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On AlterNet: abortion

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "abortion"

Is House Health Care Bill a Threat to Our Constitution?

Is House Health Care Bill a Threat to Our Constitution?

Barry W. Lynn, Americans United for Separation of Church and State. November 18, 2009.
The House health-care bill isn't just a threat to women's rights; with the Stupak amendment, it's a breach of the Constitution.

Anti-Abortion Group to Protest Palin

Anti-Abortion Group to Protest Palin

Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones Online. November 18, 2009.
To liberals, she epitomizes the anti-choice far right of the GOP. But to American Right to Life, Sarah Palin is not pure enough.

Video: Health-care Abortion Controversy No Joke

Video: Health-care Abortion Controversy No Joke

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. November 17, 2009.
In a new video from the Center for Reproductive Rights, the House health care bill's revocation of abortion coverage is no joke.

Sarah Palin's Top 10 Biggest Lies

Sarah Palin's Top 10 Biggest Lies

Media Matters for America AlterNet: PoliticsNovember 16, 2009.
In anticipation of the release of her memoir, Going Rogue, Media Matters has compiled Palin's Top 10 falsehoods from before the book was published.

Catholic Bishops Put Sex Obsession Ahead of Mission to the Sick and the Poor

Catholic Bishops Put Sex Obsession Ahead of Mission to the Sick and the Poor

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. November 16, 2009.
First they threatened to take down health-care reform over abortion coverage. Now they're threatening services to the sick and poor of Washington, D.C., over same-sex marriage.

Hypocrisy Watch: RNC Insurance Plan Has Covered Abortions for 18 Years

Hypocrisy Watch: RNC Insurance Plan Has Covered Abortions for 18 Years

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 13, 2009.
Oh, this is rich.

Why the Catholic Bishops Who Pushed Through the Stupak Amendment Are Hypocrites

Why the Catholic Bishops Who Pushed Through the Stupak Amendment Are Hypocrites

Jon O'Brien and Nancy Keenan, AlterNet. November 13, 2009.
The same language the bishops thought too weak to truly ban public funding for abortion maintains their charities' own access to public money.

Hey, I've Got a

Hey, I've Got a "Moral Objection" to Health Insurance Covering Viagra

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 12, 2009.
As long as we're allowing people's personal beliefs about sexuality to get in the way of sane health care reform, why can't everyone get in on the act?

How Anti-Choice Dems and Mike Huckabee Could Team Up to Screw Over America's Women

How Anti-Choice Dems and Mike Huckabee Could Team Up to Screw Over America's Women

Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant AlterNet: PEEK. November 11, 2009.
Half of America wants to see 'President Huck' in 2012. Because of him and conservative Democrats, women have a tough fight ahead.

Could the Stupak Amendment Get the Boot in The Senate?

Could the Stupak Amendment Get the Boot in The Senate?

mcjoan, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. November 10, 2009.
Sens. Barbara Boxer and Max Baucus seem to think so. But how ConservaDems will react is still unclear.

President Obama Has Refused to Stand Up for Women, Plain and Simple

President Obama Has Refused to Stand Up for Women, Plain and Simple

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. November 10, 2009.
The president's "toe the line" approach is not acceptable this time.

So the Stupak Amendment Sucks: Here's What You Can Do About It

So the Stupak Amendment Sucks: Here's What You Can Do About It

Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: PEEK. November 10, 2009.
Find out how your representative voted on and call their office, to thank them or to tell them that you'll be supporting a pro-choice democrat in the next primary.

How the Stupak Amendment Radically Undermines Women's Rights

How the Stupak Amendment Radically Undermines Women's Rights

Rachel Morris, Mother Jones Online. November 10, 2009.
Bart Stupak's last-minute amendment to the health care bill is even more dangerous than you think.

Focus on the Family's Insurance Plan Covers Abortion (And Other Ironies of The Latest Assault on Choice)

Focus on the Family's Insurance Plan Covers Abortion (And Other Ironies of The Latest Assault on Choice)

Eyal Press, TheNation.com AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. November 9, 2009.
If anti-choice pols want to assure taxpayers they won't subsidize abortion, why haven't they tried to abolish tax breaks for employer-sponsored health insurance?

Will the Stupak Amendment Force Women Who've Miscarried to Lose Insurance Coverage?

Will the Stupak Amendment Force Women Who've Miscarried to Lose Insurance Coverage?

Robin Marty, RH Reality Check AlterNet: PEEK. November 9, 2009.
I think so.

4 Ways the Stupak Amendment Deprives Women of Access to Abortion

4 Ways the Stupak Amendment Deprives Women of Access to Abortion

Jessica Arons, The Wonk Room. November 9, 2009.
The health-care bill passed by the House will expand access to health care. But millions of women are about to lose coverage they currently have and need.

Anti-Woman Amendment to Health Care Passes House

Anti-Woman Amendment to Health Care Passes House

Adele Stan, AlterNet: PEEK. November 7, 2009.
The Stupak amendment -- an anti-choice measure that could virtually eliminate insurance coverage for abortion -- will be attached to the health-care reform bill.

House Takes Up-or-Down Vote on Stupak Amendment, Threatening Women's Rights

House Takes Up-or-Down Vote on Stupak Amendment, Threatening Women's Rights

RH Reality Check, RH Reality Check AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. November 7, 2009.
The House leadership bows to anti-choice congressmen, allowing them a vote on an anti-choice amendment to the health-care bill.

Fetus-Shaped Potatoes? Going Undercover Inside the Weird World of Right-Wing Abortion Foes

Fetus-Shaped Potatoes? Going Undercover Inside the Weird World of Right-Wing Abortion Foes

Ann Neumann, AlterNet. November 3, 2009.
I went undercover to a Pro-Life Federation conference. What I found there was not "middle America" or even conservative America. It was fringe America.

Outrageous Oklahoma Law Will Post Details of Women's Abortions Online

Outrageous Oklahoma Law Will Post Details of Women's Abortions Online

Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. October 9, 2009.
Among the questions women will have to answer: Age of the mother, her marital status, highest year of education completed, and more.

Supposed Progressive Obama Religious Leader Uses Health Care Debate for Anti-Abortion Views

Supposed Progressive Obama Religious Leader Uses Health Care Debate for Anti-Abortion Views

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. October 8, 2009.
Rev. Jim Wallis says he's progressive. That got him a seat on a White House council despite his opposition to abortion -- which he's using to monkey-wrench health-care reform.

Michele Bachmann Lobbies for Christian Punk Ministry Bent on Forcing Christ in Public Schools

Michele Bachmann Lobbies for Christian Punk Ministry Bent on Forcing Christ in Public Schools

Andy Birkey, RH Reality Check. October 5, 2009.
The Christian punk rock band organizes motivational student assemblies to bring conservative Christian dogma to public schools. Separation of church and state, anyone?

Anti-Choicers Lobbying States for Wildly Unpopular

Anti-Choicers Lobbying States for Wildly Unpopular "Personhood Begins at Conception" Amendment

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. September 29, 2009.
From Florida to California, members of conservative groups are trying amend the constitution. Meanwhile, they still love the death penalty.

Fight Over Abortion in Health Overhaul Could Imperil Coverage for Millions

Fight Over Abortion in Health Overhaul Could Imperil Coverage for Millions

David Kirkpatrick, The New York Times September 28, 2009.

A Day in the Life of an Abortion Clinic Escort

A Day in the Life of an Abortion Clinic Escort

Anonymous, RH Reality Check. September 28, 2009.
Every day that our doors are open to women seeking abortions, the sidewalk in front of our clinic is occupied by stalkers, harassers, and creeps.