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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights groups fight to maintain influence in health care debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights groups rebound
WASHINGTON — Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passed a health bill with strict abortion limits.
They&#8217;re blanketing Capitol Hill with lobbyists, petitions, letters and phone calls in efforts to defeat the restrictions in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pelosi: Amendment in House&#8217;s health care overhaul bill would further limit access to abortion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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Pelosi: Health bill would limit abortion access
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that she agrees with critics who say an amendment included in the health care bill passed by the House would additionally limit access to abortion.
Pelosi acknowledged the scope of the amendment despite the fact that she said one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First lady seeks to assure older women health care legislation will benefit them</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Simmons</dc:creator>
		
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Mrs. Obama: health overhaul will help older women
WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama sought to assure older women on Friday that efforts to overhaul health care won&#8217;t undercut the benefits they receive through Medicare, saying her husband considers the government-run program a &#8220;sacred part of America&#8217;s social safety net.&#8221;
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		<title>Republican National Committee&#8217;s health insurance covers elective abortions for its employees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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RNC health insurance plan covers abortions

WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee&#8217;s health insurance plan covers elective abortions for its employees, an option Republicans strongly oppose in health overhaul legislation that Democrats are trying to push through Congress.
Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele learned of the policy&#8217;s abortion coverage Thursday through a news report and immediately instructed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rivals in abortion debate agree restrictions create tough choices for women about coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Women face tough choices on abortion coverage
NEW YORK — Millions of American women will face tough choices about abortion coverage if restrictions in the House health care bill become law, both sides in the abortion debate agree.
Divisions over abortion are a major obstacle in President Barack Obama&#8217;s push for health care overhaul, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion rights supporters in Congress seek talks with Obama on restrictions in health bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Abortion rights backers request talks with Obama
WASHINGTON — Abortion rights supporters in Congress are asking President Barack Obama for a meeting next week on abortion restrictions included in the House health care bill.
Leaders of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus have written to Obama calling the provisions an unprecedented restriction of women&#8217;s access to health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mo. Senate candidate Carnahan gives mixed review to health care bill; Blunt opposed it</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David A. Lieb</dc:creator>
		
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Carnahan excited, concerned about health care bill

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Robin Carnahan said she is both excited and concerned about legislation passed by the House that would overhaul the nation&#8217;s health care system.
Carnahan, Missouri&#8217;s secretary of state, has previously expressed general support for a health insurance overhaul but has shied away [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: In parishes and in the Capitol, Catholic bishops shape health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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THE INFLUENCE GAME: Bishops shape health care bill
WASHINGTON — The call came in from Rome, just as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants were scrambling to round up scarce votes to pass their sweeping health overhaul.
Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, was on the line for Pelosi, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care moves to the Senate, Bill Clinton heads to the Capitol to meet with Democrats</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Bill Clinton meets with Senate Dems on health care
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are looking to former President Bill Clinton to jump-start their push to overhaul America&#8217;s health care system, hoping a battle-scarred veteran of past health care fights can motivate their ranks to finish the politically tricky job this time.
Clinton, whose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pelosi doesn&#8217;t support anti-abortion language in health care bill, but says it was necessary</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Pelosi discusses health care bill on Seattle tour

SEATTLE — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that while she opposes an anti-abortion amendment to the House version of the health care bill, it was necessary for the measure to pass.
The California Democrat said the language to prohibit the new government insurance plan from covering abortions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion coverage is latest hot button as Senate faces health care debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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Abortion could roil Senate health care debate
WASHINGTON — Abortion opponents in the Senate are seeking tough restrictions in the health care overhaul bill, a move that could roil a shaky Democratic effort to pass President Barack Obama&#8217;s signature issue by year&#8217;s end.
Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., said Monday he could not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion foe seeks curbs in Senate health bill, similar to limits in bill passed by House</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Abortion foe seeks curbs in Senate health bill

WASHINGTON — Abortion opponents in the Senate want tough restrictions in the health care overhaul bill, similar to the limits passed by the House this past weekend.
The issue could roil an already shaky Democratic effort to pass a health care bill by year&#8217;s end for President Barack Obama.
Democratic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO: AIDS leading cause of death, disease for women of child bearing age</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley S. Klapper</dc:creator>
		
