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Stupak, DeGette Warn Of Possible Defections Over Abortion Coverage In Health Reform Legislation



House Democrats on both sides of the abortion-rights debate have issued warnings of possible defections on the final health reform bill because of disputes about abortion language in the legislation, CQ Today reports. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), who is leading antiabortion-rights efforts in the House, said he expects 10 to 12 other Democrats to vote against final health reform legislation if the Senate bill's (HR 3590) language regarding abortion coverage under federally subsidized insurance plans is included. Meanwhile, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, said 42 House members have pledged to vote against any legislation that "goes against current law."
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Senators Call Healthcare Bill Unconstitutional



In a signal example of being a day late and a trillion dollars short, several key senators have recently admitted that healthcare “reform” is unconstitutional. That’s right. Just in time to do absolutely nothing about it, several lawmakers have decided to cop to the fact that nowhere in the Constitution they have sworn to uphold is Congress (or any other branch of government, for that matter) empowered to establish a new healthcare system, overhaul an old heathcare system, or do anything at all regarding the purchase of insurance for medical treatment.
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Woman Suing Over Unlawful Sterilization



An unemployed mother of nine children- ranging in age from 21 to 3 - is suing a hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts for sterilizing her without her consent. Tessa Savicki, 35, claims the hospital was merely supposed to implant an IUD (an intrauterine device, a reversible form of birth control) following the Dec. 19, 2006 birth of her youngest child, Manuel. Savicki's lawyer claims his client's rights were violated and that hospital protocol was breached. Savicki says she has suffered "mental anguish" after learning she would no longer be able to bear children: "There was no medical reason for them to do this," Savicki told the Herald. "That's my choice. This is my body. I wanted the IUD so later if I felt I wanted more children, I could have more."
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Senior GP Kills Grandchild By Sending Daughter to Spain for 'Illegal Late-Term Abortion'



A senior GP arranged an illegal late-term abortion for her teenage daughter in Spain, a hearing was told yesterday. Saroj Adlakha paid 3,200 Euros, now worth £2,800 ($4,508), for a clinic to terminate the 18-year-old's 31-week pregnancy, it is claimed. She then offered to help an undercover reporter do the same for a 29-week pregnancy. The limit for an abortion in Britain is 24 weeks. Adlakha is said to have been been turned away from the Calthorpe Clinic in Birmingham, where she used to work, because her daughter was 'in excess' of their own 20-week termination limit.
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Heidi Fleiss Has Murder In Her Heart - Fleiss' TV Abortion Comments Spark Outrage In U.K.



Former Hollywood Madam HEIDI FLEISS has sparked controversy in the U.K. by confessing she'd abort any accidental pregnancy during a candid chat on a reality TV show. The 44 year old revealed her motherhood nightmare to Stephen Baldwin and British actress Stephanie Beacham on Britain's Celebrity Big Brother. Asked if she had any children, Fleiss, who was once engaged to actor Tom Sizemore, revealed she was convinced she would be a bad mother - and is all in favour of killing children by abortion.
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Mexican States Adopt Abortion Restrictions In Response To Legalization Of Procedure In Mexico City



In response to a Mexican Supreme Court ruling in August 2008 upholding a Mexico City law permitting abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, 17 of 32 Mexican states have approved amendments to their constitutions declaring that life begins at conception and granting legal rights to fetuses, the Chicago Tribune reports. Veracruz, which in November 2009 became the most recent state to enact an antiabortion-rights amendment, has called on the federal government to consider adding a similar amendment to the national constitution.
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Morning-After Pill Popular In India



NEW DELHI - Young women in India increasingly use emergency contraceptives rather than condoms, gynecologists said. The use of morning-after pills rather than condoms increases the risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases, the health experts told The Washington Post in a story published Saturday. Advertisements for emergency contraceptives are widely advertised in India, where growing numbers of young adults are moving to large cities for jobs and leaving behind their families' traditional values, the Post reported.
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