by Lucida Marshall, Feminist Peace Network
Women’s reproductive rights were severely compromised to appease 41 members of Congress. The final vote on the health care bill was 220-215, so only a few of those votes were needed in the first place to secure the vote. For this, in the 11th hour, Nancy Pelosi made a deal with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Many reproductive justice advocates watched the final train wreck on C Span last night in stunned anger, trying to understand how this happened.
To read how this happened click Reproductive Injustice.