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'Smart Girls' vs. 'Freaks of Nature'
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyNEW YORK – Ever since Sarah Palin created the mama grizzlies and claimed the feminist banner, political warfare has broken at every level between conservative and liberal women. The core questions – Who is a real feminist? Who is pro-abortion and who is not? – have ignited some sensible and thoughtful debate, but mostly the two sides have been sniping and yapping at each other and seeming more outrageous each time. Now comes this bit from the Smart Girl Summit conference in Arlington, Va. – an outgrowth of Smart Girl Politics, which bills itself as "the home on the ...
Abortion Tweeter Sets Sparks Flying Across Internet
By Mara Gay - AOL News(March 12) -- Some say Angie Jackson took Twitter a tweet too far. When the 27-year-old live-tweeted her RU-486-induced abortion last month, she spared no details. "Okay, the pain starting to get distracting," she wrote. "Definitely bleeding now." In a country that's bitterly divided over abortion, the storm of controversy Jackson generated, even among abortion-rights supporters, was unsurprising. "At its worst, it is self-serving, exhibitionist and selfish," Mary Ann Sorrentino, the former director for Planned Parenthood in Rhode Island, wrote Tuesday on Salon.com. "At best, it has 'bad ...
Health Reform Hinges on Votes From Abortion Foes
By Tamara Lytle - AOL News(March 9) -- The arcane rules that govern debate as Congress finishes health care reform soon will meet the simple rule of majority math. House Democratic leaders, resigned to the fact that no Republicans are likely to vote for a major overhaul of the nation's health insurance system, will be focused on getting to the number 216, which is the total votes that make up a majority. To get there, they will need the support of Democrats who vehemently oppose abortion. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., is pushing for greater restrictions on abortion funding and claims to represent a bloc of 12 Democrats ...
How Health Reform Could Change Abortion Coverage
By Tamara Lytle - AOL News(Dec. 17) – About 87 percent of employer insurance policies offer abortion coverage, according to the pro-abortion rights Guttmacher Institute. But that number could change under massive health care reform that's in final Senate negotiations that are focusing partly on the controversial abortion issue. Abortion rights activists say millions of women who have abortion coverage now could end up losing it. Abortion opponents say they are merely applying current law that bars federal taxpayer dollars from paying for abortions. A key issue is what sort of coverage will be available to ...
Pollster Celinda Lake: Where Women Really Stand on Health Care
By Martha Burk - Politics DailyWomen'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 ...
RNC Will Drop Abortion Coverage
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(Nov. 13) - Conservatives are fuming and liberals are pointing fingers over news that the Republican National Committee's insurance policy covers abortions. Politico broke the story late Thursday and within hours, the RNC was in damage-control mode. "I don't know why this policy existed in the past, but it will not exist under my administration. Consider this issue settled," Chairman Michael Steele pledged in a statement. Hot Air's Allahpundit called the news "a needless political headache," especially now that abortion funding has become a critical issue in the health care reform ...
Abortion Rights Backers Threaten Primaries, 'No' Votes on Health
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyThere's nothing like a painful, unexpected defeat to focus the mind and, potentially, the money. For supporters of abortion rights, that moment arrived when the House added to its historic health bill an amendment that would limit abortion coverage and those who can buy it. Anger, frustration and threats are in the air. It's too early to say whether the abortion rights lobby is a sleeping giant, but it is definitely, some would say finally, awake. Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL ProChoice America, was in a fighting mood in an interview on Monday. "There's elections coming up in 2010. We will ...
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