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Surgeon General Nominee Benjamin "Supports President's Position" on Choice

by Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check

July 15, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Press reports confirm that Dr. Regina Benjamin, Obama's choice for surgeon general shares the "President's views" on choice.

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State-level Anti-Choice Efforts Target Pharmacies and Provider Conscience Laws

by Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check

July 3, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

Conscience clauses are becoming an increasingly popular mode of anti-choice legislation. While a bill in Louisiana represents a compromise position, bills pending in other states are more restrictive.

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Supreme Court Decision Pretends Pregnancy Discrimination Doesn't Harm Women

by Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check

May 27, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

In AT&T vs. Hulteen, the Supreme Court reverted to reasoning from an earlier ruling that discrimination against pregnant women doesn't count as discrimination against women.

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Cases the New Supreme Court Justice May Face

by Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check

May 18, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

An important consideration related to who ultimately fills Souter's seat centers on what issues the Supreme Court would face in the near future.

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Finding a Voice, Not Just a Vote, for Women's Rights on the Court

by Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check

May 4, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Justice Souter's retirement will mark the first time a pro-choice president has the opportunity to appoint a justice to the Supreme Court since 1994.

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Senate Republicans Throw Obstacles Before Sebelius, Johnsen Nominations

by Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check

April 27, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Protests from anti-choice activists continue to stall the nominations of Dawn Johnsen to Office of Legal Counsel and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Fighting Forward: Behind the Bill to Expand Reproductive Health Access in Illinois

by Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check

April 21, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

After years of being on the defensive, a coalition of pro-choice groups in Illinois worked together to draft a comprehensive pro-active, pro-choice piece of legislation in their state.

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Men Can, and Should, Stop Rape

by Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check

April 15, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

At the Men Can Stop Rape conference in DC, a 40% male participant group brainstormed on evolving masculinity, gender relations, re-examining marital rape, and innovations coming from the federal government.

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North Dakota Legislators Agree, Eggs Aren't People

by Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check

April 9, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Last week, North Dakota's Senate defeated legislation that would have defined a fertilized egg as a person. Perhaps most surprising was not that the legislation was defeated but how it was defeated.

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States Inch Towards Comprehensive Sex Ed

by Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check

April 1, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Across the country, in states red and blue, legislatures are taking steps toward mandating comprehensive, medically-accurate sexuality education for students.

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