Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Conference call on Stupak-Pitts Amendment

Minnesota attorney Susan Burns and other lawyers will hold a conference call this Friday at noon for lawyers and legal professionals to learn what the Stupak-Pitts Amendment says about insurance coverage for abortion and how women will be impacted if the same provision makes its way into the final Senate bill.

Speaking will be attorney Bethany Sousa of the National Women’s Law Center in Washington, D.C.

Friday, November 20, 12:00 p.m. (CST)
Dial in: 1-888-870-8262
Participant Passcode: 202 956 3065


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Key Language of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment:
“No funds authorized or appropriated by this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) may be used to pay for any abortion or to cover any part of the costs of any health plan that includes coverage of abortion, except in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, or unless the pregnancy is the result of an act or rape or incest.”

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