The Colorado Independent

Friday, February 10th, 2012

Posts Tagged Kathleen Sebelius

Obama taken to the woodshed over Plan B decision

By | 12.09.11 | 5:48 am

Women’s health advocates all over the country were stunned yesterday when Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius reversed an FDA request to expand access to over-the-counter emergency contraception for teenagers under the age of 17. In press releases denouncing the decision, a common theme has emerged: President Obama has followed in the footsteps of his predecessor, George W. Bush, on the heated issue of emergency contraception.

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Reproductive rights groups petitioning for elimination of birth control co-pays

By | 07.25.11 | 8:21 am

Reproductive justice groups all over the country — including in Miami — are petitioning the feds to eliminate co-pays for birth control through the Affordable Care Act.

DeGette lauds ruling lifting ban on stem-cell-research funding

By | 04.29.11 | 3:30 pm

Colorado U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a leading advocate for women’s health and head of the Pro-Choice Congressional Caucus, celebrated on Friday a ruling lifting the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

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Fact-checking healthcare myths on the anniversary of Obamacare

By | 03.26.11 | 5:16 am

During this, the anniversary week of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, supporters and opponents offered their love or hate for the law; though largely hate got the most press.

Lamborn mobilizes conservatives on HHS nominee Sebelius fight, bombs out

By | 04.28.09 | 4:59 pm

The dean of Colorado’s Republican congressional delegation flexed his political muscle today with a strongly worded letter to President Barack Obama urging him to reject his own HHS secretary nominee Kathleen Sebelius.

My crystal ball on Obama’s VP pick

By | 08.22.08 | 11:50 am

Based not at all on politics nor inside information nor gut instinct, just a simple examination of a few tea leaves, here’s my crystal ball on Obama’s pick for VP.