"Abortion rights activists face challenges; Foes of procedure seem encouraged by recent gains" by Peter Slevin, Washington Post | January 17, 2010
CHICAGO - Supporters of a woman’s right to choose an abortion had reason to feel confident a year ago, with a newly elected Democratic president whose party controlled the House and the Senate. But not long after....
Congressional majorities voted to limit access to abortion coverage in proposed health care reform legislation. The fact that an antiabortion Michigan Democrat won the day stunned abortion-rights advocates....
It was a vote last year in Congress that startled and dismayed abortion rights forces....
And the Brown victory was like a body blow.
“We think the potential now for even more mischief and more attacks on pro-choice politics is very, very evident,’’ said Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America. “The other side is really going to attack on every front. They’re just emboldened.’’
You know, we are just not that interested at the moment, sorry.
The new year finds the opposing political forces at loggerheads once more, as both sides prepare for health care negotiations and events surrounding the 37th anniversary, on Jan. 22, of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
The federal fight over health care is “the primary focus of all the mainstream pro-life movements,’’ said Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee. At the state level, activists are dueling over a fresh batch of antiabortion ballot initiatives and midterm candidacies....
--more--"Related: Massachusetts Senate Vote Irrelevant
So Pelosi thinks she can put the pressure on, huh?
Goodbye, Madame Speaker. Take your chair in the minority again.
