Abortion

After H.R. 3, Are There Any Pro-Choice Republicans Left In The House?

Evan McMorris-Santoro | May 7, 2011, 10:10AM

Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL)

Yes, America, there are pro-choice Republicans. But after this week, there's some question about whether are any left in the U.S. Congress.

H.R. 3, the "No Taxpayer Funding For Abortion Act" that passed the House May 4 is not likely to become the law of the land. But the fact that it passed the House with unanimous Republican support means the pro-life members of the party, which includes all the House leadership, can tout their attachment to social issues, even after the supposedly fiscal-first tea party movement helped take over the GOP last year.

For pro-choice Republicans, the vote means embarrassing questions. Basically every pro-choice group says H.R. 3 is an anti-abortion bill that goes far beyond the government's current prohibitions on abortion funding and actually raises taxes on women who want to seek abortion coverage in their private insurance plans.

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Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear

Political Advocacy Groups Rallying Around Rally To Restore Sanity

Jillian Rayfield | October 29, 2010, 7:03PM

'Daily Show' host Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart says Saturday's Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear is about comedy, not politics, but outside advocacy groups are certainly taking advantage of the event to rally support for their own causes.

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Health Care

New NARAL Ad Asks Stupak 'Why' He Injected Abortion In Health Care Debate

Christina Bellantoni | December 3, 2009, 5:35PM

Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI)

As Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) is drafting his own anti-abortion amendment to the health care bill, NARAL Pro-Choice America is taking to the airwaves to fight against Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-MI) measure that passed the House last month.

The ad asks why abortion has been injected into the health care debate. NARAL says the ad will run in midsize media markets, including Richmond, Va., Raleigh N.C. and the Portland and Bangor markets in Maine. It also will run in Stupak's Michigan Congressional district.

NARAL president Nancy Keenan, who has been attempting to get the White House to demand abortion be stripped from the health care debate, said the ad aims to "help us enlist even more Americans into our campaign to defeat the Stupak abortion-coverage ban."

Watch the ad after the jump.

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