Health care reform part II: The abortion conundrum
Abortion was a hot-button subject before it entered the health care debate; and it’s not like health care reform needed to get any more complicated or emotional. Yet last weekend when the House passed through its version of national health care reform it contained the now infamous “Stupak amendment” that put restrictions on government funding for abortions the two incendiary topics combined into one giant political mess. Democrats are now divided, with a group of pro-choice members who are vowing to oppose any bill that restricts abortion. We talk to the key players.
Abortion was a hot-button subject before it entered the health care debate; and it’s not like health care reform needed to get any more complicated or emotional. Yet last weekend when the House passed through its version of national health care reform it contained the now infamous “Stupak amendment” that put restrictions on government funding for abortions the two incendiary topics combined into one giant political mess. Democrats are now divided, with a group of pro-choice members who are vowing to oppose any bill that restricts abortion. We talk to the key players.
Guests:
Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, D-Florida’s 20th District
Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation
- Patt Morrison for November 13, 2009
- Seymour Hersh on Pakistan nuclear warheads
- Twelve Angry Men?
- Health care reform part I: An Armey of opposition
- Health care reform part II: The abortion conundrum
- Global warming pollution up 10% in California
- Modern Warfare 2 breaks modern records
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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