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Happy National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers!

By Micah Steffes, RH Reality Check

March 10, 2009 - 6:52am

Today is National Day of Appreciation for Abortion-providers! Here are just a few reasons to recognize and a couple ways to do so!

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1 What a Drag: Why Can't Little Boys Wear Dresses?

By Anat Shenker on February 26, 2010 - 9:00am | 0 comments

Tomorrow, on the Jewish holiday of Purim, my three-year-old son will dress as Queen Esther, the star of this show. But reactions to his choice show just how little room boys have for exploring different gender roles.

Toe-To-Toe: A Raw Look at What It's Like to be a Teen Girl

By Sarah Seltzer on February 26, 2010 - 9:00am | 0 comments

Toe to Toe, Emily Abt's independent feminist feature film premiering this week in New York, is one of the most painfully, beautifully accurate looks at being a high school girl I've seen in years.

CBS Behind Anti-Choice Billboards in Atlanta

By Jodi Jacobson on February 26, 2010 - 7:00am | 2 comments

Anti-choice groups have rented billboards throughout Atlanta seeking to undermine women's rights. The billboards are owned by CBS Outdoors. Yes, that CBS.

2 Tune In Today: The Say What?!?! Contest Winners Live on Video!

By Rachel Larris on February 26, 2010 - 7:00am | 1 comment

What is the worst advice about sex you've ever received? Today we livestream the keynote address for the Sex::Tech 2010 conference and introduce you to the Say What?!?! contest winners.

Help for Christine Taylor: Victim of Iowa's Feticide Law

By Amie Newman on February 25, 2010 - 2:50pm | 2 comments

A group of concerned advocates rally to help Christine Taylor--the young mother accused of "attempted feticide" under Iowa's anti-choice feticide law-- put her life back together after the charges are dropped.

The Female Senators' Last Stand: Fight to Win Health Reform, or a Massacre for Sure

By Rebecca Sive on February 25, 2010 - 9:00am | 2 comments

The President's version of a health reform bill is based on a flawed Senate bill that contains totally onerous and untenable conditions on American women. It needs to be fixed, now.

3 Colorado Maternity Care Mandate Raises Pro-choice Hackles

By Wendy Norris on February 25, 2010 - 8:00am | 0 comments

A seemingly feel-good bill to require insurance plans to cover maternity care and contraception in Colorado is fraught with problems that could have been solved by long-delayed federal legislation.

Weekly Pulse: Obama to Promote Health Plan at Summit

By Lindsay E. Beyerstein on February 25, 2010 - 8:00am | 0 comments

Today, President Obama will hold a televised health care summit on his recently released plan for health reform, a last-ditch attempt to get Republicans to offer ideas for reform. In fact, he's hoping to give the GOP enough rope to hang itself.

Worried About Women of Color? Thanks, But No Thanks, Anti-Choicers. We've Got It Covered.

By Miriam Pérez on February 24, 2010 - 7:00am | 25 comments

The anti-choice movement uses false concern about women of color in a classic effort to divide-and-conquer. Reproductive justice advocates say thanks but no thanks...we've got it covered.

4 Democrats Must Share Blame for Spread of Discrimination

By Donald Hitchcock on February 24, 2010 - 7:00am | 0 comments

Virginia’s Republican governor Bob McDonnell recently removed sexual orientation as a class protected from employment discrimination and wants to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood. Blue Dog Democrats are partly to blame.

Sorry, But Tiger Woods Doesn't Owe Me An Apology

By Martha Kempner on February 24, 2010 - 7:00am | 1 comment

Tiger Woods does not owe me an apology. He cheated on his wife, not me. I fail to see how he has wronged me. Politicians involved in sex scandals are a different story.

Kenya Poised to Trample Women's Reproductive Rights

By Gillian Kane on February 23, 2010 - 7:00am | 3 comments

Kenya is poised to revise its constitution with a ban on abortion and language redefining life beginning at conception. Only three other countries have such constitutional prohibitions.

5 40 Days of Harassment: Anti-choicers Avoid Self-Reflection During Lent

By Amanda Marcotte on February 23, 2010 - 7:00am | 144 comments

On Ash Wednesday, anti-choicers kicked off the “40 Days for Life” protests, so believers can avoid focusing either on their own sin and or their own mortality by demanding others give life against their will.

Minn. Legislators Inject Abortion Politics Into Medical Assistance Program That Does Not Fund Abortions

By Robin Marty on February 23, 2010 - 7:00am | 1 comment

An amendment to strip taxpayer funding for abortions nearly passes in Minnesota, even though the fund in question doesn't pay for abortions at all.

Wyoming to Legalize Midwifery?

By Amie Newman on February 22, 2010 - 1:56pm | 3 comments

Certified professional midwives in Wyoming may no longer be considered criminals if a new bill to establish a Board of Midwifery in the state passes.

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In the Category of "Just Don't Get It," NY Gov. & Staff Intervene with Woman Seeking Restraining Order Against His Aide

Jodi Jacobson, Editor, RH Reality Check
Feb 26 2010 - 9:15am | comments (0)

Wonder why we continue to have a problem of violence against women and sexual assault in this country? Here's your answer: People in power who continue to just not get it. Most recent case in point, NY's Governor David Paterson

Tune In Today: The Say What?!?! Contest Winners Live on Video!

Rachel Larris, RH Reality Check
Feb 26 2010 - 7:00am | comments (1)

What is the worst advice about sex you've ever received? Today we livestream the keynote address for the Sex::Tech 2010 conference and introduce you to the Say What?!?! contest winners.

Bob Marshall Introduced By Man Who Says Haitians Deserved It

Rachel Larris, RH Reality Check
Feb 25 2010 - 6:27pm | comments (0)

Bob Marshall, who continues to dispute he said what he's been recorded and caught on video tape saying, is digging an ever-deeper hole for himself politically. Moreover, new video shows that he was introduced at the press conference by a minister who said Pat Roberts was "on target" about the recent earthquake in Haiti being just punishment for a "pact with the devil."

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