anti-contraception activists
Steven Waldman proposes the following hypothetical situation: more premarital sex and fewer abortions. Would pro-lifers accept this trade-off?
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Pro-choice Paul Begich wins Alaska Senate seat; will anti-choicers fighting Roe be marginalized?; Ross Douthat says anti-choicers should drop war on contraception; Dr. George Tiller's lawyers argue that charges should be dismissed.
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By Bethany Sousa, Center for Reproductive Rights September 22, 2008 - 7:00am
Under current law, recipients of federal money cannot force medical professionals to provide abortion or sterilization services if they object for moral or religious reasons. But proposed regulations would expand these laws at patients' expense.
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The extremists are coming out of the closet with their real agenda: the assault on birth control.
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By Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround August 22, 2008 - 7:00am
There's no evidence that any birth control method prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the womb. Why isn't that a relief to pro-lifers?
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Millions of Americans know that contraception is not abortion. And 325,000 of them have signed a new MoveOn petition to block HHS draft regulations that would redefine contraception as abortion.
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By Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround August 18, 2008 - 7:00am
Access to contraception is the only proven way to reduce unwanted pregnancy rates, so it's no wonder that Americans overwhelmingly support contraception. Yet few know that more and more candidates vying for their vote don't.
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Iowa Gov. Chet Culver last week voiced his displeasure with President George W. Bush’s proposed rule change that would redefine birth control as abortion.
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The Medical Right wants more expansive protections for physicians who object to providing reproductive health care services for moral or religious reasons. And they aren't stopping with abortion care and referral.
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A continuing education program for nurses in California indoctrinates providers with anti-contraception ideology -- part of the larger project to stock health care professions with anti-choicers who hide behind religion to refuse health care.
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