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Pro-Life Means Guaranteed Maternity Care for All

By Mary Krane Derr

November 4, 2009 - 7:00am

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As a prolifer, I recognize another dimension of my belief is to guarantee maternity care for all; something that concerns pro-choicers, too, for different but often overlapping reasons.

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How to Stop the Abortion War Killings

By Mary Krane Derr

September 30, 2009 - 6:00am

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Pro-lifers and pro-choicers in the U.S. are bickering over whose side has the most martyrs and whose has the most blood on its hands. Yet, there are ways both sides can respond together to help stop the abortion war killings.

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Pro-Life, Pro-Contraception & Pro-Tim Ryan

By Mary Krane Derr

July 23, 2009 - 7:00am

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As a longtime pro contraception prolifer, I cannot stay quiet about Rep. Tim Ryan's expulsion as a Democrats for Life of America advisory board member.  This brouhaha shows up some rather severe but instructive barriers to common ground.

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What the First Wave of Feminism Can Teach the First Wave of Common Ground

By Mary Krane Derr

July 9, 2009 - 7:00am

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Prolifers and prochoicers will differ on how much they can relate to early feminist views on abortion. Yet, both can lay claim to their analysis of the societal problems implicated in unintended pregnancy and abortion, and their solutions.


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