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Girls Rocking, Politicians Lying, and TV Shows Hedging

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

August 16, 2009 - 10:01pm

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Jessica Hopper talks about girls rocking out. Also, the health care lies continue, and is a new ABC show pushing an anti-choice message?

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Truth Is Indeed One of the First Casualties of War

By Jon O'Brien, Catholics for Choice

November 19, 2009 - 9:37am

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I agree with Jim Wallis that the truth has become a casualty in this war--because both Jim and the Catholic Bishops have twisted it. And if Jim Wallis and his conservative allies have their way, women will become another casualty.

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A Federal Employee Expresses Outrage on Stupak

By Carole Joffe, University of California

November 19, 2009 - 7:00am

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A federal employee--barred by the Hyde Amendment from insurance coverage for abortion--incurs costs of $9000.00 to end a pregnancy in which the fetus is missing major portions of its brain, skull, and scalp.

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Who Pays For These Abortions?

By Kirsten Sherk, Ipas

November 18, 2009 - 7:00am

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The US goes out of its way to deny poor women access to services--including abortion. Meanwhile, Ethiopia, one of the poorest countries in Africa has liberalized its abortion laws and pays for abortion care for women who need it.

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Hard Line Anti-choice Group 'Going Rogue' on Palin

By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

November 18, 2009 - 7:00am

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After attacking James Dobson and Mitt Romney for not being anti-abortion enough, American Right to Life has set its sights on a new high profile target: ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

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Roundup: Palin Not "Right Enough" for American Right to Life; Progressive Religious Leaders Speak Out Against Stupak

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

November 17, 2009 - 8:58am

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Sarah Palin not "pro-life" enough for extremist anti-choice group. The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Rights brings progressive religious leaders to the Capitol to protest Stupak Amendment and lack of separation between Catholic Church and State.

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By Rejecting Plan to Segregate Funding, Bishops Reject Their Very Own Accounting Practices

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

November 17, 2009 - 7:32am

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Writing on WonkRoom.com Igor Volsky points out what others have as well: By rejecting the compromise the Bishops also laid the groundwork for a case that their own system of accounting is not sufficient as a firewall to protect federal funds provided to Catholic institutions from being used for religious purposes.

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The Stupak-Pitts Controversy is Based On--and Masks--A Deepset Fear of Women's Agency

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

November 17, 2009 - 7:00am

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In all the fuss over Stupak-Pitts, the fact that both houses of Congress removed mandated coverage not only for contraception, but also STD counseling and pelvic exams went largely unnoticed.

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What's the Message on Miscarriage and Abortion...Suffer in Silence or Be Shamed?

By Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

November 17, 2009 - 7:00am

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In 140 characters, Penelope Trunk started a controversy around how women should react to a miscarriage. Is it best to suffer in silence? Are you ever allowed to be grateful? And above all, are you EVER allowed to discuss abortion?

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NARAL Delivers Over 97,000 Signatures to Reid in 3-Day Petition Drive

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

November 16, 2009 - 3:40pm

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NARAL Pro-Choice America delivers more than 92,000 signatures to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid calling on the Senate to reject Stupak-Pitts language in its health reform bill.

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