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Amanda Marcotte asks:

When confronted with abortion oppponents who demand that any health care reform bill should explicitly exclude abortion coverage—which would mean that somewhere between half and 87 percent of insurance companies who cover it would have to stop doing so—I have one simple question to ask them: If the Democrats conceded to your demands and stripped 87 percent of women who are currently covered of their abortion coverage, would you support health care reform?

My answer: Yes.

I suspect I’m not the only one, which makes yesterday’s defeat of the amendment preventing funding of abortions a tragedy rather than a victory.

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