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• VIDEO: Abortion rights Round 2: Chris Matthews calls out Bishop Tobin

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 683
  By GottaLaff If these organizations arent up for a good fight, then fuggetaboutit: To their credit, NARAL and Planned Parenthood are have already shown their willingness to do whats necessary to win this next round . They have threatened to withhold funding from Ciro Rodriguez and Harry Teague, the two ...
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• Patrick Kennedy, Bishop Tobin, and Abortion Rights: Special Comment by my 72-year-old friend

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 683
  By GottaLaff My very caring, impassioned 72-year-old Twitter pal, who goes by the name 42bkdodgr , would like to once more share his feelings about the separation of church and state. I am more than happy to oblige. But first, a personal note from 42bkdodgr: Many of you may wonder why I chose to use the “ 72 ...
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• Miles To Go Before They Sleep: Saturday Vote Is Just The Start [Health Nuts]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 817
  On Saturday, the Senate voted to move forward and debate on the health care reform, but many of the continuing talks on the issue are still circling around the same fault lines of party affiliation and religion. The two bills do have some common ground : Both bills would require all Americans to carry ...
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• Kennedy Dispute Reveals Divide Among Catholics

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 503
  Bishop Thomas Tobin on Sunday said he asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion because of the Democratic lawmakers support for abortion rights.
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• I Was a Teeange Underground Abortion Provider

  
  Corrente — Authority: 627
  [cultural reference] I was a not-quite-teenager, living in Texas, home of the big fight for a woman to make her own decisions about abortion , during the time leading up to Roe v Wade. My best friends mom and older sister were members of an underground organization that operated illegally to provide both birth ...
  3 days ago

• Mike Johanns Approves of Insurance Plans On the Exchange Covering Abortion

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 765
  I had to go back over this clip a couple times on my Tivo, but Mike Johanns does in fact argue for Stupak because it allows women to buy insurance plans on the exchange that provide abortion coverage: JOHANNS: Senator Hatch, let me just interject something here because I think this is a very important point to ...
  4 days ago

• Rep. Patrick Kennedy says RI bishop has told him not to take Communion over pro-choice stance

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, in Rhode Island because of the congressmans support for abortion rights, Kennedy said in a newspaper interview published Sunday.The decision by the outspoken prelate, ...
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• Ben Nelson threatens filibuster

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 683
  By GottaLaff He and Joe the Traitor can go take a hike on the Appalachian Trail together: Spokesman Jake Thompson elaborated a bit, "The abortion language, the public option and some other issues could be reason for him to vote no on cloture for final passage of a health care reform bill." Dem v. Dem. ...
  6 days ago

• Not a RIGHT, but an obligation, to fight.

  
  Feminists For Choice — Authority: 523
  Our predecessors risked everything to protect a woman’s right to choose. If we want, we can defeat the Stupak amendment. I am reading an inspiring book, Wherever There’s a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California . From free speech rights to the gay ...
  6 days ago

• Breath is life

  
  BlueNC - The people's think tank — Authority: 573
  No matter what side youre on in the Great American Abortion Debate, youll find this article of interest . I discovered it this week in UU World, the Unitarian Universalist monthly magazine. It traces the history of religious practices around abortion, including the Catholic Churchs radical change in 1917, driven by ...
  1 week ago

• When Is It Going To Be Their Turn?

  
  cab drollery — Authority: 501
  November has not been a good month for American women. The American Council of Bishops (Roman Catholic) got involved in health care reform by insisting that no government money, including the subsidies paid for health insurance for those who could not otherwise afford it, could be spent on abortion. They found a ...
  1 week ago

• Blood On The Senate Floor: Majority Leader Drops Stupak-Pitts [Roe Vs. World]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 817
  The anti-choice crowd is frothing at the mouth. Yesterday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid went Sweeney Todd on the Stupak-Pitts amendment, stabbed insurers with an excise tax, and threatened to go to reconciliation on the holdouts. Senator Reid unveiled his plan last night with both fanfare and steely ...
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• Report: Stupak Amendment Will Be End Of Abortion Coverage For All [Roe Vs. World]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 817
  Dear Bart Stupak : If your amendment is - as you said to Chris Matthews on Hardball last night - the same as the Hyde Amendment, why the fuck do American women need your version? Last night, Mr. Stupak spent eight minutes regurgitating the same points. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News , World News , and ...
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• Report: Stupak Amendment Will Be End Of Abortion Coverage For All [Roe Vs. World]

  
  GossipMax — Authority: 161
  Dear Bart Stupak : If your amendment is - as you said to Chris Matthews on Hardball last night - the same as the Hyde Amendment, why the fuck do American women need your version? Last night, Mr. Stupak spent eight minutes regurgitating the same points. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News , World News , and News about ...
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• Hospital Workers Do "Pink Glove Dance" For Breast Cancer Awareness [Breast Boogie]

  
  GossipMax — Authority: 161
  The recent news about mammogram guidelines may be confusing and a little distressing — but this Providence St. Vincent Medical Center ad promoting breast cancer awareness is pretty fun. [ BuzzFeed ]
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• Tales From The 1950s Crypt- “Revolutionary Road”- This Ain’t “Ozzie And Harriet”

  
  AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY — Authority: 149
  Click on title to link to YouTubes film clip of the trailer for the movie, "Revolutionary Road". DVD Review Revolutionary Road, based on the book by Richard Yates, starring Kate Winslett and Leonardo DiCaprio, DreamWorks Productions, 2008 Over the past period I have seemingly endlessly retailed the experiences of ...
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• Nation to Women: Youre On Your Own With This Abortion Fight [Roe V. World]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 817
  Not only do "six in ten Americans" want to ban federal funds subsidizing abortion, "fifty-one percent [of people polled] said they thought women should bear the full cost of an abortion even when they have private insurance. " [ UPI ]
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• Now its our turn to be Baby Jane

  
  Collecting My Thoughts — Authority: 444
  Baby Jane was born with spina bifida over 25 years ago. Her parents, on their doctors advice, "had refused both surgery to close her spine and a shunt to drain the fluid from her brain. In resisting the federal governments attempt to enforce treatment, the parents pleaded privacy. What first piqued [Nat] Hentoffs ...
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• "Why are Democrats throwing women under the bus...?"

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 683
  By GottaLaff Via letters to the L.A. Times editor (emphasis mine): Re “Bishops’ role in health debate ,” Nov. 16 Why does a group of male bishops, representing a religion that I am not a member of, have more input on how I receive healthcare than I do? Why are Democrats throwing women under ...
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• Catholic Bishops Put Sex Obsession Ahead of the Sick and the Poor

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 150
  Having been raised Catholic, I am well aware of the Churchs obsession with all things sexual and the constant message that sex is bad and sinful (as are women, who are temptresses out to drag men down into sinfulness). The obsession with celibacy and living "chaste" but miserable lives - except, of course when it ...
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