What will health reform mean for reproductive rights?

American Prospect by Dana Goldstein | Jul. 9, 2009 (Opinion)

As the House and Senate produce and mark-up various health reform plans, reproductive health care is emerging -- surprise, surprise -- as a political football. Both the House bill and the Senate HELP committee proposal mention "family planning," but contrary to yesterday's scare-mongering Washington Times op-ed by the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins, "family planning," under federal law, has never included abortion services. Indeed, health reform ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Jul 9, 2009 - 12:16 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Samuel W. Velsor IV (review), J Sinclaire (review), Patricia Blochowiak (review)
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 by Fabrice Florin - Jul. 9, 2009

Interesting blog post about how the healthcare plans debated in Congress could threaten reproductive rights like abortion or even birth control pills. The author provides a good overview of specific proposals under discussion, and shares her views on their potential impact on society.

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 by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Jul. 9, 2009

This issue is about the most important of all, as it is an issue the Right will try to use for its agenda.

Everyone should pass their feeling on this issue to their congressman. It will be a crime if this agenda is lettered into the fine print of the ... More »

It looks as though both the Senate and House leadership are willing to hand the Health and Human Services secretary — currently the pro-choice Kathleen Sebelius ... More »

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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Jul. 11, 2009
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 by Derek Hawkins - Jul. 9, 2009
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 by J Sinclaire - Jul. 9, 2009

This is an important article for anyone who cares about reproductive rights. Access to abortion services and family planning cannot be left up to whoever is Health and Human Services Secretary.

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