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Historic Vote in Senate to Open Debate on Health Reform Bill Protects Women’s Healthcare Coverage

11.23.09 - (PRESS RELEASE) Late last evening, the Senate voted to open debate on Majority Leader Harry Reid's proposed healthcare bill. The legislation prohibits federal money from being used to pay for abortion, and requires that there be at least one plan in the Health Exchange…

In Major Step Forward Towards Passage, Senate Reform Bill Protects Healthcare Coverage for Women

11.19.09 - (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights applauded Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's healthcare overhaul package released last night. The bill includes language similar to the abortion-neutral language agreed upon…

CBS: Dems Feel the Heat over Abortion

11.19.09 - "After years of appealing for a middle ground on the issue of abortion, Democrats are now directly confronting the issue in fairly black-and-white terms in the context of their larger health care debate: Should Congress restrict access to insurance coverage…

NPR: Abortion Ban In Federal Workers' Insurance May Foreshadow Overhaul Outcome

11.17.09 - "So far, the fight over the abortion ban language attached to the House health overhaul bill has mostly centered around "what ifs." But now the complex stories of federal workers affected by a similar ban implemented by Republicans over a decade ago are surfacing…

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In Depth

No Abortion Ban

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
HEALTHCARE REFORM
DECEMBER 2, 2009
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Washington, DC

Please join us to lobby the Senate for a reform bill that ensures women's access to reproductive healthcare…

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A Right to Contraception in the Philippines

The New York Times ran an eye-opening story about a bill in the Philippines that would require governments down to the local level to provide free or low-cost reproductive health services, including condoms and birth control pills…

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