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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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Roundup: Dems Will Unite, Swizzle Sticks and Celebrating Midwives

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on May 8, 2008 - 10:06am
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Dems will unite around women, McCain on the Daily Show, TV workplace harassment and rising BC prices.

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Roundup: S.E.X., New HIV Test, Indian Sex Ed

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on May 7, 2008 - 9:55am
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Dr. Rayne reviews S.E.X, Broadsheet on the Tracy Roberson case, anti-choicers want to ban fed funds for family planning.

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Roundup: Courts, Contraception and Campaigns

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on May 6, 2008 - 11:31am
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"In his latest attempt to shore up the conservative side of the Republican base John McCain said he would use Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito as "the model for my own nominees if that responsibility falls to me." In the article author Libby Quaid notes that McCain has, despite a blip in 1999 when he stated publicly that Roe V. Wade should not be overturned, "an otherwise unbroken record of opposing abortion rights for women."


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We the People Have Something to Say

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on February 5, 2008 - 9:13am
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Today is the biggest day in what has been one of the longest and most hard fought presidential primary elections in the history of this country. Winners and losers will be declared but the real winners this election cycle are the citizens of this great nation.


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A Warm Welcome To Our Wiki Editors

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on December 17, 2007 - 1:09am
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One of the central missions of RH Reality Check is to counter misinformation about reproductive health issues with facts and objective research. Our Wiki sections attempt to fulfill that mission. We are happy to introduce you to a new team that will lead further development of these sections of our website.


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RealTime: Teen Birth Rate Rises

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on December 6, 2007 - 11:21am
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For the first time since 1991, teen birth rates in the United States rose last year, interrupting a 14 year steady decline. The findings add fuel to the fire that started several months ago with the release of the Mathematica report detailing the failure of abstinence-only programs.


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RealTime: Phill Kline Goes After Planned Parenthood Again

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on October 18, 2007 - 11:00am
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Former Kansas Attorney General, now District Attorney, Phill Kline is at it again. Yesterday Kline filed 106 misdemeanor and felony charges against Planned Parenthood in Kansas City.


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RealTime: Clinton Proposes Expanding Family Leave Act

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on October 17, 2007 - 1:25pm
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Clinton, in the midst of her 'Women's Week," proposed an expansion of the Family Medical Leave Act, while Dodd was on the Hill testifying to extend the bill to injured veterans.


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Real Time: Harassment in Aurora

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on October 4, 2007 - 10:51am
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Anti-choice protesters have set up camp in a Safeway parking lot near the new Aurora Planned Parenthood clinic.


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