"You have both sides criticizing it, which means that we did what we had to do, we compromised in a fair way," says Senator Boxer - but can this fragile compromise on the Nelson abortion restrictions hold?
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Family planning services are having a rough time during the recession. With more and more women seeking services, and fewer women able to shoulder the cost of contraceptives, clinics and organizations are finding themselves devastatingly short on funds.
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Yesterday, the city of Berkeley, California sent wire hangers to some members of Congress who voted for the Stupak Amendment — and across the Atlantic, courts prepare to decide whether an Irish abortion ban violates women's human rights.
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The Stupak clone was voted down by the Senate this afternoon. The Washington Post reports: "The measure, which failed 54-45, addressed the scope of restrictions on coverage of abortion services for people who receive subsidies to buy insurance." [WP]
Senator Barbara Boxer isn't playing around. Laying out a logical case against Ben Nelson's amendment - which is really Stupak 2.0 - she blows off all the discussion of riders in favor of real talk on gender discrimination and privacy.
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NARAL Pro-Choice America wants to know why Representative Bart Stupak and Senator Ben Nelson want to place more restrictions on abortion coverage. But Senator Barbara Mikulski says it doesn't matter: "I know I'm not voting for Stupak."
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Barbara Ehrenreichasks, "has feminism been replaced by the pink-ribbon breast cancer cult?" In other words, are women so concerned with access to mammograms that they're ignoring science and even their own rights?
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Earlier today, Atlantic blogger Megan McArdle argued that Stupak-Pitts isn't that bad, and it certainly isn't bad enough to derail health care reform over. What's scary isn't McArdle's pragmatic position - it's the anti-choice dogma wrapped around her words.
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