http://www.choicematters.org The website of Westchester Coalition for Legal Abortion - Choice Matters Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:54:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Step Backward for Women's Health Care? by Maya Schenwar, Executive Director, truthout, 3/8/2010 Monday evening, after a rousing speech in Philadelphia pushing for health reform passage, President Obama will celebrate International Women's Day with a White House reception honoring women around the world for their achievements. This recognition is important. ... http://www.choicematters.org/2010/03/moving-womens-health-care-backwards/ On February 23rd the President released his health care proposal and IT INCLUDES THE NELSON AMENDMENT! Tomorrow he will hold a meeting with Democrats and Republicans to create a health care plan.  This is NOT the Pro-Choice  President we were promised in November 2008!  The stark reality is that the President’s bill ... http://www.choicematters.org/2010/02/can-a-truly-pro-choice-president-support-the-nelson-amendment/ Health Care Reform Is Far From Dead President Obama is meeting with Democrats and Republicans in the coming days to try to work out a health care plan. Very soon, the House and Senate bills will be combined into a single bill—probably through reconciliation* which requires only 51 votes—and then it goes ... http://www.choicematters.org/2010/02/abortion-to-be-lost-in-reconciliation-process/ WCLA - Choice Matters Endorses Peter Harckham for New York State Assembly! “Peter Harckham has stood up for women’s reproductive health as a County Legislator and will continue to do so in Albany. Harckham is a strong fresh voice for women. He supports a woman’s right to choose and understands ... http://www.choicematters.org/2010/02/peter-harckham-for-new-york-state-assembly/ The only aspect of the Massachusetts election about which everyone agrees is that the Democrats no longer have a 60 vote super-majority in the Senate. But maybe that’s not such a bad thing. Not much was getting done because the extreme right wing of the Democratic Party was holding the rest ... http://www.choicematters.org/2010/02/maybe-not-having-a-60-vote-super-majority-is-not-a-bad-thing/ Much has been said about the Massachusetts election over the past two weeks—what it meant; what it did not mean; and who was at fault. Here’s a little insight: Perhaps more than anything else it was a matter of bringing Coal to Newcastle.* Why would anyone go to Massachusetts and ... http://www.choicematters.org/2010/02/the-massachusetts-election-put-in-prospective/ Former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. is considering a primary challenge of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. In 2006, when running for Senate, Ford unequivocally stated that he was anti-choice. Please click on the video below and listen to Ford in his own words. Now, Ford wants you to believe differently. He knows that New York ... http://www.choicematters.org/2010/01/harold-ford-jr-is-anti-choice-and-bad-for-new-york/ Yesterday, secure in the knowledge that he would have the necessary 60 votes to avoid a filibuster, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced his "manager's amendment" to the Senate Health Reform bill, which included a huge betrayal of women. Senator Reid, who himself opposes abortion rights, allowed anti-choice zealot Democratic Senator ... http://www.choicematters.org/2009/12/only-bad-news-for-proponents-of-choice/ As you read this, Senate majority leaders are working to gain the support of the 60 senators needed to pass a health reform bill. Everything is on the table-especially abortion and any form of the public option. Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), who proposed the Senate version of the Stupak-Pitts amendment, says ... http://www.choicematters.org/2009/12/alert-take-action/ By a vote of 54-45, the Senate rejected the Stupak-like amendment co-sponsored by Senators Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT). Their amendment closely mirrored the language of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment included in the House bill which bans abortion coverage from any health care reform-even in insurance coverage that now ... http://www.choicematters.org/2009/12/finally-good-news-to-report/