Dems Sell Women’s Rights Down River Of Health Care Denial

21 out of the 39 Democrats who voted for Stupak then proceeded to vote against the health care reform bill. In other words, women’s reproductive rights were severely compromised to appease 18 members of Congress. The final vote on the health care bill was 220-215, so only a few of those votes were needed in the first place to secure the vote. For this, in the 11th hour, Nancy Pelosi made a deal with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Many reproductive justice advocates watched the final train wreck on C Span last night in stunned anger, trying to understand how this happened.
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  1. #1    Maybe we need to send Ms. Pelosi and the Catholic Bishops mafia a message that they can't trade away reproductive rights for non-existent support. These anti-choice catholics will not be voting for you anyway, no matter the appeasement. Why were there no amendments to the healthcare bill taxing the churches, since they just can't help keep their noses out of our personal business. Getting sick of it.
    written by rogerma since 12 days 31 minutesrogerma
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