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Aug 20 2015
Background
Is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) Good for America?
In March 2010, the US Congress passed HR 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and HR 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. President Barack Obama signed them both into law, along with Executive Order 13535 restricting federal funds from being used for abortion services. On Thursday June 28, 2012 the US Supreme Court upheld the
ProCon.orgOct 04 2012
Opinion
Reproductive rights are issues of life and death for women, not mere matters of choice.
NOW affirms that reproductive rights are issues of life and death for women, not mere matters of choice. NOW fully supports access to safe and legal abortion, to effective birth control and emergency contraception, to reproductive health services and education for all women. We oppose attempts to restrict these rights through legislation, regulation or Constitutional amendment.
National Organization for WomenJul 29 2015
News
Senate To Vote on Defunding Planned Parenthood
Newly minted Republican Senator Joni Ernst introduced legislation late yesterday to defund Planned Parenthood after a series of undercover videos by the Center for Medical Progress revealed the abortion giant selling baby parts and haggling over prices. (In case you missed the videos, Cortney has you covered here). The legislation is co-sponsored by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, GOP
TownhallJul 14 2023
Headline Roundup
House Passes Defense Bill With Controversial GOP Amendments
The House passed a defense spending bill mostly along party lines on Friday after Republicans added amendments rolling back Defense Department policies on diversity, abortion access, and more.
The Details: In a 219-210 vote, four Democrats joined most Republicans in backing the bill, and four Republicans joined most Democrats in opposition. The core of the $886 billion National Defense
Politico Roll Call Fox News (Online News)Jun 24 2022
Headline Roundup
Supreme Court Overturns Roe v Wade
On Friday, the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that established a woman's constitutional right to an abortion and made it legal nationwide.
The vote was 5-4 to overturn Roe. In the majority opinion, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that "We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly
Associated Press Fact Check Reuters Washington ExaminerOct 06 2020
Analysis
Democrats Haven’t Landed a Punch on Amy Coney Barrett
The Supreme Court fight of the century is, so far, a fizzle.
The ratio of progressive outrage over the nomination of federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett to supposed reasons that the U.S. Senate shouldn’t confirm her is completely out of whack — there’s a surfeit of the former and almost none of the latter.
Barrett has received extraordinary testimonials from her colleagues and
Rich LowryJan 19 2020
Analysis
The Erasure of Political History at the National Archives
Last month, a photographer named Ellen Shub died, near Boston, at the age of seventy-three. I had got to know Shub in the nineteen-eighties, when I worked for gay and lesbian publications. At that time, she was already well known as a chronicler of social protest—a role that she continued to perform up until she unexpectedly fell ill, just weeks before she died. Many of her pictures were
The New YorkerMay 04 2014
News
A war for women’s votes in Pennsylvania's governor’s race
She is a favorite of national women’s groups, a Democrat who once ran a clinic that offered abortions and now says she wants to bust open Pennsylvania’s “old boys’ club” by becoming the state’s first female governor. Her target is the country’s most vulnerable GOP governor, a man pilloried for once telling women opposed to state-mandated ultrasounds to just close their eyes.
PoliticoJul 31 2020
Opinion
Sometimes, the ACLU is all that has stood between a democracy and a Trump dictatorship
As soon as he took office, Donald Trump began trying to dismantle the U.S. Constitution.
First came his ill-conceived “Muslim ban,” followed by his ill-conceived family separation plan, his ill-conceived attempt to prevent pregnant women in immigration detention from receiving abortions, his ill-conceived attempt to kick transgender soldiers out of the military and his ill-conceived
Los Angeles TimesMay 23 2020
News
Trump announces that houses of worship are ‘essential,’ calls on governors to open them up
President Trump on Friday announced that new Centers for Disease Control guidance will classify houses of worship as “essential,” as he called on governors to allow them to open “right now” after being closed during the coronavirus lockdowns.
Trump announced the policy for churches, synagogues and mosques, during a short briefing at the White House.
"The governors need to do the
Fox News (Online News)