guardian.co.uk - 1/30/2009
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To the outrage of many feminists and family planners , the Democrats heeded President Obama and dropped from the stimulus bill a provision that would have made it easier for states to offer contraception through Medicaid to low-income women not now covered by Medicaid. This followed several ...
time.com - 1/29/2009
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time.com —
Early Wednesday evening, the House of Representatives passed
President Obama's $819 billion plan to stimulate the struggling...
U.S. economy . But while the package that passed on a 244-188 near-party-line vote (and didn't garner a single Republican ...
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Behind the Family-Planning Flap
swampland.blogs.time.com - 1/30/2009
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swampland.blogs.time.com —
There's been a lot of huffing and puffing
this week about a provision to expand access to...
Medicaid-covered family planning services. First it was Republicans, who grew faint at the idea of voting for a stimulus package that contained such a ...
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The Family Planning Fracus
cqpolitics.com - 1/26/2009
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cqpolitics.com —
CQ WEEKLY – VANTAGE POINT Jan. 25, 2009
– 2:12 p.m. Within Stimulus Bill, Democrats Move to...
Expand Medicaid By Rebecca Adams, CQ Staff Democrats and President Obama are moving on so many fronts to change policies of the Bush administration that ...
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Within Stimulus Bill, Democrats Move to Expand Medicaid
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Buh-Bye, Blago
Shakesville —
... And while you're over there, take a moment and read Katha Pollitt's piece about the removal of family planning funding from the stimulus bill.
Tone Deaf
The Mahablog —
... While one is bring-’em-on confrontational and the other a passive-aggressive Mr. Cool, both reveal a staggering sense of personal empowerment.
Ms. Parker, dear, what Obama is showing is voter empowerment, not personal empowerment. Your side lost. The American people want change, and your side is standing in the way. Exactly what entitles you to do that?
Regarding the family planning provision dropped from the stimulus bill — Katha Politt thinks Obama has betrayed women. However, Steve Benen writes that the Obama ...
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Family Planning Aid is Gone For Good From the Stimulus
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/27/2009 — House Democrats have removed a provision from their stimulus bill that would exempt states from the need to get waivers for covering family planning under Medicaid. The family-planning aid has been the subject of repeated Republican attacks over the ...
Understanding the Game at a High Level
boomantribune.com 1/28/2009 — Yesterday, the Democrats stripped provisions of the stimulus package that would have provided family planning funding for Medicaid and money to refurbish the National Mall's lawn. There were not necessary concessions, but acts of good will intended to ...
Poor Women are Not "Pork"
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/30/2009 —
Responding to President Obama's request, House Democrats cut a provision from the stimulus package that would expand contraceptive family planning for Medicaid patients--usually poor women and girls. He, in turn, was responding to Republicans' ...
Joe Scarborough: Federal Medicaid Funding Rewards Bad Behavior
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org 2/3/2009 — This morning, as part of the on-going conservative campaign to cherry-pick and oppose isolated parts of the stimulus package, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough went a step too far, arguing that extending federal funds to cover states’ Medicaid ...
About That Family Planning Provision —
Comments from Left Field
First, it’s not dead :
Women’s health advocates were dismayed this week to see the removal of family-planning aid from Congress’ economic recovery bill after a push by Republicans to politicize a generally cut-and-dry issue of Medicaid waivers. ( Time has some good ...
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