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Jill Stanek Doesn't Want to Prevent Abortions

July 8, 2009 - 11:11am (Print)

Steven Waldman proposes the following hypothetical situation: more premarital sex and fewer abortions. Would pro-lifers accept this trade-off?

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Roundup: Pro-Choice Begich Wins Alaska Senate Seat; Tiller Trial Continues

by Emily Douglas

November 19, 2008 - 10:50am (Print)

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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New HHS Regs Would Hit Low-Income Women, Women of Color Hardest

by Bethany Sousa, Center for Reproductive Rights

September 22, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

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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Using Pseudoscience at HHS

by Kathleen Barry, Women Donors Network

September 18, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

The extremists are coming out of the closet with their real agenda: the assault on birth control.

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Much Ado About Nothing: Pro-Life Misconceptions About Contraception

by Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround

August 22, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

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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Planned Parenthood, MoveOn Deliver 325,000 Signatures to HHS to Preserve Contraception Access

by Emily Douglas

August 20, 2008 - 12:12pm (Print)

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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Iowa Governor Opposes Plan to Define Birth Control as Abortion

by Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow

August 18, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

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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Don't Assume Candidates Support Your Access to Contraception

by Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround

August 18, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

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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In a Clash of Consciences, We Must Protect Women's Access to Care

by Rev. Dr. Carlton W. Veazey, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

August 14, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

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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With State Approval, Nurses Un-Educated on Contraception

by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

August 13, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

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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