Catholics for Choice commissions surveys in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maine, and Texas.
If Hyde is unfair and discriminatory, why is extending it “neutral”?
Ben Nelson says he won't vote to end debate on a Senate health care bill without his Stupak anti-abortion amendment.
Instead of worrying about making friends, pols should focus on greater transparency and separation of church and state.
Stupak Forming Fault Lines in Left-Leaning Faith Groups?
With left-leaning faith groups unable to agree on abortion issues, the religious right—with the help of anti-choice Democrats—were able to convince Democratic strategists that they spoke for people of faith. Will the inability to take a strong stance for women’s rights split religious coalitions?
Religious organizations want to be trusted with federal funds. Shouldn't women be trusted too?
Democrats bent to their wishes. Religious pro-choice advocates are asking why.
Are US Bishops Responsible for Anti-Abortion Amendment in Health Care Reform?
As so many pundits ask whether it was the 11th-hour activism of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops that enabled the anti-choice provision to be inserted into the health care bill, our analyst explores a different possibility: Democratic strategy.
Groups had compromised with anti-choice ideologues to gain passage of broader health reform measure rewarded with biggest rollback of reproductive rights in decades.
Politics, Not Religion, At Heart of Health Care Reform Wrangle on Abortion
Despite repeated compromises from pro-choice Democrats, anti-choice Dems threaten to kill health care reform unless all their demands are met.