Andrea Lynch, RH Reality Check on February 26, 2008 - 9:48am
While Sen. John McCain's campaign did not respond to RH Reality Check's questionnaire on his positions on sexual and reproductive health, in mining through his public statements, we discovered the following.
Andrea Lynch, RH Reality Check on January 31, 2008 - 9:41am
Fight for women's right to life, get accused of trampling women's human rights and coercing them into having abortions they don't actually want. That's what's happening in Nicaragua right now.
Andrea Lynch, RH Reality Check on January 15, 2008 - 9:30am
Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign staff answers RH Reality Check's hard-hitting questions on sexuality education, the Hyde amendment, abortion access, and much more.
Andrea Lynch, RH Reality Check on December 21, 2007 - 10:35am
While no Republican candidate's campaign responded to RH Reality Check's questionnaire on their positions on sexual and reproductive health, in mining through their public statements, we discovered the following.
Andrea Lynch, RH Reality Check on December 21, 2007 - 10:35am
John Edwards responds to RH Reality Check's questions on reproductive health issues -- sharing his position on parental notification laws, emergency contraception, gay and lesbian adoption, and much more!
Andrea Lynch, RH Reality Check on December 21, 2007 - 10:28am
Don't know what the presidential candidates think about reproductive health beyond their position on Roe? RH Reality Check developed a questionnaire to help sort out the contenders' positions on sexual and reproductive health -- beyond the sole issue of abortion. The candidates respond -- but most don't.
Andrea Lynch, RH Reality Check on December 21, 2007 - 10:18am
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign staff responds to RH Reality Check's questions on reproductive health -- sharing his position on the Hyde Amendment, crisis pregnancy centers, the global gag rule, and much, much more!
Andrea Lynch, RH Reality Check on December 21, 2007 - 9:26am
RH Reality Check sorted through the public statements of Sen. Joe Biden, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Mike Gravel, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, and Gov. Bill Richardson in order to find out where they stand on a number of sexual and reproductive rights issues.
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.
The majority of women in prison are mothers of minor children, and women are the fastest-growing prison population in the country. We need to recognize and treat with compassion the humanity of these mothers.
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.
After more than a hundred years of legally allowing women access to a therapeutic abortion, in October 2006 the Nicaraguan National Assembly banned this procedure in all circumstances. Now women's health groups are working to mitigate the damage.
If we changed society's attitudes and policies around mothering and child care, we could give a gift not just to our own moms but to all mothers this Mother's Day.
In her new book, Opting In, feminist activist and author Amy Richards explores feminist mothering. Laura Barcella talked to her in San Francisco about her newest "baby."
Feel like you're not the man you thought you could be? Your local megachurch has a solution: every woman deprived of her reproductive rights, every gay person deprived of the right to marry suddenly makes you look manly by comparison.
In India, there are laws to prevent dowry, domestic violence, sexual harassment and child marriage. But in the country's social context, these laws aren't very effective.
Just thirty-five Senators in office are strongly pro-choice. But this November, when a third of the Senate seats will be up for grabs, voters have a chance to increase that score.
Legislation and advocacy work have often blurred or denied any difference between trafficking and sex work. That has always made things worse rather than better for those involved.
RH Reality Check celebrates our second anniversary with a new look and new features to make the reader experience better. Thanks for helping create this fast growing online community devoted to global understanding of sexual and reproductive health issues.
