Supporters and critics of House Bill 228 give lawmakers an earful.
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee convened before a large audience at the New Hampshire Statehouse on Thursday hear House Bill 228, "prohibiting the use of public funds for abortion services." Supporters, including Ellen Kolb of Cornerstone Action in New Hampshire and Marilyn Musgrave of the Susan B. Anthony List, spoke at this news conference in advance of the hearing. State Rep. Sandra Keans, a member of the legislative Reproductive Rights Caucus who listened to their remarks, talks in the video about why she opposes the bill. The debate in Concord fanned the partisan flames around the issue, with Musgrave taking shots at President Obama and the Affordable Care Act, and the Obama For America-New Hampshire campaign arm taking…
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NH House votes to allow employers to exempt contraception coverage based on religious objections.
A bill which would allow employers an exemption to pay for health insurance coverage for birth control if they have a religious objection was approved in the New Hampshire House by a vote of 196 to 150. The vote was held on March 7, while hundreds of women’s health advocates gathered for hours at the Statehouse urging a "No" vote on a number of bills that they say will threaten the health, safety, and privacy of women. About an hour before the vote, activists began to gather at the Statehouse for a rally. Susan Arnold, the president of the board of NARAL Pro-Choice New Hampshire kicked off the rally saying she was excited to see so many people at the Statehouse, organized to talk to their representatives. “This is outrageous,” she said. “…
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5:27 am on Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Margaret Sanger may have believed that light skinned people were somehow superior to darker skinned people, but so did Mitt Romney and the LDS Church. So did much of America during the time of Margaret Sanger's life. That said, it does not mean that the current organization is racist. The fact that many Christians believed that slavery was an acceptable system, sanctioned by their holy bible, … more ›