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If the Stupak Amendment were to pass Congress, the existing House Health Care Bill would only cover abortions in the instances of rape, incest, or potential harm to the life of the mother.
Several Harvard undergraduates held signs outside the Holyoke Center yesterday afternoon, trying to coax fellow students and Cambridge residents to call their congressmen and encourage them to vote against the Stupak Amendment.
The amendment, tacked onto the House Health Care Bill, would deny abortion health care coverage to women receiving care under the public option or any federally-subsidized private plans.
Convincing more than 20 passersby to call congressmen, the half-dozen volunteers represented the Students Against Stupak, a subsidiary of campus organization Students for Choice. They handed out free condoms and coupons to J.P. Licks as incentives to boost what rally organizers said was a national effort to flood representatives...
“If the Health Care bill were to pass with this amendment, the result would be a women’s health care crisis,” said Leah Reis-Dennis ’13, who led the call-in initiative.