The CT senators have already rejected Barrett for her legal views. Now they say her nomination is ‘illegitimate’ too.
Abortion
Despite the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, abortion remains legal in Connecticut up until a fetus can live independently outside the womb.
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Lawmakers to revive aid in dying, crisis pregnancy centers legislation
Aid in dying and the regulation of faith-based pregnancy centers are poised to return this legislative session.
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For the first time, DeLauro shepherds massive spending bill through Congress
As chairman of a House Appropriations subcommittee, Rep. Rosa DeLauro is pressing to boost funding for health, labor and education programs by billions of dollars.
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Anti-abortion advocates call failure of crisis pregnancy center bill an ‘act of God’
While opponents of a proposal to regulate the state’s crisis pregnancy centers hailed the bill’s defeat, pro-choice advocates vowed to bring it back next year.
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CT enters legal tussle over Trump administration’s ‘conscience rule’
The rule allows health care workers to refuse medical treatment to people, even during emergencies, on religious or moral grounds.
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Lamont connects abortion rights, business climate
Connecticut’s governor used the fight over abortion rights Monday in an economic pitch to women who own businesses in Alabama, Georgia and Missouri.
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Abortion-rights advocates call Connecticut a ‘firewall’
Abortion-rights advocates say they are on the offensive in Connecticut
Posted inHealth
Access Health CT to protest new Trump abortion proposal
Connecticut’s Affordable Care Act exchange, Access Health CT, is protesting a Trump administration plan that would require the nation’s insurers to send a separate bill to consumers who purchase plans with abortion coverage.
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Trump administration proposes new rule requiring separate premium bills for abortion coverage
The Trump administration wants insurers that offer plans through Access Health CT, Connecticut’s Affordable Care Act exchange, and other exchanges nationwide, to send people separate monthly bills for the cost of their abortion coverage — in addition to the bill they get for their regular premium costs.
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Yale Law professor bolsters Kavanaugh at confirmation hearing
WASHINGTON – Yale Law School professor Akhil Reed Amar warned Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee Friday to rethink their opposition to Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s candidacy to the Supreme Court. As a graduate of Yale Law School, Kavanaugh’s nomination has kicked up a duststorm of controversy at the school.
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Blumenthal spars with Kavanaugh over abortion rights, presidential powers
WASHINGTON – Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who has already decided to vote against the Supreme Court nominee, had his first chance Wednesday to cross swords with Judge Brett Kavanaugh on a series of issues that included abortion rights and presidential powers.
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Panel: Women would retain right to abortion in CT if Roe v. Wade is overturned
If the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision that established women’s constitutional right to abortion were overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, women would still have that right in Connecticut where it was codified into law decades ago, participants in a state discussion panel said Wednesday.
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CT AG slams Trump administration’s proposal to change Title X
Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen and 12 other attorneys general claim that proposed changes to Title X — the only federal program specifically dedicated to supporting the delivery of family planning care — are unconstitutional and would limit care options for women.
Posted inHealth, Politics
Blumenthal, Murphy help sink abortion bill
Updated at 7:10 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Connecticut’s Democratic senators on Monday helped block a bill in the Senate that would have outlawed abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
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DeLauro fights political winds with book making case for social safety net
WASHINGTON — Three years ago, veteran Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro felt compelled to do one of the few things she had never done before – write a book. The result is “The Least Among Us: Waging the Battle for the Vulnerable,” a smooth read about her fight to protect the social safety net and her battles with both Republicans and Democrats who disagreed with her position or her approach. We talk to her about it in this week’s Sunday conversation.