How Catholic Bishops Threw the Health Care Debate into Turmoil with Anti-Abortion Maneuver | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet: "...It was a bold power play -- one that caught progressive members of the Democratic caucus off-guard, and one that has sown distrust and dissension among House Democrats.
With a major assist from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, two members of Congress -- both members, as well, of a secretive, right-wing religious group -- made it impossible for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to pass an historic health care reform bill without the attachment of anti-abortion amendment that, if signed into law, could set women's rights back decades..."
Not since the murder of the Knights Templar...
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