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Hard Line Anti-choice Group 'Going Rogue' on Palin

By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

November 18, 2009 - 7:00am

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After attacking James Dobson and Mitt Romney for not being anti-abortion enough, American Right to Life has set its sights on a new high profile target: ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

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The Bishops' Huge Financial Stake in Stupak-Pitts

By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

November 13, 2009 - 7:00am

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Coverage of Stupak-Pitts neglects a bigger motive for the Vatican: Restricting insurance coverage of women's reproductive health care will eliminate competitive barriers faced by Catholic institutions.

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Notorious Extremist Weslin and Others Arrested at Capitol

By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

November 6, 2009 - 6:00am

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Notorious anti-abortion activist Father Norman Weslin was among a dozen protesters arrested by U.S. Capitol Police outside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district office Thursday at a raucous protest against the health reform bill.

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Battleground Nebraska: Extremists Turn Focus to Carhart

By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

November 3, 2009 - 6:00am

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Shortly after Dr. George Tiller was murdered on May 31 and his Wichita clinic subsequently closed, other providers bravely stepped into the breach. Among them is Dr. LeRoy Carhart, now targeted by anti-choice forces in an eerily similar campaign.

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Financial Issues Dog Second Colorado Egg-As-Person Campaign

By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

November 2, 2009 - 6:00am

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The peculiarities on Personhood Colorado campaign's recent financial disclosure form may be an oversight by fledgling activists...or a much more cynical attempt to thwart public accountability by a well-oiled theocratic political machine.

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Contraception: A Deal-breaker in Anglican-Catholic Conversion?

By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

October 27, 2009 - 6:00am

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Before Anglicans can cash-in the Vatican's new express pass to convert to Catholicism the two faiths must bridge one of the biggest schisms between them: birth control.

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Media: It's a Woman's Nation While Dad's on His Knees

By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

October 23, 2009 - 6:00am

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Instead of a thoughtful series on very real gender inequities in wages, unfair gender-rating of health insurance and antiquated employment policies to truly elevate the public debate, it now appears Cosmopolitan is advising the Shriver Team.

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Media Ignores Women's Health Disparities in Shriver Report

By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

October 20, 2009 - 8:25am

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The "battle of the sexes is over" claims the much-heralded Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything on American work and family life. Unless, of course, you're among the millions of women for whom it isn't.

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National 'Personhood' Backers Barnstorm Montana With One Big Exception

By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

October 19, 2009 - 6:00am

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Three major players in the absolutist anti-choice movement headed to Montana last weekend to push a second attempt at a state ballot measure to ban abortion without exception. But the meeting excluded one noteworthy group.

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Barbie's "Fat Ankles" Latest Flap in Racial, Body Image Controversies

By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

October 13, 2009 - 6:00am

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Shoe designer Christian Louboutin's restyled doll will undergo the ultimate plastic surgery — slimmer ankles to accentuate the custom-made stiletto kicks for her freakishly small feet.

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