Women's Concerns Deserve a Prominent Place at Health Care Summit
As with almost every other political topic these days, opinions differ widely on the usefulness of President Obama's upcoming summit on health care. Those who are visitors from another planet think Democrats and Republicans are going to come together, sing "Kum-ba-ya," and agree to pass reform straightaway. Many earthlings say it's a just big show to make the Republicans look bad, and nothing positive will happen. ...
Will Trial of George Tiller's Killer Increase Violence?
The Kansas of the 1870s was one in which guns ruled as the likes of Jesse James and the Dalton Gang roamed the streets packing heat and using it when they felt like it. The good citizens of Wichita are no doubt glad those days are now just part of the lore of the Wild West. Or are they? Sedgwick County District Court Judge Warren Wilbert is the Kansas jurist presiding over the trial of Scott Roeder, who has admitted to shooting Dr. George Tiller, owner one of the few late-term abortion clinics in the country. Roeder has openly stated that his opposition to abortion is the reason he gunned ...
Pollster Celinda Lake: Where Women Really Stand on Health Care
Women's groups expressed dismay on November 7 when the House passed a health care bill with unprecedented abortion restrictions. The Stupak-Pitts amendment prohibits any health plan participating in the proposed nationwide exchange from offering abortion coverage, meaning virtually all plans. The initial alarm has now turned to anger and mobilized a backlash against Democrats who voted for the amendment, along with a nationwide push to keep the restrictions out of the upcoming Senate bill. With the full Senate tackling the legislation this weekend, I thought it was a good time to have a ...
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