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NYT Editorial Calls On Abortion-Rights Supporters 'To Make Their Voices Heard'
In the "three years since the Supreme Court's conservative majority abruptly departed from precedent to uphold a federal ban on a particular method of abortion, ... foes of reproductive freedom are pressing new attacks on women's rights and health," a New York Times editorial states. Utah Gov...
W.Va. House Panel Approves Bill Requiring Information About Ultrasounds Before Abortions
The West Virginia House Health and Human Resources Committee on Monday voted 16-9 to approve a bill (HB 4517) that would require physicians to give women the opportunity to view an ultrasound image at least one hour before performing an abortion, the Charleston Gazette reports. According to the Gazette, the rule would only apply to cases where ultrasound technology already is being used...
Hoyer Pledges To Work With Stupak To Address Abortion Coverage In Health Reform
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday pledged to work with Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) to resolve the dispute over abortion-coverage language in the Senate health reform bill (HR 3590), CQ Today reports. Hoyer said the issue "has to be resolved," adding, "I think it will be resolved one way or the other, and the bill will be passed...
Ga. Bill To Ban Abortions Based On Race, Gender Fuels Debate Among Advocates
A Georgia bill (HB 1155) that would ban abortions based on race or gender is further fueling claims by antiabortion-rights groups that minority populations are being "targeted" by abortion providers, the Washington Times reports. The Georgia bill would make it illegal to knowingly solicit, perform or accept funding for abortions based on race or gender...
Abortion Holding Up Democrats' Endgame On Health Overhaul
Politico: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer "said Tuesday that the abortion fight 'has to be resolved.' The majority leader expressed confidence that the issue would be wrapped up, but he also cautioned reporters that he had not had any formal negotiations with Rep. Bart Stupak, the Michigan Democrat who authored the House abortion restrictions. ...
Los Angeles Times Profiles Antiabortion Pastor Who Travels Southern Calif. In Mobile Pregnancy Clinic
The Los Angeles Times on Monday profiled Dave Wilkinson, an evangelical pastor who runs three Ventura County, Calif., pregnancy clinics that try to urge women not to have abortions...
GOP Candidate For Calif. Gov. Switches Positions On Abortion-Related Issues
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, who is seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination, took liberal positions on abortion-rights issues when he unsuccessfully ran for state Assembly in 2004, the Los Angeles Times reports. Poizner's past statements supporting abortion-right issues contradict the conservative stance he has taken in his current campaign...
Stupak Indicates Abortion Compromise Possible For Health Bill
Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., who is leading a coalition of anti-abortion Democrats standing in the way of party leadership efforts to pass a health bill, signaled Monday that the impasse may be close to resolution...
Utah Gov. Signs Revised Bill Allowing Criminal Charges Against Women For Illegal Abortions
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) on Monday signed a bill (HB 462) that would allow prosecutors to bring criminal homicide charges against women who arrange illegal abortions, the Salt Lake Tribune reports (Gehrke, Salt Lake Tribune, 3/8). An earlier version of the bill (HB 12), sponsored by state Rep...
Obama Steps Up Health Reform Message As Stupak Defends Efforts To Tighten Abortion-Coverage Restrictions
As Democratic leaders attempt to resolve differences between the House (HR 3962) and Senate (HR 3590) health reform bills, President Obama on Monday held a rally in Pennsylvania to urge members of his party not to waver in their fight to enact the overhaul, the New York Times reports...
Blogs Comment On Abortion Coverage In Health Reform, International Women's Day, Other Topics
The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ "Stupak's Abortion Argument: Still More About Class Than Choice": Washington Post's "Ezra Klein": The "practical effect" of Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich...
Sex Education, Contraception Key To Lowering Abortion Rate Among Blacks, Guttmacher CEO Writes
In a New York Times letter to the editor published on Monday, Guttmacher Institute President and Chief Executive Sharon Camp calls for the U.S. to "get serious about providing better health care and more educational and economic opportunities for black women...
