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Worried About Women of Color? Thanks, But No Thanks, Anti-Choicers. We've Got It Covered.

By Miriam Pérez, radicaldoula.com, feministing.com

February 24, 2010 - 8:00am

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The anti-choice movement uses false concern about women of color in a classic effort to divide-and-conquer. Reproductive justice advocates say thanks but no thanks...we've got it covered.


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Black Abortion: Breaking the Silence

By Maame-Mensima Horne

February 22, 2010 - 8:00am

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Stigma prevents many African American women from discussing sex and pregnancy. But we need to speak out. Our foremothers fought anti-choicers, and we must as well or end up burying women who, in desperation, turn to back- alley abortions.


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Stop Perpetuating Myths About Black Women and Abortion

By Kelley Robinson, Planned Parenthood Heartland

February 18, 2010 - 8:00am

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A reproductive justice advocate responds to an op-ed in the Des Moines Register repeating anti-choice myths regarding African-American women and their reproductive choices.


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Women of Color and the Anti-Choice Focus on Eugenics

By Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check

February 12, 2010 - 8:00am

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Women of color are not children unable to make decisions and our children are not "on the brink of extinction" through an organized genocidal plot.


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Report: States Pass Staggering Array of Anti-Choice Laws, Policies and Ballot Measures

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

September 3, 2010 - 7:00am

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A new report from the Center for Reproductive Rights reviews the losses of women's rights throughout the states in the aftermath of health reform.


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Check In, Get Tested, Get A Badge

By Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

September 1, 2010 - 11:20am

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Wanna by the mayor of STD testing? Foursquare has launched a new partnership, and it could make a difference for sexual health.


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Alveda King's Dangerous PayDay Loan

By Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check

September 1, 2010 - 9:00am

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This past weekend the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took the stage and tried to sell this nation a payday loan as the payment solution on that check her uncle spoke of 47 years ago.


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Back To School: With Sights on White House, Pawlenty Sacrifices Minnesota Teens

By Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

August 31, 2010 - 2:45pm

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Aspiring to be the next Republican nominee for President, Governor Tim Pawlenty puts political aspirations over helping Minnesota children grow up healthier and safer.


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Sex Ed is "Poison"? We Don't Think So

By Leah Reis-Dennis and Elizabeth Reis

August 31, 2010 - 7:00am

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A recent column in The Washington Times warned parents about colleges "poisoning" students with frank discussion about sex and sexuality." A rising Harvard sophomore and her college professor mother weigh in.


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Study Suggests Women Using Internet to Avoid Restrictive Abortion Policies

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

August 26, 2010 - 8:14pm

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Regions with more restrictive abortion policies and lower abortion rates have more google searches for the word "abortion." Researchers at Children's Hospital share their latest findings and posit why there may be a link between googling the term "abortion" and their desire to circumvent restrictive health and human rights policies.


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