-thirds of the public said it was important to make changes to health care... (Complete survey results, click here)

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Better Health Care

NotUndertheBus.com asks that you take action against the discriminatory, anti-choice language that exists in both the House and Senate health care bills.

Join the Coalition to Pass Health Care Reform and Stop Stupak !

Demand that President Obama make women's health care a priority. Planned Parenthood asks that you contact the White House and tell the President to stand up for women’s health.

The Feminist Majority urges you to contact your Senator and Senate leadership immediately and ask that the merged bill that moves to the floor include a public option and does not include the failed abstinence-only provisions.

Speak Up for Health Reform That Meets the Needs of Women & Their Families with The National Women's Law Center ...

Take Action with Raising Women's Voices Because Compromise Comes at Unacceptable Cost to Women.

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SIghts and Sounds


 

The U.S. Senate passes Health Care Reform that contains:

  • An Amendment by Senator Mikulski on Women's Health Care
  • Additional Provisions on Maternal and Child Health
  • New Sections further defining Access and Restrictions on Abortion abortions

Guttmacher Institute updates public on misuse of their statistics on insurance coverage of abortion...

Planned Parenthood on the Impact of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment on Access to Abortion Coverage and Health Care.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a mythbuster memo on Health Insurance Reform that responds to claims by opponents on abortion.

Independent Pulitzer prize-winning Politifact analyzed the health care legislation and found nothing to support the claim that taxpayers would subsidize abortions.

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03/09/2010 Associated Press: A policy change on abortion, but how radical?

03/08/2010 The Columbus Dispatch: Obama adviser pushes health-care reform

03/08/2010 Salt Lake Tribune: Women pay more, face hurdles finding insurance

03/08/2010 New Haven Independent: Pelosi Comes To Town

03/07/2010 The New Haven Register: Pelosi vows health care passage at New Haven event

03/05/2010 The Washington Post: Democratic leaders working to win over abortion opponents for health-care reform

03/05/2010 Associated Press: Abortion coverage dispute divides House Democrats

03/05/2010 POLITICO.com: Ten people who could decide health care reform

03/04/2010 The New York Times: Obama Takes Health Care Deadline to Democrats

03/04//2010 USA Today: Dems have trouble with health care rifts

03/04/2010 NPR.org: Abortion Still Threatens Health Overhaul Effort

02/25/2010 The Herald (PA): Abortion Language Could Cost Health Care Vote; Dahlkemper Cool to Senate Version

02/05/2010 The Washington Post: Pentagon to stock health facilities with morning-after pill

01/22/2010 Center for American Progress: Can You Hear Us Now?

01/21/2010 Health Leaders Media.com: 10 Health Reform Provisions That Affect Women

01/21/2010 Womens eNews.org: Senate Health Deal Readmits Gender Bias by Insurers

01/07/2010 ABC News.com: Will It Pass? Health Care Bill at Risk

01/06/2010 Medical News Today.com: Democrats Likely To Bypass Conference Committee To Reconcile Health Reform Bills

 

 

 

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