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We here at USDemocrazy are trying are hard (a novelty for us) to follow the recent health care hullabaloo that took place in Washington on Saturday night (check it out here).

In the midst of sleeping, eating, diligent research, we learned the health care bill the House passed on Saturday is upsetting a few people.

For a start, pro-choice advocates are none too pleased with the bill as it doesn’t allow coverage for the controversial practice of  abortions.

We here at USDemocrazy are just trying to keep are heads down, as fingers are being pointed and kitchen sinks are zinging through the air. We don’t have any answers to the health care bill/ abortion debate, but one of these people may do…

We get two opposing views from The Daily Beast.  First, writer Peter Beinart is saying that House Dems made a smart move by not including Abortion coverage in the bill:

It passed because the House contains dozens of culturally conservative Democrats, many of whom voted yes on reform.

Amy Siskind, on the other hand, sees the bill as nothing short of a sell out:

The heath-care abortion mess is just the latest example of how Barack Obama took women’s votes—then let the country’s majority constituency down.

The NYTimes editorial page is not too pleased either:

Democrats and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, lawmakers added language that would prevent millions of Americans from buying insurance that covers abortions — even if they use their own money.

John Dickerson at Slate gives us his guide to the shifting debate:

Perhaps the better metaphor for the process is the old one about a bump in the rug: When you push down one bump another appears somewhere else.

So what’s going on!? We here at USDemocrazy are perplexed and bamboozled. We need YOUR help to set us straight!