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 Reid Rolls Out 
 Senate Health 
 Bill for Sat. 
 Showdown 

Public option weaker than House's, abortion restriction less severe

Nov 19, 09 7:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Harry Reid rolled out the Senate’s combined health care reform bill last night, earning oohs and ahhs from fellow Democrats, particularly over the price tag, and setting the stage for a cloture vote Saturday. The bill would cost a svelte $849 billion over 10 years while reducing the deficit... More »

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abortion • health insurance • Senate • Harry Reid • health care reform • public option • health insurance exchange • health care abortion

 Aussie 
 Scientologists 
 Accused of Torture 

Oz senator alleges violence, embezzlement, forced abortions

Nov 18, 09 6:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientology's status as a church masks a "criminal organization" guilty of torture, forced imprisonment, coerced abortion, embezzlement and blackmail, charges an Australian senator, whose accusations have triggered concerns by the Aussie prime minister. Nick Xenophon, who yesterday showed the Australian parliament and police letters from ex-Scientologists detailing abuse and... More »

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abortion • torture • Australia • Scientology • religion • scientology Australia • scientology torture • scientology abortion

Analysis

Abortion Amendment Not a Big Deal, by the Numbers

Only 13% of abortions are billed to private insurers

Nov 17, 09 8:46 AM CST
(Newser) - The Stupak-Pitts amendment clamping down on abortion funding by insurers isn’t the game changer it's been made out to be: It would affect only a tiny minority of women. Though 50% of privately insured women have plans that include abortion coverage, many, perhaps most, don't use it because of... More »

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abortion • health insurance • health care reform • Stupak-Pitts

Obama, Dems Catch Flak From MSNBC

Left-leaning networks not afraid to hammer prez for moving right

Nov 16, 09 8:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Forget Fox News, Barack Obama is catching just as much grief from MSNBC, as the network’s liberal hosts hammer Democrats for drifting right. Rachel Maddow, for example, spent most of last week lambasting House Democrats over the anti-abortion Stupak amendment, calling it an “electoral defeat,” and contemplating... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • MSNBC • Keith Olbermann • health care reform • Rachel Maddow • left wing • Stupak-Pitts

 Steele Orders End to 
 RNC Abortion Coverage 

'Money from our loyal donors should not be used for this purpose'

Nov 13, 09 6:24 AM CST
(Newser) - An embarrassed Michael Steele has ordered elective abortion to be stripped from services covered by medical insurance offered to RNC employees. The ban, prompted by a Politico report yesterday that abortion coverage has been included in RNC policies since 1991, brings the RNC in line with what the Republican Party... More »

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abortion • health care reform • Michael Steele • Republicans • Republican National Committee • health care abortion

RNC Insurance Plan Covers Employees' Abortions

A Steele spokesman says it's going to be changed

Nov 12, 09 6:50 PM CST
(Newser) - With abortion emerging as a sticking point in the health care debate, Politico has dug up a zinger on the Republican National Committee: Its own employee insurance policy covers elective abortions. "We are taking steps to address the issue," says an RNC spokeswoman, adding that the policy goes... More »

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abortion • health insurance • health care reform • Republicans • Republican National Committee • health care abortion

OPINION

 Democrats Ought 
 to Thank Stupak 

Congressman brings the party in line with the public on abortion

Nov 11, 09 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Liberal Democrats are angry at Bart Stupak for forcing an amendment restricting abortion into the House’s health care bill. But one day, they may view the unassuming congressman as a savior of health care reform. Polls show the American public is evenly split on abortion, and most don’t... More »

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health care • abortion • Democrats • Bart Stupak • conservatives

analysis

Dem Agenda Hijacked by Christian Conservatives

Shadowy 'Family' behind Stupak-Pitts abortion amendment

Nov 11, 09 11:59 AM CST
(Newser) - The US Council of Catholic Bishops is getting credit for the 11th-hour inclusion of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment in the House health bill last weekend, but the real force is the shadowy alliance of evangelicals and Democratic lawmakers called the Family, Jeff Sharlet writes on Salon. Though Stupak—a Dem and... More »

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Congress • abortion • Christian conservatives • health care reform • evangelicals • Democratic Party • Bart Stupak • Stupak-Pitts • Joseph Pitts • The Family

 Senate Health Bill 
 Runs Into Abortion Divide 

Both sides have vocal opponents, could halt bill without compromise

Nov 10, 09 12:05 PM CST
(Newser) - With a last-second concession barring federal dollars from funding abortions, Nancy Pelosi largely skirted the full brunt of the issue, but Harry Reid may not be so lucky. The Senate majority leader likely won't get the 60 votes he needs without similar language— which a Planned Parenthood VP calls a... More »

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health care • abortion • health insurance • Senate • Harry Reid • Planned Parenthood • House of Representatives • health care reform • NARAL • public option • women's issues • abortion debate

Suspect Admits Shooting Abortion Doctor

'Pre-born children's lives were in imminent danger,' Roeder says

Nov 9, 09 3:01 PM CST
(AP) - The man accused of shooting a Kansas abortion provider has confessed to the killing and says he has no regrets. "Because of the fact pre-born children's lives were in imminent danger, this was the action I chose," Scott Roeder said in an interview with the AP . The 51-year-old... More »

