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Abortion

House Passes Measure Threatening Women's Access To Abortion

The House has voted on the Affordable Health Care for America Act which included an amendment added by Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and Joseph Pitts (R-Pa.) which would impose unprecedented restrictions on women's access to abortion. The amendment will deny abortion coverage to women who already have it and who pay for part of the cost of their private health insurance plan. More

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Senate Votes Against Barring Funding For Federal Court Prosecutions Of 9/11 Cases

The Senate voted to table, thus defeating, an amendment  to the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act which would have prohibited the use of Justice Department funds for the prosecution of detainees charged in connection with the September 11 attacks in Article III courts, the federal courts that have been used for nearly 200 international terrorism trials and convictions since 9/11. The amendment, introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), would have forced the government to use the fatally flawed Guantánamo military commissions for detainees’ trials.  More

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