H.R. 1179 in the House and S. 1467 in the Senate are two copies of the same bill, the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act. If passed, this bill would let doctors, pharmacists and health insurers block patients from obtaining abortions or insurance coverage for abortions even in places and circumstances where abortions are legal. [...]

Why did most of the Green Party voters choose the candidate who opposes same-sex marriage, who wants to mix Church and State, who opposes abortion rights? In order to gain more members, is the Green Party shifting to the right?

Most of the Senate debate on the afternoon of December 8 leading up to the rejection of the Nelson-Hatch Amendment was pretty predictable. The amendment itself, after all, was a near cookie-cutter copy of the Stupak Amendment that was passed earlier this month in the House of Representatives. Both amendments prohibit private health insurance plans [...]

Justin Wooden is in favor of making abortion illegal. He wants to repeal the 17th amendment to the Constitution, taking away the right of voters to elect their own U.S. Senators. He favors cutting foreign aid.

Campaigns by politicians such as Anthony W. Williams suggest that the Illinois Green Party has become a convenient route for opportunists to gain attention for some remarkably unprogressive causes.

Rep. Michael Michaud of Maine won re-election in 2008 by a margin of 34 points, a pretty big margin. Such a margin gives Michaud a fair amount of latitude in the Congress to do as he sees fit. It’s also a sign for Democrats that the 2nd Congressional District of Maine is fairly secure, and [...]

On December 8, 2009, 4 major candidates are vying for the Democratic Party nomination for Senate in Massachusetts. Only 2 of those candidates strongly support a woman’s right to choose legal abortion. The Stupak Amendment to health care reform legislation in the House was added in order to prohibit any private insurance plan (even those [...]

On Saturday, November 21 2009, author and public advocate Lois Herr drew attention in her congressional campaign against Republican congressman Joseph Pitts when she appeared at a rally to speak against the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. This amendment, which would prohibit private health care plans paid for with private money from covering abortion, is a major effort [...]

Given Langevin’s generally unprogressive record in the House of Representatives, Betsy Dennigan stands a good chance of earning the support of enough fed-up Democratic voters to defeat the incumbent.

“What’s more, Kilroy voted to allow your tax dollars to fund abortions.” — Steve Stivers, e-mail statement distributed November 9, 2009. Steve Stivers, challenging Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy in Ohio’s 15th District next year, made this declaration yesterday in regards to H.R. 3962 and the Stupak Amendment to it. The Stupak Amendment, which passed despite [...]