Read more abortion stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/167/abortion.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:37:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74569/ri-bishop-disses-kennedy-over-pro-choice-stance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHealth care reform, the cause of his father's life, has made Rep. Patrick Kennedy persona non grata in his Rhode Island parish—thanks to the furor over publicly funded abortion. As the debate rages, Bishop Thomas Tobin has told the only public servant remaining in America's most famous Catholic family...http://www.newser.com/story/74569/ri-bishop-disses-kennedy-over-pro-choice-stance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Nov 2009 8:23:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74386/reid-rolls-out-senate-health-bill-for-sat-showdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarry Reid rolled out the Senate’s combined health care reform bill last night, earning oohs and ahhs from fellow Democrats, particularly over the price tag, and setting the stage for a cloture vote Saturday. The bill would cost a svelte $849 billion over 10 years while reducing the deficit by...http://www.newser.com/story/74386/reid-rolls-out-senate-health-bill-for-sat-showdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 7:40:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74285/aussie-scientologists-accused-of-torture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientology's status as a church masks a "criminal organization" guilty of torture, forced imprisonment, coerced abortion, embezzlement and blackmail, charges an Australian senator, whose accusations have triggered concerns by the Aussie prime minister. Nick Xenophon, who yesterday showed the Australian parliament and police letters from ex-Scientologists detailing abuse and violence,...http://www.newser.com/story/74285/aussie-scientologists-accused-of-torture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 6:18:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74213/abortion-amendment-not-a-big-deal-by-the-numbers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Stupak-Pitts amendment clamping down on abortion funding by insurers isn’t the game changer it's been made out to be: It would affect only a tiny minority of women. Though 50% of privately insured women have plans that include abortion coverage, many, perhaps most, don't use it because of privacy...http://www.newser.com/story/74213/abortion-amendment-not-a-big-deal-by-the-numbers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 8:46:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74098/obama-dems-catch-flak-from-msnbc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagForget Fox News, Barack Obama is catching just as much grief from MSNBC, as the network’s liberal hosts hammer Democrats for drifting right. Rachel Maddow, for example, spent most of last week lambasting House Democrats over the anti-abortion Stupak amendment, calling it an “electoral defeat,” and contemplating the consequences for...http://www.newser.com/story/74098/obama-dems-catch-flak-from-msnbc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 8:48:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73965/steele-orders-end-to-rnc-abortion-coverage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn embarrassed Michael Steele has ordered elective abortion to be stripped from services covered by medical insurance offered to RNC employees. The ban, prompted by a Politico report yesterday that abortion coverage has been included in RNC policies since 1991, brings the RNC in line with what the Republican Party...http://www.newser.com/story/73965/steele-orders-end-to-rnc-abortion-coverage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 6:24:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73922/rnc-insurance-plan-covers-employees-abortions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith abortion emerging as a sticking point in the health care debate, Politico has dug up a zinger on the Republican National Committee: Its own employee insurance policy covers elective abortions. "We are taking steps to address the issue," says an RNC spokeswoman, adding that the policy goes back to...http://www.newser.com/story/73922/rnc-insurance-plan-covers-employees-abortions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 18:50:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73822/democrats-ought-to-thank-stupak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLiberal Democrats are angry at Bart Stupak for forcing an amendment restricting abortion into the House’s health care bill. But one day, they may view the unassuming congressman as a savior of health care reform. Polls show the American public is evenly split on abortion, and most don’t want government...http://www.newser.com/story/73822/democrats-ought-to-thank-stupak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 13:40:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73800/dem-agenda-hijacked-by-christian-conservatives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US Council of Catholic Bishops is getting credit for the 11th-hour inclusion of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment in the House health bill last weekend, but the real force is the shadowy alliance of evangelicals and Democratic lawmakers called the Family, Jeff Sharlet writes on Salon. Though Stupak—a Dem and...http://www.newser.com/story/73800/dem-agenda-hijacked-by-christian-conservatives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 11:59:47 CST