Mermaid Musings

The Hyde Amendment, which restricts federal funding for abortions, is an indefensible obstruction to women’s reproductive freedom. All the debate on Stupack-Pitts and Nelson-Hatch has revealed the true purpose of Hyde: to prevent women from having abortions. No, that’s not even right, it is to force women to carry unwanted pregnancies to term. Preventing abortions [...]

With a nice return to sanity, the Nelson-Hatch amendment was tabled by the Senate late yesterday. Nelson-Hatch was the Senate version of Stupack, which will not allow women access to abortion services if it becomes part of the new health care reform. It is a minor victory, but heartening nonetheless.
I didn’t watch or listen to [...]