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Memo to ALL: “Personhood” Measures Really Will Hurt ALL Pregnant Women

By Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW)

August 5, 2009 - 8:00am

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Organizations committed to advancing a true culture of life, one that values the women who give that life, should join us in opposing Anti-Abortion "Personhood" Measures.

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Protecting Pregnant Women is Rich Common Ground, the American Life League Disagrees

By Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW)

August 5, 2009 - 8:00am

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The American Life League has attacked us for suggesting that Personhood
Measures are a threat to all pregnant women and that opposing them
should be common ground. Yet the pro-life women who have been victims
of these measures agree with us.


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Pregnant Women and Mothers Deserve Better

By Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW)

August 4, 2009 - 8:00am

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It is
time for all those who care about pregnant women and mothers --
whatever their views on abortion -- to write, call, and, demonstrate
against individuals, organizations, and institutions that use hateful
language.


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Pregnant Women and Mothers Deserve Better

By Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW)

July 31, 2009 - 8:00am

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Is anti-abortion rhetoric "hate speech" or an "incitement to terrorism? Whatever your answer, this speech reveals anger, disrespect for and hostility toward both providers and to those who have abortions -- pregnant women.

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Should People Who Oppose Abortion also Oppose “Personhood” Measures?

By Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW)

July 7, 2009 - 8:00am

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While people opposed to abortion believe separate rights for the “unborn” will have a limited impact only on the right to abortion, there are many cases in which "personhood" arguments have been used to punish women going to term.

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In Memory of Dr. George Tiller: A Tireless Supporter of Women’s Dignity

By Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW)

June 1, 2009 - 11:09am

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When I think of Dr. Tiller and his clinic I think of compassion. What Dr. Tiller and his staff did each and every day was to give women their dignity.

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Obama at Notre Dame: A Perfect Choice to Promote the Culture of Life

By Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW)

May 15, 2009 - 5:26pm

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Notre Dame should be praised for inviting a speaker, President Obama, who is committed to promoting a true culture of life--one that includes and values the women who give that life.

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You Try Saying No to a C-Section

By Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW)

April 24, 2009 - 9:00am

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Why are the legislators -- who profess to care so much about pregnant women -- only willing to "protect" women who plan to end their pregnancies from coercion, and not those those who intend to go to term?

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The "Extremist" Agenda: Opposing Incentives to Abortion

By Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW)

April 3, 2009 - 8:00am

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We admit it. National Advocates for Pregnant Women opposes laws that create an incentive for women to terminate otherwise wanted pregnancies.

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Egg-as-Person Laws Deprive Pregnant Women of Their Personhood

By Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW)

March 26, 2009 - 8:00am

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Supporters of "egg-as-person" laws don't mention that if the unborn have legal personhood rights, pregnant women won't.

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