Barack Obama confirmed to Matt Lauer last week what we here at Time.com first reported in June 2009: the First Family is not looking to join a church in the Washington, DC area. The family’s main reason for calling off the search, Obama said, was the concern that their presence would prove too disruptive for whatever church community …
Oh, how quickly they turn. A short while ago, Bart Stupak was in the midst of delivering an impassioned argument against the Republican motion to recommit the health reform bill when a Republican across the aisle hollered “Babykiller!” at him. That has to be a first for Stupak. But it may not be the last, as his last-minute decision to …
After working out a “deal” with the White House on abortion, Bart Stupak will be voting for health reform later this evening. I say “deal,” because the executive order the White House announced it would issue to get Stupak’s vote essentially promises that no federal funding will be used to subsidize abortion procedures–a promise easily …
As a House vote on the Senate health bill nears, the Catholic Health Association threw its support behind the legislation with a strong statement over the weekend. The CHA, which represents hundreds of Catholic hospitals around the country, noted, “We expect to see charges and counter charges about what is in the bill and how it will …
When Glenn Beck told listeners of his radio show on March 2 that they should “run as fast as you can” from any church that preached “social or economic justice” because those were code words for Communism and Nazism, he probably thought he was tweaking a few crunchy religious liberals who didn’t listen to the show anyway. Instead he …
The Associated Press is reporting that Democratic leaders have given up trying to work out a deal with Bart Stupak (and the Catholic bishops) regarding abortion restrictions in health reform legislation. That’s probably a good idea for a couple of reasons: 1) there’s no way to deal with abortion in reconciliation and GOP Senators now say …
Bart Stupak told George Stephanopoulos this morning that he and 11 other Democrats who supported health reform in November will vote against the Senate version because they believe that it contains insufficient restrictions on abortion funding. That probably didn’t help Nancy Pelosi’s breakfast go down smoothly, but Stupak’s vow at least …
One point that didn’t get emphasized as much as I would have preferred in the Time.com piece on abortion and health reform: It’s far from clear that most of the pro-life Democrats who voted for the Stupak amendment last fall will be satisfied with the less stringent language in the Senate version. I still don’t see any way that Stupak …
The President’s proposal has, by virtue of not altering the Senate language on abortion coverage, opted for Ben Nelson’s formulation rather than Bart Stupak’s stricter standard. The Stupak amendment, you’ll remember, was deemed necessary back in November to break the logjam in the House and get enough pro-life Democratic votes to pass …
“Save Big on Wizards Gear!” You don’t say. I bet there are great deals to be had on Caron Butler and Brendan Haywood jerseys. As yet another Washington team gives up on providing professional-level sports for beleaguered fans here, the city should consider a new motto: “Washington–We Hope You Like Hockey!”
This viewer found it tame, charming in an earnest kind of way, and ultimately pro-choice–as in pro-choices about how to deal with a pregnancy, not pro-abortion rights. But a Barna Group poll of 1,000 Super Bowl viewers found that most people didn’t quite know what to make of the ad.
Nearly 80% thought it presented a positive message, …
The New York Times has a somewhat grudging editorial this morning about research that came out a week ago showing that some abstinence-only programs are more effective at delaying sexual activity. The University of Pennsylvania study has gotten high marks from groups like the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, …
I realize we could probably run a whole “Whatever Happened To…?” series. But here’s my entry for today. While reading the Washington Post’s story on the Pentagon and morning-after pills, I noticed that it placed the Plan B decision alongside other pro-abortion rights policy moves, including “[an announcement]…rescinding a federal …
