NOW May Oppose Senate Health Bill: Still ‘Damaging To Women’

One day after the Senate defeats the Nelson-Hatch Amendment, NOW President Terry O’Neill speaks with reporter Sahil Kapur for the online news website The Raw Story about the Senate version of the health care bill: “Despite the failure of the Nelson-Hatch amendment, which would have placed stronger restrictions on abortion coverage in the health reform legislation, a leading voice in the cause of women’s reproductive rights said Wednesday the bill remains “highly discriminatory.””