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The sudden spasm of intense debate over abortion on Capitol Hill this week threatens not only to stall the passage of health care legislation , but also to shatter the delicate ceasefire that has governed the abortion issue during the Obama era.

If liberals are so disturbed by Congress' dictating whether abortion is a legitimate health care issue or not, it only makes sense that they should be equally troubled by government management of other health care decisions.

When Desiree Rosado's daughter got the flu last month, she took a week off without pay; just an hour after finally returning to work Rosado had to leave again to take her feverish son home.

A funny thing is happening on the way to the impending health care showdown, as the Democrats try to turn the newly-passed House bill into something that can pass both Houses of Congress: Democrats are divided over abortion, and their divisions threaten to wreck the bill.

Main Category: Abortion Also Included In: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance ; Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Article Date: 10 Nov 2009 - 2:00 PST The House on Saturday evening voted 220-215 to pass its health care reform bill after the chamber approved an amendment that would prohibit public and private plans in new health insurance exchanges from ...

Many Democrats cheered when the health bill passed the House, but pro-choice groups denounced a last-minute amendment to ban coverage of abortions.

A provision in health care reform legislation requires snack food purveyors to post nutritional information on vending machines, which the industry says will cost $56 million to implement.

The amendment passed by the House doesn't just limit funding of abortions by the government, it seems to ban all insurance companies from paying for abortions.

Democrats in Congress have just proudly signed a deal with the Catholic bishops which allows a bunch of old men who have spent the better part of the last century avoiding their own sexual issues to dictate access to abortion services in the House health care bill.

Washington D.C., Nov 4, 2009 .- A new amendment to a health care reform bill which claims to remove government funding for abortions is drawing criticism from pro-life leaders who deem it to be 'phony.' The provision would actually fund abortion and is inferior to the proposed Stupak Amendment, they charge.

Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Also Included In: Abortion ; Public Health Article Date: 04 Nov 2009 - 4:00 PST Though House leaders say they'd like a health reform bill vote by Friday, some Democrats are threatening to block its passage over the issue of abortion.

States and counties will be struggling to vaccinate people against the swine flu pandemic well into December and January -- long after the first peak of the virus in the United States, officials said on Wednesday.

Main Category: Abortion Also Included In: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Article Date: 04 Nov 2009 - 3:00 PST House Democrats are nearing a compromise over abortion language in the chamber's health care reform bill , CongressDaily reports.

Public health experts worried about the spread of the H1N1 flu are raising concerns that workers who deal with the public, like waiters and child care employees, are jeopardizing others by reporting to work sick because they do not get paid for days they miss for illness.

In an effort to rein in the spread of the H1N1 flu , Representative George Miller , the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, introduced legislation on Tuesday that would guarantee five paid sick days for workers sent home by their employers with a contagious illness.

Public health experts worried about the spread of the H1N1 flu are raising concerns that workers who deal with the public, like waiters and child care employees, are jeopardizing others by reporting to work sick because they do not get paid for days they miss for illness.

Connecticut voters will go to the polls Tuesday in 162 towns where some races for top local offices have been contentious -- and unusual.

Over the next decade, America is poised to invest $2 trillion in infrastructure, health care and a greener economy , but that money must be invested strategically to build a new economy, not just retool the current model, which is not working.

I am in DC at the Building The New Economy conference . There is a Listen Live button at that site , so you can attend as well.

Gerald Barnett lives on Goodrich Street, the dividing line between New Haven and Hamden.