reproductive freedom
It's hard to even know where to begin with what is -- despite some hemming and hawing about "both sides" being at fault that always seems to end up with.
Lizardbreath is 100% right about this:I can't help thinking of the Stupak amendment, prohibiting abortion coverage in any health insurance plan that's paid for in part by federal subsidies under.
Via ema in comments, some crucial info about Stupak's handiwork:The Stupak-Pitts amendment forbids any plan offering abortion coverage in the new system from accepting even one subsidized customer. Since more.
Brad Ellsworth, Bart Stupak, and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. I would hope that this amendment gets stripped out in conference. On the other hand, it's entirely possible that.
It doesn't exist, but that doesn't mean that reporters aren't always trying to find it anyway.
Shorter Ross Douthat: If only Ted Kennedy had understood that arbitrarily enforced laws forcing (poor) women to carry pregnancies to term (or seek unsafe abortions on the black market) are.
Ed Kilgore notes a new Gallup poll making clear what was always overwhelmingly likely -- the widely-trumpeted May Gallup poll showing a significant "pro-life" majority was an outlier. When public.
Making the case for IUDs.