By Emily Geiger
Carhart Picking Up Where Tiller Left Off
So, the famed Nebraska baby-killer is promising to do more late term abortions to make up for those his dead friend from Kansas can no longer kill.
Geesh, I’m glad they got that straightened out. For a second there [...]
Stop Stupak Amendment in Senate
I’ve already written that the health care reform bill that Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) introduced includes tax increases, some of which, start in 2010, while the legislation’s answer to health care reform won’t start until 2014.
The Senate’s version of the health care reform includes a mandate [...]
Full comic here.
All religious fundamentalists have a few characteristics that they share in common; one of them is their view of a woman as a purely biological entity whose sexuality must be studiously controlled. The issue of abortion then comes down to punishing women for [...]
Republicans and their flagrant abuse of the Constitution for whatever political ends suits them show no signs of stopping soon. Whether it be ignoring the 9th and 14th Amendments (abortion, gay equality), calling perjury over sex “high crimes and misdemeanors,” or tossing out the whole thing over scary brown [...]
Former Iowa Lt. Governor Joy Corning has inserted herself right into the middle of the Republican primary for governor. Corning served as Iowa’s Lt. Governor under Terry Branstad during the final two terms of his administration. Corning, a supporter of abortion rights and homosexual marriage, recently recorded an auto-call for [...]
Ann Neumann didn’t like yesterday’s post on the Stupak Amendment. Complaining about my lack of compromise. Sorry, when it comes to the sanctity of life, I don’t compromise. She notes:
There is no compromise when your work is to eliminate the most common medical procedure for women in the [...]
Chart below is from the American Life League:
And one senior Democrat thinks even the Stupak amendment language will be stripped out of the bill. From The Hill:
A House Democratic leader said Monday she’s “confident” controversial language on abortion will be stripped from a final [...]
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin said today the House-passed health care bill “goes too far” in restricting insurance providers from covering abortions.
The Democrat said he supported the status quo, which prohibits federal funding for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or to save the woman’s life.
“I fear that the House-passed [...]
The Catholics endorse the health care reform bill.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops delivered a critical endorsement to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday by signing off on late-night agreement to grant a vote on an amendment barring insurance companies that participate in the exchange from covering abortions.
“Passing [...]
By Emily Geiger
I sincerely hope Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives are not going to try to sneak a vote on her proposed healthcare plan while the country is distracted by the tragedy at Ft. Hood.
But as of right now, it looks [...]
