edited by: Lisa Mossie,
Pennsylvania Editor
In a breathtakingly tight argument, Chris Matthews corners Rhode Island Bishop Thomas Tobin, who has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., from receiving Holy Communion due to his views on abortion.
Because here’s the moral hypocrisy at the heart of the Church’s abortion position: If it’s really and truly murder, you’re talking [...]
Written by Pulitzer Prize winner Connie Schultz, who happens to be married to Sen. Sherrod Brown:
Politicians fond of limiting women’s reproductive rights often say they personally oppose abortion. They cite their religion, as if this carves out an exception in that whole separation-of-church-and-state thing so they can use their [...]
Actually we -- Bob Hillen, Rev. Frank Almade and I -- walked onto PCNC's NightTalk set last night along with the show's host P.J. Maloney. Abortion, LGBT issues ,and the role of women in the Catholic Church were discussed (along with some local issues).
I think that [...]
The hypocrisy of the RNC is hardly surprising:
The Republican National Committee’s health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party’s own platform calls “a fundamental assault on innocent human life.”
And it's been the case for a generation:
Informed of the coverage, RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho [...]
Let’s rewind to May 31, 2009. Scott Roeder shoots and kills abortion Dr. George “The Killer” Tiller, while Tiller was serving as an usher at the Lutheran church in Wichita that he regularly attended. Days later, Roeder said more [...] Some progressives, motivated in part by Dennis Kucinich’s vote against HR 3926 are expressing disappointment with and even opposition to the health care reform legislation going through Congress.
While HR 3926 is not perfect—and the anti-abortion language added to it is terrible and will, we believe, be removed later in the [...]
Abortion seems to be only a right for wealthy women. Meanwhile poor women will be criticized for having [...]
From Talkingpointsmemo:
The letter of the amendment itself suggests that women who want to buy an insurance plan that covers abortion must not also be receiving government subsidies, provided for in the bill, to help cover their premiums. However, the overwhelming majority of women in the health insurance exchanges [...]
I expect when I watch Morning Joe for their zoo crew to mischaracterize the Stupak Amendment as merely barring federal funding for abortion and that the Stupak opponents are seeking a "new entitlement."
I expect our resident Right Wing commenter to mischaracterize the Stupak Amendment [...]
From Robin Marty at Reproductive Health Reality Check:
This weekend, a group of male pro-life Democrats gambled with women’s health, and women lost. By broadly writing in that insurers can chose whether or not to cover “abortion services,” pro-life amendments don’t just affect their intended victims — women seeking a [...]
Does "stupak" mean:
"A medical condition (subset of sepsis) resulting from unsafe - unnecessarily so - back alley abortions as a result of the "Stupak Amendment" to the 2009 Health Care Reform Bill."Or is it:
adj: imposing religious beliefs of one group on another, especially through legislation or financial pressure.How [...]
