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Debate Primer: Be Ready to Debunk Palin's Answers on Roe

By Donna Crane, NARAL Pro-Choice America

October 2, 2008 - 4:12pm

Sarah Palin is trying to sell her extreme position on reproductive health to moderates. Break through the talking points in tonight's debate with this guide to the facts behind the spin.

Bush Budget: A Tale of Disappointments and Missed Opportunities

By Donna Crane, NARAL Pro-Choice America

February 7, 2007 - 9:00am

Didn't we just finish an election cycle where voters made it clear they were tired of the Bush White House catering to the far right at every turn? I know that. You know that. Anti-choice lawmakers who lost their jobs to pro-choice newcomers on November 7 know that. But judging by President Bush's budget proposal, released yesterday, apparently he missed the memo from the American public.

For the sixth year in a row, President Bush chose to use his federal budget proposal as yet another opportunity to satisfy his own right-wing base rather than—oh, I don't know—tackle real problems in America like unintended pregnancy.

1 Reproductive Justice for Latinas: The Struggle Continues

By Veronica Bayetti Flores on March 19, 2010 - 9:00am | 0 comments

Immigrant women face considerable obstacles in accessing health care, including low-paying jobs without health insurance and linguistic and cultural barriers. On Sunday, I will march for reproductive justices. Will you join me?

Resurrected CO "Egg-as-a-Person" Initiative Could Make Ballot

By Wendy Norris on March 19, 2010 - 7:00am | 0 comments

A ballot measure seeking to give constitutional rights to fertilized eggs may rise again. And if not by sheer volume of petition signatures, proponents will sue the state to advance the cause.

(VIDEO) So... About that Video

By Heather Corinna on March 19, 2010 - 7:00am | 0 comments

Heather critiques a sexuality education video from a national organization which, she argues, unnecessarily perpetuates negative stereotypes about both men and women.

2 Where the Wild Things Weren't: Daily Beast's Women's Summit Avoids Controversial Realities

By Megan Carpentier on March 18, 2010 - 7:00am | 1 comment

The Daily Beast's first Women in the World Summit played stuck to lowest-common denominator issues, and avoided the "scary" and "controversial" (read: political) realities of women's lives.

Risky Business: Pregnant in America

By Amie Newman on March 18, 2010 - 7:00am | 5 comments

Pregnant women in the U.S. have a greater risk of dying from pregnancy or childbirth related complications than women in 40 other countries around the world. It's past time to fix this.

Youth Lead Advocacy For Sexual and Reproductive Health

By Maria de Bruyn on March 17, 2010 - 9:19pm | 0 comments

Youth advocates at the 54th Commission on the Status of Women challenged a multi-generational, multinational audience to examine their own thinking about sexual and reproductive health and rights.

3 In Absurd Move, Canada Drops Family Planning from Maternal Health Plan

By Jodi Jacobson on March 17, 2010 - 2:52pm | 3 comments

The Canadian government is excluding family planning from its initiative to save the lives and improve the health of mothers in poor countries. One small problem: You can't address maternal mortality without family planning.

"Slow Death by Rubber Duck:" What We Don't See Can Hurt Us

By Miranda Spencer on March 17, 2010 - 7:00am | 4 comments

Want to know about the effects on human health of environmental toxins? A new book provides the perfect primer.

"We're Not Dolls! Don't Play With Women's Lives"

By Tatiana Mckinney on March 17, 2010 - 7:00am | 0 comments

A demonstration on the steps of Brooklyn's Borough Hall on March 10 raised awareness of the effects of HIV and AIDS on women and girls.

4 Midwives Barred From California Hospital

By Amie Newman on March 16, 2010 - 7:07pm | 5 comments

Midwives in California are fighting for their right to be reinstated at a hospital where administrators have so far provided no proof for their abrupt dismissal, saying only it was for "patient safety."

Is Hormone Replacement Therapy Worth the Risks?

By Pamela Merritt on March 16, 2010 - 7:00am | 0 comments

News that there may be a link between hormone replacement therapy and lung cancer has renewed questions about the use of hormones to treat the symptoms of menopause.

Adulthood and the Right to Make Our Own Choices

By Anat Shenker-Osorio on March 16, 2010 - 7:00am | 6 comments

What does it mean when a group is systematically denied the right to marry? Or when another group is denied the right to determine what happens to their bodies? At some level, even if only unconsciously, it means we think they aren’t adults.

5 The Ethical, Spiritual, and Moral Foundation of the Abortion-Provider Community

By TrustingWomen on March 16, 2010 - 7:00am | 152 comments

Those who provide access to abortions have ethical, spiritual, and religious wisdom that this world needs, and this community needs to claim and celebrate its power, goodness, morality, and justice.

Analysis of Fetal Homicide Bills Suggests Ulterior Motives

By Wendy Norris on March 15, 2010 - 7:00am | 5 comments

A slew of state bills to establish precedents for "fetal homicide" have at least one thing in common—little mention of the women actually involved in the incidents.

The Vanishing Anti-Choice Democrat: Rethinking the Party's Strategy

By Amanda Marcotte on March 15, 2010 - 7:00am | 14 comments

The share of people who are "liberal" but also anti-choice grows tinier by the day. Investments by the Democratic Party to recruit that vanishing population would be far better spent elsewhere.

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