The loss of Rep. Weiner would not only be a blow to his progressive supporters, but would be a substantial loss to the pro-health care reform movement.
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Pro-life groups have eagerly embraced an amendment that pro-choice supporters of health care have viscerally deplored.
He became a leader on public-housing reform, voted for gay and lesbian domestic-partner health benefits and executed a complicated straddle on abortion--nominally pro-choice but against federal funding and late-term abortions.
Then he went on to explain why he considered the health overhaul bill itself a pro-life measure.
High tax and pro-regulation blue states seem to want even more government control over health care, including a single-payer health care system.
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But pro-lifers say the ban had such a broad exception for the mother's health that it would not have criminalised any abortions at all had it been enacted, which it wasn't.
Since succeeding George W. Bush as governor in 2000, Perry pushed through some pro-business initiatives, like 2003 tort reforms to limit suits against doctors, which bolstered health care companies in the state, and an enterprise fund that gave businesses a half billion dollars in grants and incentives over the last eight years.
As pro-choice groups see it, this represents a triumph for religious prejudice over women's health.
Oh yes, and given the demonstrated link between having health insurance and living longer, it may also be a pretty powerful piece of pro-life legislation.
Justine Rivero is the Credit Advisor for CreditKarma.com, the pro-consumer credit advocate that helps more than 3 million consumers realize the everyday cost savings of having great credit health.
At the same time the GOP should push their agenda of nationwide shopping for health insurance, tort reform, equal tax treatment of businesses and individuals and other positive, pro-free market reforms.
In addition, the Administration will give funding priority to nursing schools that offer pro-veteran learning environments, recruit and support veterans interested in pursuing nursing careers, and facilitate academic credit for enlisted health care training.
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