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Not My Tax Dollars: Hyde, Health Care, and Your Money
Via the Center for Reproductive Rights:
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Rep. Stupak Defends His Amendment in NY Times Op-Ed; Rep. Capps Responds
NY Times: What My Amendment Won't Do, by Bart Stupak: Under our amendment, women who receive federal subsidies will beprohibited from using them to pay for insurance policies that coverabortion.…
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Rep. Lois Capps Discusses Abortion and Health Care Reform on the Huffington Post
Huffington Post: Health Care Reform Is No Place for an Abortion Fight, by Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA): When Congress began debating health reform earlier this year, I hoped our focus…
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Op-Ed: Black Women’s Health Concerns Not Adequately Addressed in Health Care Debate
The Grio (Opinion): Black women need a voice in health care's abortion debate, by Talia Whyte:. . . [A]bortion rights for black women are yet again under siege.The abortion rate…
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Reps. DeGette & Schakowsky: Stupak-Pitts Amendment Is Offensive to Women
Huffington Post: Protecting a Woman's Right to Choose, by Rep. Diana DeGette & Rep. Jan Schakowsky:The health care bill passed in the House of Representatives on Saturday night makes many…
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NY Times Editorial on Abortion Coverage Ban in Health Care Reform Bill
NY Times Editorial: The Ban on Abortion Coverage:When the House narrowly passed the health care reform bill onSaturday night, it came with a steep price for women’s reproductiverights. Under pressure…
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Politics vs. Religion in Debate Over Abortion and Health Care Reform
Religion Dispatches: Politics, Not Religion, At Heart of Health Care Reform Wrangle on Abortion, by Sarah Posner: As the House of Representatives health care reform bill edges closer to a…
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Facts Distorted in Debate on Impact of Abortion Coverage
RH Reality Check: Politics Distorts Facts on Impact of Abortion Coverage, by Susan Cohen (Guttmacher Institute):A team of researchers from Guttmacher, Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City…
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Abortion Coverage and Health Care Reform
Time Magazine: Could Abortion Coverage Sink Health-Care Reform?, by Karen Tumulty:Should government-subsidized health coverage pay for abortion procedures? For more than three decades, that question has seemed pretty much settled.…
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A Lack of Medicaid Funded Abortions Forces Many to Carry Pregnancies to Term
Guttmacher Institute news release: Restricting Medicaid Funding For Abortion Forces One in Four Poor Women to Carry Unwanted Pregnancies to Term: Approximately one-fourth of women who would obtain a Medicaid-funded…