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Antiabortion-Rights Groups Announce Plan To Oppose Proposed Nevada 'Personhood' Ballot Measure The leaders of four antiabortion-rights groups on Tuesday announced that they will band together to oppose a proposed ballot measure that seeks to amend Nevada's Constitution to define people as "everyone possessing a human genome" from the moment of conception, the AP/San Jose Mercury News reports. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Baltimore Bill Requiring CPCs To Post Disclaimers Provides Women With 'Key Information,' Opinion Piece Says There is "crystal clear" evidence that family planning "is one of the best -- and perhaps the very best -- strategy for women in the United States and across the world to improve their health and well-being, as well as that of their offspring," write Eva Moore, a fellow in adolescent medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical School's ...more	20 Nov 2009
Federal Lawsuit Filed Over N.J. High School's Decision To Bar Student From Joining Antiabortion-Rights Protest A New Jersey public high school student last week filed a federal lawsuit alleging that her free-speech and religious-freedom rights were violated when her school's administrators prohibited her from participating in an antiabortion-rights protest last month, the AP/Google News reports. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Columnists, Rep. Stupak Comment On Abortion Restrictions In House Health Reform Bill 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. ...more	20 Nov 2009
A Look At How Key Provisions Compare In The House And Senate Bills The New York Times reports that "the health care proposals from the House and the Senate are broadly similar but differ on some major issues." It reports on five issues - the public plan, employer contribution, abortion, illegal immigrants and financing - and puts differences in bold type (11/19). ...more	20 Nov 2009
Antiabortion-Rights Advocates Protest 'Bubble Zone' Ordinance Outside Chicago Clinics About 40 antiabortion-rights advocates protested a "bubble zone" ordinance on Tuesday at a North Side Planned Parenthood clinic in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reports. The measure took effect on Wednesday. ...more	20 Nov 2009
Reid Unveils Senate Health Reform Bill With Less Restrictive Abortion Provision Than Final House Measure Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Wednesday unveiled the chamber's version of health care reform legislation, which he said would extend coverage to 31 million uninsured U.S. residents while reducing the federal deficit, the New York Times reports. ...more	20 Nov 2009
House Vote On Abortion Amendment Continues To Cause Democratic Divisions 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. ...more	19 Nov 2009
Senate Ends Debate On Hamilton, Could Vote To Confirm This Week The Senate on Tuesday voted 70-29 to allow debate on federal appeals court nominee David Hamilton, ending a GOP filibuster and setting up a final confirmation vote that could occur this week, Roll Call reports (Brady, Roll Call, 11/17). Hamilton's confirmation has been stalled since June, when the Senate Judiciary Committee gave him a favorable recommendation to the Senate, the ...more	19 Nov 2009
Opinion Pieces Comment On Stupak Amendment, Health Reform 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. ...more	19 Nov 2009
A Selection Of Today's Opinions And Editorials What Our Amendment Does Politico Rather than work with us to find a true compromise, members who support abortion rights ignored our concerns (Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., 11/18). ...more	19 Nov 2009
Reid Set To Release Health Reform Bill; Stupak Threatens To Kill Final Bill If Abortion Coverage Included Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is expected to release details of his health care reform bill to members of the Democratic caucus on Wednesday, setting up a possible weekend vote on cloture on the motion to proceed, CongressDaily reports. According to Reid spokesperson Jim Manley, Reid expects to have the final Congressional Budget Office scores of the bill before a 5 p.m. meeting with the caucus. ...more	19 Nov 2009
Stupak Amendment 'Diminishes Women, New Yorker Opinion Piece Says "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 ...more	19 Nov 2009
Bill Requiring Baltimore Crisis Pregnancy Centers To Post Disclaimers Moving Through City Council A Baltimore bill (FID 09-0406) to require crisis pregnancy centers to post signs stating that they do not provide abortion services is progressing through the City Council, WBAL reports. The council voted 12-3 in favor of the bill, which now moves on to a third and final vote. ...more	19 Nov 2009
Abortion Rights At Center Of Debate In Mass. Senate Race 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), ...more	19 Nov 2009
Opinion Pieces, Editorial Comment On Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform Several newspapers recently included opinion pieces and an editorial regarding the House's approval of Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) amendment to the chamber's health reform bill (HR 3962). ...more	18 Nov 2009
Effect Of Abortion Restrictions In Health Bill May Be Less Than Advocates Fear Despite widespread debate, abortion restrictions in the House health reform bill could affect only a small number of women. Meanwhile, Catholic bishops weigh into the debate and abortion rights group plan a rally to contest the restrictions. The Wall Street Journal reports that the restrictions were included "to ensure that no taxpayer dollars fund abortion. ...more	18 Nov 2009
Blogs Comment On Abortion Issues In Health Reform, HPV Vaccinations For Immigrants The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ "DeGette: Stupak Agenda Is Much Wider Restrictions on Abortion," Brian Beutler, Talking Points Memo: Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) "takes issue" with Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich. ...more	18 Nov 2009
Senate Democrats Wait For CBO Score, Work To Keep Votes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is planning a "key test vote by the end of the week" on a health reform bill, according to Senate aides, Politico reports. "The vote on a motion to proceed to the bill could come as early as Friday, teeing up the amendment process to begin after the Thanksgiving break." Reid may keep the Senate in session over the weekend (Budoff Brown, 11/17). ...more	18 Nov 2009
Advocacy Groups Increase Efforts To Oppose Abortion Coverage Restrictions In Senate Health Reform Bill Abortion-rights advocacy groups are ramping up advertising campaigns and lobbying efforts to prevent Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.) antiabortion amendment to the House health reform bill (HR 3962) from being included in the Senate's version of the legislation, CongressDaily reports. ...more	18 Nov 2009
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