Women's health and reproductive rights are hanging by a very slim thread right now, as the
narrow 51-48 vote to table the destructive Blunt amendment demonstrates.
Democrats Bob Casey, Joe Manchin, and Ben Nelson, along with those so-called "moderate" Republicans—Scott Brown, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski—really proved that the Democratic tent has gotten just a little bit too big when it comes to protecting women's reproductive rights. It also shows that Democrats can't just make nice noises about protecting our rights, and women's groups can't just use these fights to fundraise.
They have to start fighting for real. When it's to the point that we've almost lost birth control, for fuck's sake, it's gone way, way too far.