Just as House Democrats announced their health care bill, BlogHers spoke with Republican Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis. There was no shortage of personal health care stories as well as policy questions. You can listen to audio of the call here on BlogHer:

House Democrats announced their health care reform legislation today, and it includes a public option. CNN reports, The nearly 2,000 page bill -- a combination of three different versions passed by House committees -- would cost $894 billion over 10 years and extend insurance coverage to 36 million uncovered Americans, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Police in Richmond, California say a 15-year old girl was gang raped at school, during Homecoming. Let me repeat that. Gang raped AT SCHOOL. CNN has the details:

Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon tackled questions from women bloggers on health care this week- answering on topics ranging from the public option's chances to exactly how the proposed reform would work for a particular family. You can listen to audio of Senator Merkley's call here:

The findings of The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything have caused quite a stir here at BlogHer.