Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) held a press conference yesterday with several of New York City's top women leaders to speak out against the House health care bill's anti-choice Stupak-Pitts amendment . Powerful women such as Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Gloria Steinem, Speaker of the NY City Council Christine Quinn, President of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards, President of NARAL Pro-Choice NY Kelli Conlin,...
WASHINGTON — Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passed a health bill with strict abortion limits. They're blanketing Capitol Hill with lobbyists, petitions, letters and phone calls in efforts to defeat the restrictions in the Senate, where debate could begin in a few days. They also have a larger goal:...
Anyone who thought the war was won with passage of the Stupak Amendment is sadly mistaken; Washington, DC ( LifeNews .com) -- Top pro-abortion groups are planning a national lobbying day for December 2 nd that will see thousands of angry abortion activists filling the halls of the House and Senate asking lawmakers to force Americans to pay for abortions under the government-run health care bills. Planned...
"That the price of healthcare reform." That's what plenty of oh-so-well -meaning pundits have told those of us making a fuss over the Stupak amendment, the late-night attachment to the House healthcare reform bill that will leave virtually any woman accessing insurance through the health insurance exchange without abortion coverage. (Another argument that's cropped up is that the Stupak...
Charmaine on CNN matched up with Cecile Richards, Margaret Sanger's heir from Planned Parenthood, discuss the Pro-Life Amendment in the House healthcare bill now on its way to the Senate.
As you may recall, 176 Republicans voted "Aye" for the Stupak-Pitts coathanger amendment this week. Only one GOP vote was contrary, and it was a "Present." Pretty solid Republican opposition to providing a level playing field for all women when it comes to obtaining a medical procedure that has been legal for 36 years (despite right-wing efforts at intimidation, harassment and...
RNC insurance plan covers abortion By MEREDITH SHINER & JONATHAN ALLEN | 11/12/09 5:44 PM EST The Republican National Committee ’s health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party’s own platform calls “a fundamental assault on innocent human life.” Federal Election Commission Records show the RNC purchases its insurance from Cigna. Two sales agents...
W Medical Industry Pleads, "Please don't throw me in that briar patch! (DUFF WILSON and REED ABELSON, 11/09/09, NY Times) [A]s attention now shifts to the Senate, where Democratic leaders are trying to merge two bills into one, virtually every business group with a stake in the outcome will be hoping to strike at least a slightly better deal than they found in the House version. And they may indeed...
Planned Parenthood has condemned the addition of the Stupak/Pitts Amendment to the U.S. House’s proposed health care reform legislation, saying it would undermine private health plans that cover abortion. One pro-life leader said the criticism, which characterized pro-lifers as hijackers, was an ‘over the top’ attempt at self-promotion. Cecile Richards, President of the Planned Parenthood...
by intern Heather B. Spotlighting important information gleaned from other pro-life blogs... Gaining a mention at the American Papist blog, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards was recently quoted in the New York Times accusing Catholic Bishops of "interceding to put their own ideology in the national health care plan" in an "unconscionable power play." While Richards was...
Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews last night, quite confident Nancy Pelosi will fix pro-aborts' problems with healthcare when the bill bounces back from the Senate. But Bart Stupak isn't going away. From the Wall Street Journal this morning... "We won because [the Democrats] need us," says Mr. Stupak. "If they are going to summarily dismiss...
To him who has done the deed of secret murder. We, the fearful daughters of Night, Fasten ourselves upon his whole being. Thinks he by flight to escape us? We fly still faster in pursuit, Twine our snakes around his feet, And bring him to the ground, Unwearied we pursue; No pity checks our courage; Still on and on, to the end of life We give him no peace nor rest. Eumenides The Eumenides were the gentle...
Of course pro-aborts have ample reason to see red following the House's passage of the Stupak / Pitts pro-life amendment to the socialized healthcare bill. Duck, because they're shooting wildly at each other. My first indication was this on Twitter ... Then, ooh la la, came this headline in the Huffington Post ... Get out the popcorn... ... Stupak wrote a letter signed by 19 Democrats saying they...
I picked up from the young Papist that Cecile Richards – President of Planned Parenthood, the eugenics inspired organization originally intended to kill off black people – said in pages of Hell’s Bible that the US bishops are ideologues because they voiced their concern about federal funding of abortion. Here is part of the article in [...] Post from: WDTPRS Prez of Planned P’hood,...
My heart hurts. Never before have I felt so betrayed. I have been deeply involved with getting health reform passed. As a volunteer, donor and blogger, I feel I have invested a substantial amount of time and energy on this very important issue. I believe all humans have equal rights and deserve fair and equal healthcare at an affordable cost. I believe the rising costs of healthcare are damaging our...
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