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The Fate Of Gay Marriage, Notre Dame, And The World

April 12, 2009 - 10:14pm

Michelle Goldberg on women's rights, reproduction, and the fate of the world. Also, gay marriage hits the heartland and Notre Dame's reputation is assailed by anti-choicers.

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If You Want To Contracept, Put A Ring On It

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

March 2, 2009 - 12:42am

A San Antonio doctor explains why she denies birth control to single women. Also, fighting against maternal mortality, and how our sex lives are affected by the recession.

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State of World Population 2009 by the U.N. Population Fund

Reader diary posted by Jane Roberts, 34 Million Friends of UNFPA

November 18, 2009 - 7:50pm

Thoraya Obaid, executive director of the UN Population Fund about family planning: “There is no investment in development that costs so little and brings benefits that are so far-reaching and enormous”.

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Urgent Appeal: More Important than Stupak

By Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check

November 11, 2009 - 9:21am

The Vatican is at it again, but now it's searching for life on other planets. Can progressives lead while the Vatican researches?

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Planned Parenthood Director's Holes in Story Revealed In Recent Radio Interview

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

November 3, 2009 - 12:02pm

Last week, Abby Johnson, the director of a Texas Planned Parenthood health center that provides abortions, resigned citing a "conversion". But a radio interview just weeks earlier leaves many questions unanswered.

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Roundup: Is Abortion a Deal Breaker?, Righting the Discriminatory Wrongs in Health Care Reform, Too Late for Nadya Sulyeman

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

October 30, 2009 - 11:55am

What do pro- and anti-choice lawmakers, advocates and others have to say about abortion in health care reform efforts? In good news, the latest version of health care reform legislation includes tremendous boons for women's health. And assisted reproductive technology findings come too late for Nadya Sulyeman...

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Baltimore: Making Crisis Pregnancy Centers Do Honest Advertising

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

October 29, 2009 - 9:54am

It looks like all the recent outrage directed at Crisis Pregnancy
Centers—and their underlying anti-choice ideology—is finally paying off.

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Roundup: Health Care Reform a "No-Brainer", Re-thinking Mammograms?

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

October 22, 2009 - 12:12pm

More on women and health care reform, important news on the efficacy of breast-cancer screenings and more...

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"The Final Solution"? Gay Ugandans Could Face Death Penalty Under New Law

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

October 22, 2009 - 6:00am

In Uganda, though homosexual acts are already illegal, a new bill would penalize homosexuality with tougher penalties - along the lines of life imprisonment and the death penalty.

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New Study: "A Woman's Nation Changes Everything"

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

October 16, 2009 - 7:00am

A lot has changed since John F. Kennedy put Eleanor Roosevelt at the
head of the very first Commission on the Status of Women. According to
Anthropologist Margaret Mead, who co-edited the final report of that
organization, "the climate of opinion is turning against the idea that
homemaking is the only form of feminine achievement."

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News & Commentary

1 Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance

By Tara Sawyer on Nov 20, 2009 - 6:59am | comments (1)

I'm a transgendered sex worker, and I want to not get killed for who I am or what I do. As our death count rises, I beg that you consider your prejudices around gender, and let us live in peace. I'm literally begging for my life.

The Real Victims of Stupak-Pitts

By Dr. Suzanne Poppema on Nov 20, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (11)

In examining rooms, we see women in terrible pain, but their suffering doesn’t count in Stupak/Pitts world. By banishing abortion from the reform bill, the amendment punishes women who need to end unwanted or unhealthy pregnancies.

Precious, Stupak, and the Erasure of Women's Lives

By Sarah Seltzer on Nov 20, 2009 - 7:00am | comments

With the Stupak amendment literally and symbolically stripping women of equal status, the movie "Precious" presents, in grim detail, the way race, class and bias render a woman's body simultaneously invisible and subject to abuse.

2 Get Real! I'm Becoming a Christian: How Can I Reconcile My Faith With My Sex Life?

By Heather Corinna on Nov 20, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (1)

Form-based ethics teach the Christian to ask the question “Am I allowed to do this?” Content-based ethics teach the Christian to ask “Am I truly loving the person or persons with whom I am doing this, including myself?”

Truth Is Indeed One of the First Casualties of War

By Jon O'Brien on Nov 19, 2009 - 9:37am | comments

I agree with Jim Wallis that the truth has become a casualty in this war--because both Jim and the Catholic Bishops have twisted it. And if Jim Wallis and his conservative allies have their way, women will become another casualty.

Two New Analyses Show Women Have "Much at Stake" Under Stupak Amendment

By Jodi Jacobson on Nov 19, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (10)

Two new studies show what many have already argued: Implementation of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment would likely result in the almost total loss of coverage for abortion care, including in situations where life and health are at risk.

3 A Federal Employee Expresses Outrage on Stupak

By Carole Joffe on Nov 19, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (14)

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.

Motherhood in America: Some Apples for Your Pie

By Anat Shenker on Nov 19, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (3)

If motherhood is "the only life sentence without chance at parole you can get without committing a crime," low-income motherhood is infinitely harder still. Still, we judge these mothers and make their lives harder, as we force them into it.

Who Pays For These Abortions?

By Kirsten Sherk on Nov 18, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (3)

The US goes out of its way to deny poor women access to services--including abortion. Meanwhile, Ethiopia, one of the poorest countries in Africa has liberalized its abortion laws and pays for abortion care for women who need it.

4 Globalizing The Culture Wars

By Amie Newman on Nov 18, 2009 - 7:00am | comments

A new report, released by Political Research Associates, connects the dots between U.S. conservatives, African churches and a growing homophobia - with frightening results.

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

By Wendy Norris on Nov 18, 2009 - 7:00am | comments

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.

What's the Message on Miscarriage and Abortion...Suffer in Silence or Be Shamed?

By Robin Marty on Nov 17, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (24)

In 140 characters, Penelope Trunk started a controversy around how women should react to a miscarriage. Is it best to suffer in silence? Are you ever allowed to be grateful? And above all, are you EVER allowed to discuss abortion?

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Get Real! I'm Becoming a Christian: How Can I Reconcile My Faith With My Sex Life?

Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com
Nov 20 2009 - 7:00am | comments (1)

Form-based ethics teach the Christian to ask the question “Am I allowed to do this?” Content-based ethics teach the Christian to ask “Am I truly loving the person or persons with whom I am doing this, including myself?”
GOP Misinformation Machine Goes into High Gear on Senate Langage on Abortion

Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor
Nov 19 2009 - 2:15pm | comments

GOP smear and misinformation campaign goes into high-gear on abortion in Senate bill. Here are some of the actual facts.
DeGette Statement on Abortion Coverage In Senate bill: "A Common-Sense Provision"

Amie Newman, Managing Editor
Nov 19 2009 - 1:24pm | comments

Rep. Diana DeGette releases a statement on the Senate bill's exclusion of the anti-choice Stupak Amendment language and her vision for moving forward with health care reform.

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Standing Up For Women’s Rights

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Nov 19 2009 - 11:31pm | comments
VIDEO Take Women's Health Forward: Stop Stupak!

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Nov 18 2009 - 5:43pm | comments
Senator Maria Cantwell: Champion for Reproductive Justice

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