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GetEqual has put together a video that answers the question many people ask the LGBT community: “When you say ‘broken promises’ what promises to you mean?” The answer, of course, is all of them.

In the first trimester, we were introduced to the Stupak Amendment. Now, in the second trimester of healthcare reform, access to abortion gets an even bigger setback.

Written by Rebecca Sive for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

In the end, passing the healthcare bill was about nothing but abortion and abortion-related deals that will make life all that much harder for women of modest resources facing the (constitutionally-protected) decision to terminate a pregnancy.

Written by Rebecca Sive for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

Today, President Obama will sign into law the the Affordable Health Care for America Act.  An initial summary of the wins, losses, and remaining challenges for women’s health and rights.

Written by Jodi Jacobson, editor of RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

Health reform passed really is “what change looks like.” What’s at stake isn’t simply the future of health care but the future of change in this country. The process that unfolded over the past year is an example of what any meaningful reforms or proposed radical changes dealing with issues will face in the future. And, it’s up to us, the people, to decide if this is how we wish future reforms to be handled.

…but I doubt it.

While everyone is busy crying about losing the HCR battle, they’re loosing sight of the fact that it’s only one battle in a war we’ll be fighting the rest of our lives.

“In the end, trust begets competition, competition begets a public
option, and a public option begets the necessary ingredient that enables every single American to afford health care. Without trust, Americans will remain screwed.” [http://tinyurl.com/trust-deficit]

To get around the fog of words and Kabuki dance regarding support for the Public Option and why one can’t be included in Health Care Reform reconciliation, there is one answer at this late hour: preemptive blame.

We need to blame Nancy Pelosi for killing it. Not necessarily because she’s holding the smoking gun, but because she has the power to change it and specifically laying blame on individuals is the only way to get around the blame diffusion game the leadership is trying to play.