Carole Joffe's blog
By Carole Joffe, University of California February 2, 2010 - 7:00am
The term "choice" has had many critics from within the movement often referred to as "pro-choice." The selection of the word is understandable but perhaps inadequate to convey what is needed.
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By Carole Joffe, University of California January 23, 2010 - 10:04am
The 37th anniversary of Roe v Wade is one largely of disappointment for abortion rights supporters, especially given how many felt a year ago when Obama took office.
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By Carole Joffe, University of California January 20, 2010 - 4:56pm
The term "choice" has had many critics from within the movement often referred to as, ahem, "pro-choice."
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By Carole Joffe, University of California January 6, 2010 - 7:00am
Staff at a clinic in Charlotte, N.C., under attack from anti-choice "terrorists" work in conditions most would find unendurable. Why? They say: "We believe in what we do. And some of us came to work here after being patients here ourselves."
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By Carole Joffe, University of California December 2, 2009 - 7:00am
Democratic leaders will be doing both the right thing, as well as the politically strategic one, if they keep religion out of public policy.
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By Carole Joffe, University of California November 19, 2009 - 7:00am
A federal employee--barred by the Hyde Amendment from insurance coverage for abortion--incurs costs of $9000.00 to end a pregnancy in which the fetus is missing major portions of its brain, skull, and scalp.
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By Carole Joffe, University of California June 8, 2009 - 8:00am
Dr. George Tiller was asked repeatedly by friends how he could continue his work in the face of the unending violence and legal harassment that he endured in the years leading up to his murder. His answer was always the same: "Where else can these women go?"
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By Carole Joffe, University of California January 7, 2009 - 8:00am
From surrogacy and egg donation to inducing labor, the economic crisis is driving women to do things with their bodies that they otherwise would not do.
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By Carole Joffe, University of California October 20, 2008 - 7:00am
A new Oklahoma law permits women seeking abortion to avert their eyes while an ultrasound is performed -- but requires them to hear a description of what the ultrasound is displaying.
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By Carole Joffe, University of California August 7, 2008 - 7:00am
An administration that has done everything in its power to oppose abortion is now going after the very thing that can best prevent unintended pregnancies.
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