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Below The Beltway: Health Care “Reform” Passes House; Battle Moves To The Senate
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily: Anti-Choice Democrats
The American Spectator: Government Health Care Is a Double-Edged Sword
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RT @wechoosefreedom: PLANNED PARENTHOOD CONDEMNS PASSAGE OF STUPAK/PITTS AMENDMENT http://ow.ly/H7C8 12 hours ago |
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RT @mattlockett To Cecile Richards: The Praying Church stands between you and our legislators. http://ow.ly/Ashv #siege #trembleinfear 18 days ago |
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planned parenthood statement condemning passage of stupak/pitts healthcare amendment: http://tinyurl.com/yeqr2zs 21 days ago |
Health Care “Reform” Passes House; Battle Moves To The Senate
Below The Beltway —
... and Planned Parenthood is already saying that they will make an issue of the abortion funding restrictions when the bill is debated in the Senate. ...
Anti-Choice Democrats
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily —
Although I will take an anti-choice Democrat over an anti-choice Republican any day, I have to say that the 64 Democrats who voted for the anti-choice Stupak-Pitts Amendment are a serious disappointment. Some are expected. Some I really hoped for better and I can safely say I am unlikely to support them in the future.
Here is the statement from Planned Parenthood on the passage of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment:
“Planned Parenthood condemns the adoption of the Stupak/Pitts amendment in HR 3962 this evening. This amendment is an unacceptable addition to ...
Government Health Care Is a Double-Edged Sword
The American Spectator —
... . She warned that, “women would be denied coverage available today in private health plans.” Abortion provider Planned Parenthood branded the amendment “an unacceptable addition to the health care reform bill that, if enacted, would result in women losing health benefits they have today.” Ironically, the need for the controversial measure is a direct consequence of liberal efforts to have the government take over the health care system. The amendment, proposed by Reps. Bart Supak (D-MI) and Joe Pitts (R-PA), would merely extend protections under current law that prevent ...
Killing the Stupak Amendment Wouldn't Have Killed the Bill
Weekly Standard Blog —
... "Planned Parenthood Federation of America has no choice but to oppose HR 3962," the group declared in a statement, and the Washington Post ...
Fight Over Abortion Could Still Sink Health Care Reform
Below The Beltway —
... and Planned Parenthood is already saying that they will make an issue of the abortion funding restrictions when the bill is debated in the Senate. ...
Six Smart Progressive Complaints About House Health Bill
Commondreams.org Views —
... will: • Prevent women receiving tax subsidies from using their own money to purchase private insurance that covers abortion; • Prevent low-income women from accessing abortion entirely, in many cases. NOW calls on the Senate to pass a health care bill that respects women's constitutionally protected right to abortion and calls on President Obama to refuse to sign any health care bill that restricts women's access to affordable, quality reproductive health care. 4. FROM PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S CECILE RICHARDS: This Bill Embraces Religious-Right Extremes It is extremely ...
Will Planned Parenthood and NARAL Score the House Health Care Bill?
Firedoglake —
... Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood says:
Planned Parenthood condemns the adoption of the Stupak/Pitts amendment in HR 3962 this evening. This amendment is an unacceptable addition to the health care reform bill that, if enacted, ...
Borrowing The Other Side's Talking Points
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... . Pro-choicers say the Stupak amendment is much more invasive.
The pro-choicers are right. But pro-lifers didn't create that
difference. Democrats did. By mixing public and private health care,
they complicated the separation of taxation from abortion. If
pro-lifers can't keep their money out of the insurance exchanges,
they'll fight to keep the insurance exchanges out of abortion. ...
