Obama Steps Up Health Reform Message As Stupak Defends Efforts To Tighten Abortion-Coverage Restrictions

As Democratic leaders attempt to resolve differences between the House (HR 3962) and Senate (HR 3590) health reform bills, President Obama on Monday held a rally in Pennsylvania to urge members of his party not to waver in their fight to enact the overhaul, the New York Times reports…

Blogs Comment On Abortion Coverage In Health Reform, International Women’s Day, Other Topics

The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. ~ “Stupak’s Abortion Argument: Still More About Class Than Choice”: Washington Post’s “Ezra Klein”: The “practical effect” of Rep. Bart Stupak’s (D-Mich…

Democrats Pressure Stupak On Abortion; Split Threatening Health Bill

A split among Democrats on abortion is threatening to derail efforts to overhaul the nation’s health care system. The Hill reports that “lawmakers took sides over whether the final health care bill contains language that would allow people receiving government subsidized health care to obtain an abortion and a White House official accused abortion opponent Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich…

Sebelius, Van Hollen Criticize Stupak For Claims About Abortion Coverage In Health Reform

In appearances on several Sunday talk shows, Democratic officials continued to put pressure on Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) over his claims that the abortion-coverage provisions in the Senate health care reform bill (HR 3590) would allow federal funding to pay for the procedure, The Hill reports…

Slate Column Refutes Stupak’s Claim That Senate Health Reform Bill Includes Federal Abortion Funding

Rep. Bart Stupak’s (D-Mich.) claim that the Senate health reform bill (HR 3590) would allow taxpayer dollars to be used to cover abortion services “concerns (or at least pretends to concern) matters of fact, not belief,” Slate columnist Timothy Noah writes…

Blogs Comment On Health Reform Abortion Language, Utah Antiabortion Bill, Other Topics

The following summarizes select women’s health-related blog entries. ~ “Nelson Restrictions Most Likely Outcome of Reconciliation Process,” Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check: While antiabortion-rights advocates “are ratcheting up pressure to completely eliminate” abortion coverage, “discriminatory restrictions contained in the Senate bill (HR 3590) … are likely to become law,” Jacobson writes…

Democratic Division On Abortion Language In Health Overhaul Jeopardizes Chances For Passage

“Democratic leaders in Congress are embarking on a delicate strategy to win over abortion opponents, a gambit that could determine whether the legislation becomes law.” The Washington Post reports. “The effort depends on convincing as many as a dozen anti-abortion Democrats in the House that abortion language in the Senate bill is more stringent than initially portrayed…

House Dems Address Abortion-Rights Opponents’ Resistance To Senate Health Reform Bill

As health reform negotiations continue, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Democratic leaders are working to gain the support of antiabortion-rights House members without compromising the votes of members who support abortion rights, the Washington Post reports…

Videos Comment On Health Reform Abortion Language, Unsafe Abortion In Kenya

The following summarizes select women’s health-related videos. Stupak, Sebelius Discuss Reform Vote: On Thursday’s “Good Morning America,” Sebelius countered Rep. Bart Stupak’s (D-Mich.) claims that the Senate health reform bill would lessen restrictions on federal funding of abortion…

Videos Comment On Health Reform Abortion Language, Unsafe Abortion In Kenya

The following summarizes select women’s health-related videos. Stupak, Sebelius Discuss Reform Vote: On Thursday’s “Good Morning America,” Sebelius countered Rep. Bart Stupak’s (D-Mich.) claims that the Senate health reform bill would lessen restrictions on federal funding of abortion…