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

Emily Douglas on November 19, 2008 - 10:50am
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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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New HHS Regs Would Hit Low-Income Women, Women of Color Hardest

Bethany Sousa on September 22, 2008 - 7:00am
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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

Kathleen Barry on September 18, 2008 - 7:00am
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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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Much Ado About Nothing: Pro-Life Misconceptions About Contraception

Cristina Page on August 22, 2008 - 7:00am
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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

Emily Douglas on August 20, 2008 - 12:12pm
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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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Don't Assume Candidates Support Your Access to Contraception

Cristina Page on August 18, 2008 - 7:00am
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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 Governor Opposes Plan to Define Birth Control as Abortion

Lynda Waddington on August 18, 2008 - 7:00am
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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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In a Clash of Consciences, We Must Protect Women's Access to Care

Rev. Dr. Carlton W. Veazey on August 14, 2008 - 7:00am
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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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With State Approval, Nurses Un-Educated on Contraception

Amanda Marcotte on August 13, 2008 - 7:00am
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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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The Bush Administration's Tortured Logic

Carole Joffe on August 7, 2008 - 7:00am
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An administration that has done everything in its power to oppose abortion is now going after the very thing that can best prevent unintended pregnancies.

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