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WHO: AIDS leading cause of death, disease in women

GENEVA — In its first study of women&#8217;s health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.
Unsafe sex is the leading risk factor in developing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care bill clears House by narrow margin; legislation now moves to the Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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House passes health care bill on close vote
WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landmark health care reform bill clears House in close vote; Senate debate next</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
The 220-215 vote cleared [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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House narrowly passes health care bill
WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
The 220-215 vote cleared the [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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House passes health care bill
WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
The 220-215 vote cleared the way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House votes to prohibit abortion coverage in government run insurance plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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House votes strict ban on abortion subsidies

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan House coalition voted Saturday to prohibit coverage of abortions in a new government-run health care plan that Democrats would establish to compete with private insurers.
The 240-194 vote on an amendment by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., was a blow to liberals, who would have allowed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama tells Democrats to answer the call of history; Pelosi predicts passage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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Pelosi predicts passage of health care reform
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama summoned Democrats to &#8220;answer the call of history&#8221; Saturday as the House pushed toward a vote on a landmark health care bill holding out the promise of coverage for tens of millions who lack it.
After months of struggle, capped by a final [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amendment would bar federal funding for abortion under health bill, except in extreme cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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Amendment blocks federal funding for abortions

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan coalition sought to impose stricter abortion limits on insurance sold under a new health care bill Saturday, hoping to leave their imprint on legislation otherwise crafted largely by more liberal lawmakers.
Here is how coverage of abortion would work under their proposal, which applies to policies sold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama tells Democrats to answer the call of history as they move toward health care vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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Obama asks House to vote on health care bill
WASHINGTON — Triumphant Democrats steered landmark health care legislation to the brink of passage in the House late Saturday night, spurred by a summons from President Barack Obama to &#8220;answer the call of history&#8221; and expand coverage to millions who lack it.
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		<title>Obama makes last-minute appeal to House Democrats for health care votes.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Obama appeals for health care votes
WASHINGTON — Democrats maneuvered a massive overhaul of the nation&#8217;s health care system toward a make-or-break vote in the House on Saturday, getting a last-minute appeal from President Barack Obama to pass his top domestic priority.
&#8220;This is our moment to deliver,&#8221; Obama said.
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		<title>Obama health care plan moves toward decisive debate in House; GOP united in opposition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
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House opens debate on health care overhaul bill
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s landmark health care overhaul moved toward a vote in the House Saturday after anti-abortion lawmakers won a chance to knock out language that would let people who get federal subsidies buy insurance plans that include abortion coverage.
Democratic leaders were hopeful they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Democrats clear impasse over abortion holding up vote on health care legislation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Democrats clear impasse blocking health care vote
WASHINGTON — Capping months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote on sweeping health care legislation late Friday and officials expressed optimism they had lined up the support needed to pass President Barack Obama&#8217;s top domestic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Democratic leaders struggle for final votes needed to pass sweeping health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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House Dems struggle for final votes on health care
WASHINGTON — Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration, House Democratic leaders struggled Friday for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, offering fresh concessions to abortion opponents and working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama lobbies Democratic holdouts on health care to clear way for House vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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Obama calls holdouts on health care
WASHINGTON — House Democrats have cleared an impasse over abortion that has been holding up a vote on sweeping health care legislation.
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		<title>House Democrats make final push for health care votes, warn timing could slip past Sat.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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House Dems say Sat. vote on health care may slip
WASHINGTON — House Democrats acknowledged they don&#8217;t yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation&#8217;s health care system, and signaled they may push back the vote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama confident, House leaders predicting victory on health bill as vote nears</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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Obama, House Dems confident on health care vote
WASHINGTON — Buoyed by two major endorsements, House Democratic leaders on Thursday predicted swift passage of President Barack Obama&#8217;s historic health overhaul initiative. The president himself declared, &#8220;We are closer to passing this reform than ever before.&#8221;
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		<title>Obama welcomes support from AARP and American Medical Association on health overhaul bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Obama welcomes AARP backing of health care bill
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama trumpeted two major endorsements for his health overhaul push Thursday as House Democratic leaders pushed toward a vote Saturday on the far-reaching legislation remaking the U.S. health care system.
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		<title>House majority leader predicts House passage Saturday of historic health overhaul bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Majority leader: House will pass health bill
WASHINGTON — The second-ranking House Democrat predicted that historic health care legislation will be passed Saturday as the AARP, the nation&#8217;s premier lobbying group for the elderly, announced it was signing on to the bill.
Rep. Steny Hoyer said House leaders expect to have the 218 votes needed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge issues restraining order blocking start of Illinois abortion notification law</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Judge puts restraining order on Ill. abortion law

