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Rep. Stupak, Insurance Industry Use Abortion Issue to Try to Kill Weakened Health Care Reform RealAudio
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Interview with Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation, conducted by Scott Harris 
Although the Hyde amendment adopted by Congress in 1976 prohibits any federal funds to be spent on abortion services for poor women, U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., wanted to go further. With both Democrat and Republican allies, Stupak succeeded in amending the House health care reform bill to extend the abortion ban to cover subsidized insurance policies which women buy with their own money. However, the Senate refused to adopt Stupak's anti-abortion language in their version of health care reform legislation, but nevertheless included provisions that make it nearly impossible for women to access abortion coverage. Now with President Obama and Democratic congressional leaders pushing to pass a final health care reform bill before Easter, Rep. Stupak and possibly 11 other Democrats, have pledged to vote against the legislation unless it includes the more restrictive anti-abortion language found in the House bill. With Democrats planning to first pass the Senate bill, and then quickly amend that legislation to terms agreeable to both chambers via the budget reconciliation process that cannot consider abortion issues, it's likely that Rep. Stupak will not prevail. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Eleanor Smeal, a lifelong activist for women's equality, and former president of the National Organization for Women, who currently serves as the president of the Feminist Majority Foundation. Smeal assesses the attempt to make health care reform a vehicle for eroding women's access to legal abortion and what this debate says about the strength of the pro-choice movement. _______________________________________________ See interview transcript. Sign up for Between The Lines Q&A interview transcripts. ______________________________________________ Contact the Feminist Majority Foundation at (703) 522-2214 or visit their website at www.feminist.org Related Links:
Nebraskans Fight to Provide Undocumented Immgrant Mothers Prenatal Care RealAudio
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Interview with Tiffany Seibert, policy coordinator of Voices for Children in Nebraska 
A bill now being considered in Nebraska's unicameral legislature would permit undocumented women to receive prenatal care, thus joining 14 other states and the District of Columbia. For 20 years, Nebraska actually had been a leader in offering immigrant mothers this service, where for 20 years it served these women under Medicaid without any problem. It was only when the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services discovered the scope of Nebraska's prenatal services in November, that the agency decided to cut off funding. Federal officials required more than 6,000 women receiving prenatal care to be reevaluated for coverage based on their own eligibility, not on the welfare of their unborn babies. Nebraska's conservative Republican Gov. Dave Heineman has pledged to veto the bill, LB 1110, that would resume government-funded prenatal services for low-income, undocumented immigrant women. As of March 1, 842 undocumented pregnant women lost their access to prenatal care, while 709 expectant mothers holding U.S. citizenship also lost their prenatal coverage. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Tiffany Seibert, policy coordinator of the group Voices for Children in Nebraska. She explains the history of the legislative effort to restore prenatal services to all women, and what's at stake for both mothers and children. Contact Voices for Children in Nebraska by calling (402) 597-3100, or visit their website at www.babiesbornhealthy.com Related links:
Doris "Granny D" Haddock, Passionate Campaign Finance Reform Activist, 1910-2010 RealAudio
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Interview with Granny D, campaign finance reform activist, conducted by Melinda Tuhus  She took time off from that work in 2004 to run as the Democratic candidate in her native New Hampshire against Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, garnering 35 percent of the vote. She used her candidacy to speak out against Bush administration policies, including the war in Iraq. Three days before "Granny D's" 100th birthday, the Supreme Court released its decision allowing corporations to invest directly in political campaigns, and she issued the following statement: "The Supreme Court, representing a radical fringe that does not share the despair of the grand majority of Americans, has today made things considerably worse by undoing the modest reforms I walked for and went to jail for and that tens of thousands of other Americans fought very hard to see enacted. The Supreme Court now opens the floodgates to usher in a new tsunami of corporate money into politics." Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus had the joy of meeting Granny D at the Grassroots Radio Conference in the summer of 2002, where she conducted the following interview. ______________________________________________ See rush interview transcript. Sign up for Between The Lines Q&A interview transcripts. ______________________________________________ Melinda Tuhus produced an award-winning documentary about Granny D's 2004 Senate candidacy and her philosophy of life. Granny D's courage, passion and friendship will be missed by many. Related links:
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