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Abortion Takes Center Stage (Again)

By | 12.07.09 | 12:45 pm

A month ago, House leaders were forced into a corner by conservative Democrats insisting that health reform legislation include language prohibiting abortion coverage on the exchange. This week, the scenario is threatening to play out again in the upper chamber, where Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) will introduce an More…

Wasserman Schultz: New Breast Cancer Recommendations Are ‘Clear as Mud’

By | 11.18.09 | 11:25 am

The firestorm continues surrounding new recommendations that women screen later in life and less frequently for breast cancer, with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) — herself a breast cancer survivor — blasting the advice as both dangerous and confusing to women.

“These are very disturbing recommendations,” More…