Democratic Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska announced that he would offer an amendment to the Senate health care plan that would ban public funds from paying for abortions Nelson says he will not vote for the...
An OpEd journalist in today's LA Times believes the Manhattan Declaration, a manifesto of civil disobedience by religious leaders in the face of a secular democracy and its laws, - which was...
RE-IGNITING THE CULTURE WARS : Human Rights Campaign feels the declaration is pre-emptive, and implies that equality and liberty cannot co-exist In a 4,700 word treatise they have entitled,...
"NOW President O’Neill Slams Catholic Bishops" Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, accused Catholic bishops of “smelling blood” and deciding to get involved as backers of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. She added that their actions to...
“Number one on my list continues to be the insurance companies, the for-profit insurance companies,” said Dr. Quentin Young early in his speech during the opening session of the 2009 Healthcare-Now.org National Strategy Conference Saturday afternoon in St. Louis. The...
“I intend to roll out a national action campaign for single-payer health care,” said Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, speaking during the opening session of the 2009 Healthcare-Now.org National Strategy Conference Saturday afternoon in...
The health care reform bill will finally be brought to the Senate floor by Democrats next week. Once more, the issue of abortion with regard to healthcare reform is causing divisions as was the case...
Yet another wrench has been thrown into the gears of the machine that is President Obama’s universal health care plan, as moderate Democrats and Republicans in the Senate have...
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In the US Senate, opponents of abortion are looking to enact tough restrictions within the health care reform bill. This may make it difficult to pass the bill before January. Sen. Ben Nelson,...
The director of a Texas-based Planned Parenthood resigned her position, saying she had a change of heart on abortion, according to a report at LifeNews.com. The development highlights the powerful results ultrasounds have in convincing people of the humanity of the unborn...
"The number of Down's syndrome pregnancies has risen by more than 70% over the last 20 years, university researchers say. The sharp rise reflects the growing number of older women becoming pregnant, when there...
"According to a major just-released report (PDF) from the Guttmacher Institute, increased use of contraception has helped decrease unintended pregnancy worldwide. Abortions, ergo, are down as well, from an estimated 45.5 million procedures in 1995 to 41.6 million in 2003. In...
And we have yet another example of obstructionist legality on abortion which is, I have little doubt, introduced to prevent women accessing abortions, and to make abortions more difficult to practitioners to perform. "A new Oklahoma law will require the details of every...
... in Florida (that didn't fit above in the title). "A nationwide anti-abortion group launched an effort in Florida Friday to outlaw all abortions and certain types of birth control, including oral contraceptives and the morning-after pill. The religion-infused movement,...
In a new documentary, entitled "Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel", the godfather of American hedonism "concerned he'll be remembered in the wrong light." is exposed as a gay-rights pioneer. "But much as...