House leaders said Thursday that they will not include changes to the Senate health reform bill's (HR 3590) abortion-coverage language in a budget reconciliation bill that Democrats are expected to use as in their strategy to enact a health overhaul, Politico reports...

On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said lawmakers are focusing on resolving issues that fall outside the scope of the budget reconciliation bill -- legislation Democrats are drafting that would include changes to the Senate health reform bill (HR 3590), CQ Today reports...

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday pledged to work with Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) to resolve the dispute over abortion-coverage language in the Senate health reform bill (HR 3590), CQ Today reports. Hoyer said the issue "has to be resolved," adding, "I think it will be resolved one way or the other, and the bill will be passed...

The Coalition for Vaccine Safety (CVS) comprises organizations representing over 75,000 families dedicated to vaccine safety. It formed in February 2010 to address urgent concerns about insufficient vaccine safety science. On February 24, it called on Senate and House Health Committees to hold public hearings on vaccine safety.

The following summarizes selected women's health-related videos. Olbermann Talks Nominees: Political commentator Lawrence O'Donnell joined "Countdown" host Keith Olbermann to discuss the implications of the Senate's confirmation of 27 Obama administration nominees...

Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele and potential Democratic Senate candidate Harold Ford at a University of Arkansas at Little Rock forum on Thursday discussed a range of issues, including abortion and health care reform, the AP/Baxter Bulletin reports. Ford, a former member of Congress who represented Tennessee, is considering challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y...

The inclusion of funding for abstinence-only sex education programs in the Senate health reform bill has "thrown advocates on both sides of the sex education debate for a loop," CQ Weekly reports. In September, Democratic Sens. Kent Conrad (N.D.) and Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) joined a coalition of 10 Republicans -- led by Sen...

NARAL Pro-Choice America on Monday announced its endorsement of appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in her bid for a full term in 2010, Politico reports. New York Gov. David Paterson (D) in January appointed Gillibrand to fill the Senate seat vacated by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

President Obama's nomination of Dawn Johnsen to head the Justice Department's Office of Legal Council is "likely to trigger ... a Senate filibuster and indignant squeals from members of the president's party that his nominees are entitled to an up-or-down vote," a situation that is similar to former President George W.