Unequal Health Care, Neglect, And Sex-Selective Infanticide, Abortion Lead To Large Gender Gap In Asia, Report Finds
"Nearly 100 million women across Asia have 'disappeared' because of a huge and growing gender gap that has fatally deprived them of access to health care and food and has led to widespread abortions of female fetuses, according to a U.N. report released Monday," the Associated Press reports. The U.N...
Former Deputy Kansas AG Seeks To Have Attorney Removed From Ethics Panel
Former Kansas Deputy Attorney General Eric Rucker is attempting to have Patricia Dengler, a Wichita attorney, disqualified from a panel considering an abortion-related ethics complaint against him, the AP/Fort Scott Tribune reports...
Democrats Pressure Stupak On Abortion; Split Threatening Health Bill
A split among Democrats on abortion is threatening to derail efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system. The Hill reports that "lawmakers took sides over whether the final health care bill contains language that would allow people receiving government subsidized health care to obtain an abortion and a White House official accused abortion opponent Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich...
Sebelius, Van Hollen Criticize Stupak For Claims About Abortion Coverage In Health Reform
In appearances on several Sunday talk shows, Democratic officials continued to put pressure on Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) over his claims that the abortion-coverage provisions in the Senate health care reform bill (HR 3590) would allow federal funding to pay for the procedure, The Hill reports...
West Va. House Committee Holds Public Forum For Abortion Ultrasound Bill
The West Virginia House Health and Human Resources Committee on Friday held a public hearing in consideration of a bill (SB 597) that would require doctors to offer women seeking abortions the opportunity to view an ultrasound image of the fetus if an ultrasound is considered the standard of care, the AP/Charleston Daily Mail reports...
Slate Column Refutes Stupak's Claim That Senate Health Reform Bill Includes Federal Abortion Funding
Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) claim that the Senate health reform bill (HR 3590) would allow taxpayer dollars to be used to cover abortion services "concerns (or at least pretends to concern) matters of fact, not belief," Slate columnist Timothy Noah writes...
Blogs Comment On Health Reform Abortion Language, Utah Antiabortion Bill, Other Topics
The following summarizes select women's health-related blog entries. ~ "Nelson Restrictions Most Likely Outcome of Reconciliation Process," Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check: While antiabortion-rights advocates "are ratcheting up pressure to completely eliminate" abortion coverage, "discriminatory restrictions contained in the Senate bill (HR 3590) ... are likely to become law," Jacobson writes...
Democratic Division On Abortion Language In Health Overhaul Jeopardizes Chances For Passage
"Democratic leaders in Congress are embarking on a delicate strategy to win over abortion opponents, a gambit that could determine whether the legislation becomes law." The Washington Post reports. "The effort depends on convincing as many as a dozen anti-abortion Democrats in the House that abortion language in the Senate bill is more stringent than initially portrayed...
Utah Lawmaker Withdraws Bill To Charge Women Who Seek Illegal Abortions; Plans Revised Measure
Utah Rep. Carl Wimmer (R) on Thursday withdrew for revisions a bill (HB 12) that would have allowed sentences of up to life in prison for any woman whose fetus dies because of her intentional or reckless actions, the New York Times reports (Johnson, New York Times, 3/4). The legislation -- which had been sent to Gov...
Obama Seeks To Mollify Democrats On Health Overhaul Plan, Costs
President Barack Obama intensified his push for health care reform by lobbying small groups of Democratic lawmakers Thursday...
House Dems Address Abortion-Rights Opponents' Resistance To Senate Health Reform Bill
As health reform negotiations continue, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Democratic leaders are working to gain the support of antiabortion-rights House members without compromising the votes of members who support abortion rights, the Washington Post reports...
Videos Comment On Health Reform Abortion Language, Unsafe Abortion In Kenya
The following summarizes select women's health-related videos. Stupak, Sebelius Discuss Reform Vote: On Thursday's "Good Morning America," Sebelius countered Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) claims that the Senate health reform bill would lessen restrictions on federal funding of abortion...
Videos Comment On Health Reform Abortion Language, Unsafe Abortion In Kenya
The following summarizes select women's health-related videos. Stupak, Sebelius Discuss Reform Vote: On Thursday's "Good Morning America," Sebelius countered Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) claims that the Senate health reform bill would lessen restrictions on federal funding of abortion...
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