FRC Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
There is much gnashing of teeth by abortion supporters over the inclusion of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment in the Speaker Nancy Pelosi health care bill – H.R. 3962. Bart Stupak, Michigan Democrat, and Joe Pitts, Pennsylvania Republican, succeeded in amending H.R. 3962 so that no government funds can be used to pay for abortion. Claims that [...]
Beginning To Wonder (Free subscription) | yesterday
The name or the personality? Consider "Bart Stupak" and now "Chris Buttars" . Seriously, "Chris Buttars". With a name like that, could you be anything BUT an asshole?
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Several newspapers recently published opinion pieces regarding an amendment sponsored by Reps. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) and Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) to the House health care reform bill (HR 3962) that would prohibit abortion coverage in private and public health plans that receive federal subsidies. Summaries appear below.
Blue Hampshire (Free subscription) | yesterday
One way to reform the Senate is with new blood. And if that new blood comes from the more progressive House, which is working on companion legislation, the effect can be good, especially if the Villagers notice : 1. Michigan Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak, the author of an amendment to the House health care bill that would ban federal funding from being used for abortions, has become a whipping boy of...
Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Abortion isn't the main reason most opponents of Democratic health care reform dislike the proposals currently before Congress, Pew finds in a new survey . In fact, only three percent of opponents listed abortion as their main reason for opposing them, though 56 percent of those opponents list abortion as a "major reason" they oppose Democratic reforms. It's important to note, however, that...
News Hounds (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
I know that Fox&Friends is officially part of the Fox “Opinion” News, so it wasn’t surprising that Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade, on last week’s Fox&Friends, did a “cupcake” interview with Democratic US Rep. Bart Stupak – the author of an amendment to the House health care bill which has far ranging reproductive ramifications for American women. Both...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The inclusion in the House health reform bill of an anti-abortion amendment sponsored by Michigan Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak is causing division and debate among Democrats.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Several newspapers recently published opinion pieces regarding Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) amendment to the House health care reform bill (HR 3962). The amendment would prohibit abortion coverage in private and public health plans in the proposed health exchange that receive federal subsidies. Summaries appear below.
Sweet Spirits of Ammonia (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dirty Harry Reid has published the final text of a Senate health care bill that would mandate federally subsidized abortion . So the Democrats, once again, spit on the people of faith in this nation and continue to attempt to force us to pay for the murder of unborn infants. Watch now as Obama does his dance to avoid taking sides in the struggle. He is not only indecisive about...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
"A clear understanding of the structure of the health care proposals currently under consideration" in the House shows why Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) amendment to the chamber's health reform bill (HR 3962) "is such a threat to abortion rights," Jeffrey Toobin writes in a New Yorker opinion piece.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
It was hard to miss the jubilation in the halls of the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel this week. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was taking a lot of the credit for getting more than 60 Democratic votes on Nov. 7 for a last-minute amendment to President Obama's health care bill that says no federally subsidized insurance plan can cover abortion. Roman Catholics were front and center in...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Conflicts over Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) antiabortion amendment to the House health reform bill (HR 3962) have helped put the issue of abortion rights at "center stage" in Massachusetts' special election to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D),
Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Chris Matthews allowed Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) to repeatedly falsely claim that his amendment to the House health care reform bill is consistent with "current law" with regard to abortion coverage and simply extends the Hyde Amendment's prohibition on government money from being used to pay for most abortions. In doing so, Matthews ignored several guests who had previously explained to him...
The Immoral Minority (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Apparently there is a whole world out there which does not revolve around a certain narcissistic failed governor. And shockingly, in THAT world we all just moved a little bit closer to getting national health care reform. The political stakes enormous, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid launched long-awaited health care legislation Wednesday estimated to extend coverage to 94 percent of eligible Americans...
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Dear Bart Stupak: If your amendment is - as you said to Chris Matthews on Hardball last night - the same as the Hyde Amendment, why the fuck do American women need your version? Last night, Mr.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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