UPDATE: the lowey amendment to provide contraception passed - barely.
the smith amendment denying contraception failed - barely.
bush has threatened to veto the bill and the republicans have sufficient votes to sustain the veto. what are YOU going to do about it?
at this very moment, the house is debating the smith stupack amendment to the foreign operations pending bill for family planning that would prohibit ANY u.s. aid to be given to a nation that would provide abortion services.
the bill currently before the house is foreign aid spending that would allow organizations to promote methods OTHER than abstinence for the prevention of aids yet the republicans are actively threatening to keep the bill from passing unless a specific amendment prohibiting aid for family planning prohibits ANY monies being used for abortion or any monies for OTHER services be offered that would allow money to be diverted and be used for abortion.
this is obscene. this is beyond outrageous!
