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Health Care Financing Reform: (109) Counting Votes in the House on the Abortion Funding Issue

February 25, 2010

     Amy Sullivan of Time Magazine published an article yesterday counting votes in the House of Representatives on the abortion funding issue.  Her conclusions are summarized below.

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Health Care Financing Reform: (83) Medicare for All and Ben Nelson's Abortion Amendment

December 8, 2009

     Two big developments today: a proposal on Medicare for All and another abortion amendment. 

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Abortion Analogies

November 9, 2009

     The enactment of the Stupak Amendment as part of the health care bill reawakens the debate over abortion.  Both sides invoke arguments by analogy in support of their positions on abortion and abortion funding.  I find a third analogy to be more fitting – one that supports the Supreme Court's position that while abortion [...]

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Health Care Financing Reform: (62) The Stupak Amendment

November 8, 2009

     This posting contains a description of the Stupak Amendment restricting the use of federal funds to pay for abortions and links to articles and sites discussing the amendment.

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Abortion and Health Care Reform

July 22, 2009

     Ben Smith of Politico authored an article today entitled "Abortion Roils Already Tense Health Debate."  At present, the law prohibits government-sponsored health insurance plans from covering the costs of abortions, but private insurance plans are permitted to and often do offer this coverage.  What will happen – what should happen – if the government undertakes [...]

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Sotomayor's Second Day of Questioning

July 16, 2009

     Here are links to some news reports about Sotomayor's second round of questioning Wednesday.  I found one particular exchange illuminating.

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What Would Happen If Roe v. Wade Were Overturned?

June 22, 2009

     Assume for a moment that Justice Anthony Kennedy were to change his mind and vote to overturn Roe v. Wade – or that Judge Sotomayor, if confirmed, were to surprise the President and confound his supporters and vote with the four conservative justices on this subject – what would be the legal, social, and political [...]

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Doctor George Tiller Murdered Entering Church

May 31, 2009

     Stan Finger of The Witchita Eagle reports that George Tiller, an abortion provider, has been shot and killed as he was entering his church.  Abortion protestors have long targeted Tiller's clinic and his church.  Tiller was shot in both arms in 1993 and his clinic was seriously vandalized earlier this year.  At least one anti-abortion site [...]

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Souter's Confirmation

May 4, 2009

Not a lot of analysis here, just a personal reflection. In the fall of 1990 I was fresh out of law school and had been Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on the Constitution, for less than a year.

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The "Conscience Rule" Regulation Dispute

April 9, 2009

     Under a series of federal laws (the Church Amendments, the Danforth Amendment, and the Weldon Amendment) doctors and other health care workers who refuse to perform sterilizations or abortions may not be fired or otherwise discriminated against by their employers, and heath care institutions that refuse to perform sterilizations or abortions may not be denied [...]

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Contraception as Abortion

July 22, 2008

     The Bush administration's Department of Health and Human Services has drafted a a proposed rule that would redefine certain forms of contraception as "abortion."  According to the New York Times:
The proposal defines abortion as follows: "any of the various procedures – including the prescription, dispensing and administration of any drug or the performance of any [...]

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The Supreme Court at the Tipping Point: Abortion

July 15, 2008

     The "right to privacy" is the right of the individual to make intimate and personal choices. One of the most intimate, personal choices that we make in our lives is whether to have children.

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