CHICAGO — Just hours after a state board voted Wednesday to allow the enforcement of a long-debated Illinois law requiring a teenage girl&#8217;s parents be notified before she has an abortion, a judge issued a temporary restraining order putting the measure back on hold.
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		<title>Ill. board vote clears path for start of abortion notification law</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Vote clears way for Ill. abortion notification law

CHICAGO — Illinois was cleared Wednesday to start enforcing a long-debated parental notification law for teens seeking abortions, after more than a decade of legal challenges.
The state&#8217;s Medical Disciplinary Board voted not to extend a 90-day grace period put into place in August. That means the law takes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House GOP health bill alternative aims to lower costs, doesn&#8217;t try for universal coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — House Republicans have produced a health care bill to offer as an alternative to legislation by majority Democrats, focusing more on lowering costs than expanding coverage.
The bill is 230 pages long, compared with Democrats&#8217; 1,990-page measure. Unlike the Democrats&#8217; legislation it has no requirement for people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almost done: just the 2 toughest issues to go before the House votes on health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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2 tough health care issues remain in the House
WASHINGTON — Just a few unsolved problems — and one final sales job — stand between House Democratic leaders and a landmark vote on President Barack Obama&#8217;s promised remake of the nation&#8217;s health care system.
Unfortunately for the Democrats, the unresolved issues are among [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion foe urges people to burn Pelosi, Reid in effigy to protest health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Sanner</dc:creator>
		
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Abortion foe urges &#8216;Burn in Hell&#8217; protest
WASHINGTON — Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry is calling on people to burn effigies of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid this Halloween, as part of a &#8220;Burn in Hell&#8221; video contest to protest the health care legislation in Congress.

Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, said Tuesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HEALTHBEAT: Elective deliveries on the rise, but hospitals try to limit labor induced too soon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauran Neergaard</dc:creator>
		
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Preventing preemies: New rules limit induced labor

WASHINGTON — Labor is becoming less of a late-night surprise, but some hospitals are starting to tighten the rules for elective deliveries — because some babies are being delivered too early.
More hospitals are expected to crack down as regulators begin new quality measurements next spring that aim to reduce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HEALTHBEAT: Amid rising elective deliveries, hospitals try to curtail labor induced too soon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Preemie worry: Induced labor rules tightened

WASHINGTON — Hoping to schedule your baby&#8217;s birth while your mother&#8217;s in town, or before the doctor goes on vacation? Labor is becoming less of a late-night surprise, but some hospitals are starting to tighten the rules for elective deliveries — because some babies are being delivered too early.
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		<title>Courts weigh Oklahoma abortion laws that would ask women about race, education, reasons</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OKLAHOMA CITY — Abortion rights supporters have challenged two new Oklahoma laws that would give the state some of the strictest abortion laws in the country by forcing women to answer questions about race and their relationships, and to listen to a doctor talk them through an ultrasound.

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		<title>Abortion proving to be major hurdle as House Democrats try to shape health care overhaul bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — House Democrats are at an impasse over whether their remake of the nation&#8217;s health care system would effectively allow federal funding of abortion.

More than two dozen anti-abortion Democrats believe it would, and while their opposition is unlikely to stall the legislation in the end, they are at odds with Democratic leaders just weeks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huge crowd rallies in Madrid against bill to ease Spain&#8217;s restrictive abortion law</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Woolls</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — A huge crowd rallied in Madrid Saturday against a bill to ease restrictions on abortion — a vivid and emotional show of how the issue remains sensitive two decades after abortion was legalized in this traditionally Roman Catholic country.

