Posts Tagged ‘Health care’

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New Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations Cause Obama Officials to Run For Cover.

New Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations Cause Obama Officials to Run For Cover.

11/19/09-by Paula Brooks The Obama administration distanced itself Wednesday from new recommendations on breast cancer screening called for earlier this week by a federally appointed task force after concerns among women caused lawmakers of both sides of the isle to attack... (Continue reading)

Our Bodies and our Boobs – the Fight is On…

Our Bodies and our Boobs - the Fight is On...

Ten days ago, the House passed the Stupak Amendment, which would be one of the biggest setbacks to women’s health and rights in recent decades; unless we stand together and stop it, this will provide license for our rights to... (Continue reading)

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Senator Gillibrand Attends Rally Calling For End of Stupak-Pitts

Senator Gillibrand Attends Rally Calling For End of Stupak-Pitts

11/17/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Monday, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York attended a rally to call for the defeat of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment which was put into the Healthcare reform bill by the House. The amendment, largely pushed by the... (Continue reading)

Kirsten Gillibrand to speak out against Stupak Amendment in NYC

Kirsten Gillibrand to speak out against Stupak Amendment in NYC

Image by Freedom To Marry via Flickr 11/12/09-by Paula Brooks New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced today that she would be holding a press conference with other elected women in Manhattan next Monday. They are expected to speak out against the Stupak-Pitts... (Continue reading)

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Can Obama and the Congressional Leadership Keep their word on Stupak

Can Obama and the Congressional Leadership Keep their word on Stupak

11/11/09-by Paula Brooks I am not the daughter of the privileged… I am the daughter of a career military man, who is the son of a career military man, who was the son of a career military man… and I have... (Continue reading)

American Medical Association Backs Ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

American Medical Association Backs Ending Don't Ask, Don't Tell

11/10/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire “Today, the American Medical Association took a principled stance against a law that clearly has a negative impact on military healthcare, military medical providers, and our troops.” With those words, Alexander Nicholson, founder and executive director... (Continue reading)

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Rep Woolsey Calls For IRS Investigation of The Roman Catholic Church

Rep Woolsey Calls For IRS Investigation of The Roman Catholic Church

11/10/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Representative Lynn Woolsey has called upon the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the involvement of the Roman Catholic Church in the creation and passage of the Stupak Amendment in a brief article at Politico. “The amendment... (Continue reading)

Gillibrand Calls Out Stupak on the Senate Floor

Gillibrand Calls Out Stupak on the Senate Floor

11/10/09-by Paula Brooks This afternoon, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York went on the Senate floor and threw down the gauntlet on Rep. Bart Stupak’s anti-abortion health care amendment. “Proposing that women … purchase a separate abortion rider is not only discriminatory,... (Continue reading)

House Decides To Sell Women’s Rights To Get Bill Passed

House Decides To Sell Women's Rights To Get Bill Passed

11/10/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Men carry in their seed a tiny homunculus which he plows into a woman’s fertile fields. What does that mean? Well, it means that abortion is murder, and so is masturbation, fellatio, contraception, and anything that... (Continue reading)

Are Obama and Gay Inc planning to roll women under the bus to get a win on healthcare?

Are Obama and Gay Inc planning to roll women under the bus to get a win on healthcare?

11/9/09-by Paula Brooks President Barak Obama expressed confidence Sunday that the Senate will “take the baton” and approve sweeping health care reform legislation, after the House narrowly passed its version Saturday night. In brief remarks from the Rose Garden yesterday, the president... (Continue reading)

Gavin Newsom Announces Withdrawal from Governor Race

Gavin Newsom Announces Withdrawal from Governor Race

Dear Melanie: It is with great regret I announce today that I am withdrawing from the race for governor of California. With a young family and responsibilities at city hall, I have found it impossible to commit the time required to... (Continue reading)

Rep Baldwin Has Introduced Bill To Expand Funding To Treat HIV/AIDS

Rep Baldwin Has Introduced Bill To Expand Funding To Treat HIV/AIDS

10/01/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Representative Tammy Baldwin is hoping to increase funding to a segment of the population hit by the HIV/AIDS virus by increasing the amount of money that government spends on getting these individuals treatment. Currently, the Ryan... (Continue reading)

Breaking – President Clinton retracts on DOMA and its Impact on Immigration Equality

Breaking - President Clinton retracts on DOMA and its Impact on Immigration Equality

09/26/09-by Melanie Nathan It was just several months ago that White House officials were promising that President Obama would address immigration reform before the end of the year. It seems as if the LGBT immigration equality leadership has continued to hang... (Continue reading)

White House National HIV/AIDS Discussion Being Held This Monday

White House National HIV/AIDS Discussion Being Held This Monday

09/19/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire On 21 September, this upcoming Monday, the next National HIV/AIDS Community Discussion will be held in Washington, DC. The event is designed to discuss with the community a variety of ways in which to issues surrounding... (Continue reading)

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Representative Tammy Baldwin Sits Down To Discuss The Impact of Healtcare Reform on the LGBT Community

Representative Tammy Baldwin Sits Down To Discuss The Impact of Healtcare Reform on the LGBT Community

09/18/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Representative Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin sat down to discuss the issue of the impact of the healthcare debate upon the LGBT community. Rep. Tammy Baldwin is the first openly lesbian member of Congress. Using YouTube,... (Continue reading)

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