Published: 05.01.11| Updated: 05.01.11
GREENWICH MAG: Women's Rights -- The Issue that Won't Go Away
When the recent bitter battle between Republicans and Democrats over the budget became deadlocked, a total shutdown of the federal government was avoided with only an hour and a half to spare. Positions had become so hardened that legislators we talked to even at the last minute were not betting against a shutdown. With billions of dollars at stake, who would have thought that the issue of abortion would become the final critical sticking point?