July 02, 2009 02:35 AM UTC

Why Democratic Majorities Don't Equal Pro-Choice Majorities

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• by: irkedbyzealots

With details about the health care reform legislation being drafted in DC changing on a daily basis, it’s sometimes easy to forget that not all interest groups labeled as “progressive” consider the publicized direction a win. Consider, for example, reproductive health care advocates who have been put on notice by certain House Democrats that abortion must be explicitly *excluded* from the not-yet-created list of covered benefits recommended by a not-yet-established benefits advisory committee. Write-up courtesy “Daily Women’s Health Policy Report” published by the National Partnership for Women & Families. n/t