Category Archives: Abortion

How Will New Speaker John Boehner Run the House?

By doris | Published: June 19, 2011

Full Story at ABCNews. Republicans took control of the House and their leader, John A. Boehner took the Speaker’s gavel Wednesday, promising conservatives they would stay true to their roots, cut spending and attempt to shrink the size of government. For Boehner that means he will try to be the same man with the same [...]

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GOP trying to use tax law to limit abortions

By doris | Published: March 31, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — House Republicans are trying to use the tax code to curb abortions by limiting tax breaks for insurance policies that cover the procedure.                                                           The House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to vote on a bill Thursday that would prevent taxpayers from deducting the cost of an abortion from [...]

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Health-care vote may hinge on abortion issues

By doris | Published: March 21, 2010

I thought this is a free country. I don’t believe in abortion, but the woman should have the right to choose and the insurance should cover it. If the women go out and get an abortion some way else and they don’t do it right, she still in the hospital to get help and the [...]

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Senate to Confront Abortion in Health Care Debate

By doris | Published: December 7, 2009

Full Story at NYTimes.com WASHINGTON (AP) — Buoyed by a presidential pep talk and intense rounds of negotiations, Senate Democrats hope to move closer to embracing a major health care bill this week by tackling the nettlesome issue of abortion. Anti-abortion lawmakers in both parties have insisted that taxpayer funds not be used to pay [...]

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