The crowd of at least tens of thousands of people waved banners, balloons and red-and-yellow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Move over Palin! Maine&#8217;s Snowe is the female maverick in the GOP</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Kellman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Forget Sarah Palin. The female maverick of the Republican Party is Sen. Olympia Snowe.

The 62-year-old, moderate Maine lawmaker voted on Tuesday for a Democratic health care bill, breaking with her party and giving a major boost to President Barack Obama&#8217;s drive to expand coverage to millions of Americans.
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		<title>&#8216;Alternative Nobel&#8217; to activists from Congo, Australia, New Zealand</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karl Ritter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Alternative Nobel&#8217; to Africa, New Zealand

STOCKHOLM — Two activists from Congo and New Zealand and a doctor from Australia on Tuesday won the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the &#8220;alternative Nobel,&#8221; for work to protect rain forests, improve women&#8217;s health and rid the world of nuclear weapons.
Congolese activist Rene Ngongo, Alyn Ware of New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care issues: Paying for abortions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A look at key issues in the health care debate:

THE ISSUE: Would new health care legislation allow abortions to be funded with tax money?
THE POLITICS: Abortion opponents say proposed government-sponsored health insurance plans would change federal policy by paying for abortions in many cases. For years, a restriction in the law that governs Medicaid — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, Democrats work to shore up soft support among women for health overhaul</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The White House and top Democrats, intensifying their push to build support for their party&#8217;s health overhaul proposals, are increasingly targeting women, a politically crucial group with strong opinions on health care that polls suggest has yet to be sold on the changes.

In speeches, news conferences and even an all-female talk-in on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Thousands of Indian women die needlessly in maternal deaths</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Sullivan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI — Tens of thousands of Indian women die needlessly every year during pregnancy or because of childbirth-related problems, a human rights group said Wednesday, blaming a medical system hobbled by poor planning, caste discrimination, a lack of accountability and limited access to emergency care.

India has a maternal mortality rate 16 times higher than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care vote predicted soon by Senate panel; GOP challenges swept aside as emotions rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A White House-backed overhaul of the nation&#8217;s health care system weathered repeated challenges from Republican critics over taxes, abortion and more on Wednesday, and the bill&#8217;s architect claimed enough votes to push it through the Senate Finance Committee as early as week&#8217;s end.

&#8220;We&#8217;re coming to closure,&#8221; said Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., the committee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senators writing health overhaul bill reject anti-abortion language sought by conservatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — In a vote with far-reaching political implications, senators writing a health care overhaul Wednesday rejected a bid to strengthen anti-abortion provisions in the legislation — which could reach the Senate floor in the next two weeks.

The 13-10 vote by the Senate Finance Committee could threaten support for the health care bill from some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dismayed abortion-rights advocates say health care debate isn&#8217;t advancing their cause</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Crary</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — For some abortion-rights activists, the debate over health care reform has been frustrating, even disheartening, as they see their political allies on the defensive and their anti-abortion rivals on the attack.

The crux of the dispute is reflected in the slogan adopted by many anti-abortion activists, &#8220;Abortion is Not Health Care.&#8221; The abortion-rights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baucus plan would improve health care access but costs could still be a barrier for some</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — You&#8217;re a 51-year-old single mother raising two kids and juggling a mortgage and a car loan. Because you&#8217;re self-employed, getting health insurance has always been a problem. Under the new Senate plan, you still might have to stretch your budget to pay premiums even if the coverage is more secure.

The health care plan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrat Baucus releases long-awaited health overhaul bill _ Republican support still lacking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sen. Max Baucus on Wednesday brought out the much-awaited Finance Committee version of an American health-system remake — a landmark $856 billion, 10-year measure that starts a rough ride through Congress without visible Republican backing.

The bill by Baucus, Democratic chairman of the Senate panel, would make major changes to the nation&#8217;s $2.5 trillion [...]]]></description>
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