Health Care Reform has Passed!!

The House voted on the health care reform bill tonight and it passed! This is something worth celebrating. It's not anything close to what I was hoping for but it's better than nothing. I am, however, extremely angry and disappointed about the decision to maintain the Hyde amendment. 

I like what NARAL Pro-Choice America's Nancy Keegan had to say:

"On a day when Americans are expected to see passage of legislation that will make health care more affordable for more than 30 million citizens, it is deeply disappointing that Bart Stupak and other anti-choice politicians would demand the restatement of the Hyde amendment, a discriminatory law that blocks low-income women from receiving full reproductive-health care. Today’s action is a stark reminder of why we must repeal this unfair and insulting policy. Achieving this goal means increasing the number of lawmakers in Congress who share our pro-choice values. Otherwise, we will continue to see women’s reproductive rights used as a bargaining chip."