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Washington Post Examines Plastics Safety

Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check on May 9, 2008 - 4:07pm
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Is your Tupperware safe? The Washington Post examines the debate over the safety of common plastic products.

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"What If Your Mother Had Aborted You?"

Frances Kissling on May 9, 2008 - 1:21pm
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Far too much is made of a mother's obligations to her children and far too little of a child's love for her mother. If fetuses could love, I think they would be as passionate in defense of their mothers as born children become.


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Stem Cell Bill Q&A with Congresswoman Diana DeGette

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check on May 9, 2008 - 1:13pm
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Read the questions and answers about stem cell research and landmark legislation Congresswoman Diana DeGette is attempting to pass for the third time.


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Solutions Right Here, Tony Perkins

Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check on May 9, 2008 - 11:35am
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In his op-ed about John McCain's judicial philosophy, Tony Perkins proves you can sound good saying nothing reality-based at all.

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Celebrating Courageous Acts of Motherhood

Grayson Dempsey, Backline on May 9, 2008 - 10:51am
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This Mother's Day, move beyond brunch to acknowledge the courageous acts of all mothers, and wake up Monday morning ready to work toward a world in which pregnancy, parenting, abortion and adoption choices are all honored fully and equally.

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Roundup: Pro-Choice GOPer, Hagee on Katrina, V-Day

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on May 9, 2008 - 10:02am
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Pro-choice Republican To add to Dana Goldstein's overview of reproductive right's views among candidates running for a Senate seat this fall, it appears there's a pro-choice Republican running for Senate in New Jersey. Dick Zimmer supports abortion rights, subject to "reasonable" restrictions. "Government should play a minimal part in people's private lives," Zimmer said. "As a general rule, the government should not interfere in a


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The Politics of Motherhood, the Capacity for Choice

Carolina Austria, RH Reality Check, Asia on May 9, 2008 - 8:35am
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Religious fundamentalists' fear isn't that feminism will lead all women to reject motherhood, but rather that in the capacity for choice, women challenge the notions that rationalize male domination embedded in traditional meanings of motherhood.

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New Moms in Africa Fight Postpartum Depression

Masimba Biriwasha, RH Reality Check, Africa & Asia on May 9, 2008 - 8:20am
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African women giving birth are often affected by low incomes and and high stress levels, increasing the likelihood of onset of postpartum depression.

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The Best Gifts for Mother's Day Are Rights and Respect

Marcy Bloom, GIRE on May 9, 2008 - 8:00am
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We need a world that supports and respects safe and voluntary motherhood, not just with cards, fancy dinners, and sentiment on one Sunday a year, but by respecting our rights every single day.

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Motherhood: Canada's New Glass Ceiling?

Pamela Pizarro, RH Reality Check, North America on May 9, 2008 - 8:00am
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When it comes to motherhood, Canada may offer some benefits and social programs that American mothers envy, but not still not enough to make having children accessible to all women.

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