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The Ghastly, Anti-Woman Logic of Rep. Bart Stupak -- The Dem Who Wants to Kill Health-Care Reform

Jessica Arons, The Nation. March 4, 2010.

Conservadem Bart Stupak says he -- and 11 others -- won't vote for the Senate health care bill because its anti-abortion language doesn't go far enough. Will he kill the bill?

Abortion in the Senate Health-Care Bill: What the Nelson Compromise Will Cost Women

Jodi L. Jacobson, RH Reality Check. December 22, 2009.

To win his vote -- needed to bring the health-care bill to the Senate floor -- Sen. Ben Nelson got an anti-choice measure put into the bill. Here's the break-down.

Nelson's Anti-Choice Amendment Defeated in Senate, 54-45: Rep. Diana DeGette Responds

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. December 8, 2009.

The Senate tabled an amendment offered by Ben Nelson, D-Neb., that would have replicated the Stupak language.

My Baby Would Have Died Under the Stupak Amendment

Tiffany Campbell, RH Reality Check. November 30, 2009.

The selective termination that saved my baby's life would not be covered under the Stupak-Pitts Amendment.

The Stupak Speech Senate Dems (and Stupak Himself) Need to Hear

Rebecca Sive, RH Reality Check. November 25, 2009.

We can't let health reform expunge constitutional rights.

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.

Video: Rep. Stupak: We Had an Agreement Until 'the Extremes Took Over'

deleted, AlterNet. November 18, 2009.

On MSNBC's Hardball, Rep. Bart Stupak laid the blame for his anti-choice amendment on others. Now he seems to calling anti-choice senators "extreme."

Stupak Amendment Could End Abortion Coverage -- For Everyone

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. November 18, 2009.

An independent study predicts that the Stupak amendment could end insurance coverage of abortions -- for everyone -- in the long-run.

Video: Health-care Abortion Controversy No Joke

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. 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.

The Democratic Party: Whose Team Is It, Anyway?

Katha Pollitt, The Nation. November 14, 2009.

In the wake of the passage by Democrats of a radical anti-abortion measure, Democratic women are asking, "Whose party is this?"

Will the Senate Stand Against Anti-Choice Stupak Amendment?

Emily Douglas, The Nation. November 13, 2009.

As the fight for health-care reform moves to the Senate, will Harry Reid stave off the anti-choice forces who mucked up the House bill?

Could the Stupak Amendment Get the Boot in The Senate?

mcjoan, Daily Kos. 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

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville. 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

Jill Filipovic, Feministe. 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

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)

Eyal Press, TheNation.com. 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?

Robin Marty, RH Reality Check. November 9, 2009.

I think so.

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.