Last Minute Holiday Gift from Senate

Post date: Oct 13, 2009 12:34:09 AM

In a disappointing move that sets women's reproductive rights back, the U.S. Senate voted on final passage of its version of health care reform. Majority leader Sen. Harry Reid sealed the 60th vote by caving into Sen. Ben Nelson's demands with a "compromise" that would eventually do away with private as well as public insurance coverage for abortion care.