Pro-choice groups are trying to make sure the pro-life Stupak amendment never becomes reality in the final healthcare reform bill. Hundreds of them are lobbying their representatives in Congress. The Brody File has obtained some video of the event below. Thanks to the St. Michael Society for the video. More on the group here.
Watch video below:
Here is a little more info from the "Stop Stupak Coalition"
Hundreds of women and men, patients, health care providers, students, religious and progressive leaders and Latina and African American advocates joined members of Congress at a Stop Stupak! event on Capitol Hill on Wednesday December 2. The event was part of the Coalition to Pass Health Care Reform and Stop Stupak! DC Lobby Day. The coalition, representing a broad group of advocacy organizations from the progressive and women's health communities, is sending a strong message to Congress that the anti-choice Stupak amendment and others like it must not be included in the final health care reform legislation. Specifically, the coalition is working to ensure that health care reform is passed and that it does not restrict women's ability to purchase private health insurance that covers comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion care. The DC Lobby Day is part of the coalition's National Week of Action, from Monday November 30-Sunday, December 6.
More than 500 supporters from 30 states, including California, Florida, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin traveled to DC to meet with their members of Congress and urge opposition to the anti-choice Stupak amendment and others like it.
Pro-Lifers are pushing back. Kristan Hawkins, executive director of Students for Life responded with this video below: