rhrealitycheck.org - 15 days ago
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The House will vote this morning on an amendment to the health reform bill that if passed will effectively ban private insurance plans from providing coverage for abortion care.
Where does your rep stand?
plannedparenthood.org - 14 days ago
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plannedparenthood.org —
STATEMENT BY CECILE RICHARDS, PRESIDENT, PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION
OF AMERICA CONDEMNING PASSAGE OF STUPAK/PITTS AMENDMENT Planned Parenthood
condemns the adoption of the Stupak/Pitts amendment in HR 3962 this evening. This amendment is an ...
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD CONDEMNS PASSAGE OF STUPAK/PITTS ...
firedoglake.com - 14 days ago
fdlaction.firedoglake.com - 15 days ago
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fdlaction.firedoglake.com —
The Stupak amendment would prevent any private health
insurance plan from covering elective abortion, if even one
of its customer used even one dollar of affordability tax credits. The problem is that the Stupak amendment will conflict directly with ...
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Stupak Amendment Could Likely Be Used By Insurance ...
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House okays vote barring funding for abortion in HCR bill
Daily Kos —
... What you can do about it, according to RH Reality Check, is contact representatives, particularly those identified as Democrats leaning pro choice but who might need shoring up: ...
NO on Stupak
Bitch. Ph.D. —
Whose Leaning on Stupak? Is it Your Rep? RHRealityCheck.org From RHRCheck: The House will vote this morning on an amendment to the health reform bill that if passed will effectively ban private insurance plans from providing coverage for abortion care. Where does your rep stand? These Dems lean pro-choice but need shoring up. Click here to find your representative and tell them to vote no on Stupak. Arcuri (D, NY-24) Bean (D, IL-08) Bishop, S. (D, GA-02) Boswell (D, IA-03) Butterfield (D, NC-01) Cardoza (D, ...
Call your congressperson
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
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Especially if he or she is on this list, and tell them to vote no on Stupak.
Harkin: Stupak’s abortion amendment is slippery slope
Iowa Independent —
... The language inserted in the House came by way of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment, which prohibits abortion coverage for any health insurance product subsidized in any way by the federal government. As it is written, the bill dictates that any person seeking insurance is barred from purchasing abortion coverage, even if the premium for such insurance is paid out-of-pocket, if the person receives any government assistance. ...
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