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abortion • Kansas City • murder • George Tiller • Scott Roeder • late-term abortion • abortion debate

 Abortion Dispute Could
 Derail Health Care Bill

Some Dems vow to block final passage

Nov 9, 09 7:42 AM CST
(Newser) - The abortion funding ban included in the health-care bill passed by the House Saturday could doom it down the road, as abortion supporters in the Senate threaten revolt, and those who voted for it in the House vow they won't back the final bill if it's still included, the Washington... More »

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health care • abortion • health insurance • Senate • House of Representatives • Roman Catholic bishops • public option

Palin Warns Again of 'Rationed' Care

Abortion mindset could be applied to elderly and disabled, she says

Nov 7, 09 2:12 PM CST
(Newser) - She didn't use the term "death panel," but Sarah Palin kept up her criticism of "rationed" care for the elderly and disabled last night. In a speech to abortion opponents, Palin warned that the same philosophy that allows abortions could be applied to those two groups with... More »

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abortion • conservative • health care reform • Sarah Palin • death panel

Health Care Reform Hinges on House Abortion Vote

Stupak amendment blocks private insurers offering procedure

Nov 7, 09 6:05 AM CST
(Newser) - In a last-ditch effort to corral 40 anti-abortion party members whose votes are needed to pass health care reform, Democrats last night agreed to let the whole House vote today on an amendment that would bar insurers participating in the new government-run health care exchange from providing abortions except in... More »

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abortion • Democrats • House of Representatives • health care reform • Bart Stupak

 Health Vote May 
 Have to Wait: 
 Hoyer 

Majority leader bemoans 'delay tactics'

Nov 6, 09 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The House may not vote on its health care reform bill tomorrow after all, thanks to Democrats' squabbling over abortion and spending, Steny Hoyer said today. “We’re very close,” the majority leader insisted, but “clearly things happen. Delay tactics can be employed.” Hoyer acknowledged that... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • abortion • House of Representatives • Steny Hoyer • health care reform • House Democrats • House Republicans • House Rules Committee • House majority leader

chinese double-bind

 No Sex Ed = 13M+ Abortions 

In China, sexual freedom not accompanied by information

Nov 5, 09 12:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The liberalization of Chinese attitudes toward sex, despite the near-absence of sex education, has led to a sort of bedroom farce that would be hilarious if it didn’t result in at least 13 million abortions a year. College students in particular feel comfortable having sex; now, if only someone... More »

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China • abortion • contraception • pregnancy • Internet • sex education • liberal • college student

Dems Threaten to Kill Health Care Bill
Over Abortion

Bart Stupak says he's got the votes to derail it

Nov 3, 09 9:23 AM CST
(Newser) - The House is barreling towards a health care vote, hoping to pass its bill by the end of the week, but there’s a potential stumbling block ahead: abortion. A group of socially conservative Democrats are threatening to vote against the bill because the subsidies it offers to help people... More »

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abortion • House of Representatives • health care reform • Bart Stupak • women's issues • abortion debate • health care abortion

Down Syndrome on Decline as Moms Abort

Trend bucks statistics, raises fears that funding will dry up

Nov 2, 09 1:26 PM CST
(Newser) - With women waiting longer to have children, the number of Down syndrome cases in the US ought to be on the rise—advanced maternal age increases Down syndrome risk. But instead it fell 15% from 1989 to 2005, ABC News reports. The reason: prenatal screenings. Roughly 92% of women who... More »

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abortion • genetic screening • genetic defects • Down Syndrome • women's issues

 'Abortion Addict' Ended 
 15 Pregnancies 

In controversial memoir, Irene Vilar says legal abortion saved her life

Oct 13, 09 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once an “abortion addict,” Irene Vilar is making waves on both sides of the contentious debate with her memoir of the 15 pregnancies she terminated—including one she had forgotten about. One pro-life blogger called for her to be thrown in jail; as for the other side, “... More »

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abortion • motherhood • memoir • book • pro-life • abortion debate • pro-choice • Irene Vilar

OPINION

Tweeting About Miscarriage
Hits New Twitter Low

'I'm in a board meeting, having a miscarriage' Tweet rattles columnist

Oct 7, 09 4:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ok, that's w-a-a-y too much information, and it's high time that sharing-too-much Twitterers zip it, complains columnist Kathleen Parker. Tweets from a working woman about her miscarriage in the middle of a business meeting hit a new low even for the brashest tweeters, Parker grouses in the Washington Post.... More »

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 Is Incest Always Rape? 

Blog pundits debate if consent is ever an issue in father-daughter sex

Sep 24, 09 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Actress Mackenzie Phillips has already raised the "Stockholm syndrome" regarding 10 years of sex with her rock icon dad, leaving many to wonder if incest can ever be consensual. The blogosphere appears unanimous that John Phillips' sex with a blacked-out Mackenzie was rape since she was unable to consent—... More »

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abortion • sex • rape • taboo • incest • Mackenzie Phillips • John Phillips • Mamas and the Papas

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