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politico.com - 17 days ago

Bishops endorse the bill

— politico.com — The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops delivered a critical endorsement to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on... Saturday by signing off on late-night agreement to grant a vote on an amendment barring insurance companies that participate ... (more) Bishops endorse the bill

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fdlaction.firedoglake.com - 14 days ago

Stupak Amendment Would Reach Well Beyond Public Plan, Insurance Marketplace

— fdlaction.firedoglake.com — illutration by twolf1 The Stupak amendment reaches far beyond any of the reporting so far. It could... effectively stop many employer-provided health insurance plans from covering abortions for tens of millions of Americans. It reads: In General – ... (more) Stupak Amendment Would Reach Well Beyond Public Plan, ...

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Bart Stupak

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tools.advomatic.com - 17 days ago

Vote NO on the Stupak amendment

— tools.advomatic.com — Don't restrict a women's right to choose! The House bill already contains a compromise that reflects the... status quo and current law: It prohibits federal funds from being used for abortion but still allows women to use their own money to buy the ... (more) Vote NO on the Stupak amendment

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Bart Stupak

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A Double Hit of Blogging Hyperbole -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
The Corner on National Review Online — From the RH Reality Check abortion site (bold is mine): Tonight, with the aide of some 60 Democrats, women's rights were effectively negated by the US Congress as the House passed the Stupak amendment to HR 3200, the Affordable Health Care Act of 2009. More in-depth analysis of how we got here is forthcoming.  But one thing is clear: The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) apparently is running the US government, aided by a cadre of "faith-based advocacy groups," the House Democratic leadership, the White ...

Dems Sell Women’s Rights Down River Of Health Care Denial
Commondreams.org Views — ... In other words, women's reproductive rights were severely compromised to appease 18 members of Congress.  The final vote on the health care bill was 220-215, so only a few of those votes were needed in the first place to secure the vote. For this, in the 11th hour, Nancy Pelosi made a deal with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Many reproductive justice advocates watched the final train wreck on C Span last night in stunned anger, trying to understand how this happened.  Jodi Jacobson, who has covered this issue very thoroughly on RH Reality Check wrote, Why when ...

Catholic Church threatens to put D.C.'s poor and homeless out in the cold over gay marriage
Feministing — ... who do not want women or openly gay people as priests. Then the United States Council of Catholic Bishops used their influence to build support for the Stupak amendment. Now the Catholic Archdiosese of Washington is ...