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Expert: Colorado 'Personhood' Unlikely to Make Ballot
By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check
February 15, 2010 - 7:00am
The latest effort to effectively ban abortion and contraception in Colorado may not qualify for the November ballot.
Published under: Access to Abortion | Contraception | Maternal Health | Sexuality Education | STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention | Women’s Rights | ballot initiatives | Colorado | Colorado Right to Life | egg-as-person | personhood | Personhood Colorado
Alaska Ballot Initiative Targets Minors
By Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
May 5, 2009 - 8:54am
For some girls, parental notification is not an option. Self-induced abortion is.
Published under: Real Time Blog | Access to Abortion | Election 2008 | Alaska | Alaska Family Council | ballot initiatives | minors | parental consent | parental notification | Sarah Palin
Today's Prop 8 Hearing is Online
March 5, 2009 - 3:07pm
In San Francisco today, the California Supreme Court will consider arguments for overturning Proposition 8 - the controversial ballot initiative that redefined marriage as between one man and one woman.
Published under: Election 2008 | ballot initiatives | LGBTQI rights | proposition 8 | same sex marriage | Supreme Court
Ballot Initiatives and Open Marriage
By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
November 11, 2008 - 10:11am
Published under: Access to Abortion | Contraception | Election 2008 | Women’s Rights | ballot initiatives | gay marriage | Podcast
Colorado Your Contraception IS Threatened By Far-Right According to the John Birch Society
By Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check
November 1, 2008 - 7:44am
The original wingnuts make a strong argument for why you should take the far-right's threats to your contraception seriously.
Published under: Real Time Blog | Access to Abortion | Contraception | Election 2008 | Maternal Health | Women’s Rights | John McCain | Sarah Palin | ballot initiatives | Colorado personhood amendment | Elizabeth Dole | John Birch Society | Michelle Bachmann | No on 48
Colorado Poll: Egg As Person? Over Easy!
By Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check
October 28, 2008 - 2:05pm
It appears the far-right will have to scramble to put Humpty together again as polling suggests the "Egg as Person" initiative is over, easy.
Published under: Real Time Blog | Access to Abortion | Contraception | Election 2008 | Maternal Health | Women’s Rights | ballot initiatives | Colorado | Colorado ballot measure | No on 48
Next Stop, Supreme Court: What Happens If Anti-Choice Ballot Initiatives In South Dakota and Colorado Pass?
By Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check
October 7, 2008 - 5:00am
Is it wise for anti-choicers to bring a direct challenge to Roe to the Supreme Court, as they would if either the South Dakota or Colorado ballot initiative passes? Anti-choice activists are divided on the strategy.
Published under: Access to Abortion | Contraception | Election 2008 | Women’s Rights | ballot initiatives | Ballot Initiatives 2008 | California parental notification ballot initiative | Colorado personhood amendment | egg-as-person | Hanging in the Balance | parental notification | personhood | South Dakota abortion ban
Ballot Initiatives Represent Multi-Pronged Attack on Choice
By Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check
August 19, 2008 - 7:00am
Voters in Colorado, South Dakota and California will have the opportunity to restrict or protect women's reproductive rights this November. What effect would each of these initiatives have, and who's behind them?
Published under: Access to Abortion | Contraception | Election 2008 | Maternal Health | Women’s Rights | 2008 Ballot Initiatives | Amendment 48 | ballegg-as-person | ballot initiatives | Ballot Initiatives 2008 | personhood amendment
Colorado Personhood Law Backer Linked to Militant Anti-Abortion Groups
By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check
August 11, 2008 - 10:55am
A strange netherworld of extremes exists in today's anti-abortion movement. Nowhere is that more evident than in Colorado's proposed Amendment 48, a controversial mandate that seeks to confer constitutional rights to fertilized human eggs.
Published under: Access to Abortion | Contraception | Election 2008 | Women’s Rights | Amendment 48 | ballot initiatives | Ballot Initiatives 2008 | Colorado personhood amendment | egg-as-person | personhood
Roundup: Compulsory Sex Education, GOP Ballot Initiative Strategy
By Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check
July 28, 2008 - 10:42am
Independent council in UK recommends compulsory comprehensive sex education, GOP attempts to lure conservatives to polls with ballot initiatives, 49% of IVF treatments result in multiple births, Ashley Judd discovers importance of family planning in Africa.
Published under: Real Time Blog | Access to Abortion | Contraception | Sexuality Education | STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention | abortion | Africa | AIDS | Ashley Judd | ballot initiatives | Birth Control | Contraception | family planning | George Bush | HIV | in vitro fertilization | IVF | Karl Rove | Rawanda
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West Virginians For Life Skirts Lobbying Laws, But Courts Publicity
By Megan Carpentier on March 12, 2010 - 8:00am | 2 comments
Get Real! He Said He'd Wait, But He Won't Stop Asking
By Heather Corinna on March 12, 2010 - 8:00am | 0 comments
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Banning Abortion: The First Step Toward Theocracy
By Amanda Marcotte on March 11, 2010 - 7:00am | 129 comments
On Stupak and VBAC: Women's Reproductive Choices As Bargaining Chips
By Rebecca A. Spence on March 11, 2010 - 7:00am | 2 comments
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Pro-Choice Candidate Will Challenge Stupak in Primary
By Jodi Jacobson on March 10, 2010 - 11:35am | 23 comments
Facing the Real Threats: Achieving a Meaningful National HIV/AIDS Strategy for Women
By Naina Khanna on March 10, 2010 - 7:00am | 1 comment
Serious Weaknesses Plague HIV/AIDS Programs For US Women
By Brook Kelly on March 10, 2010 - 7:00am | 1 comment
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(SLIDE SHOW) Focus on the Family Emerges From Dobson's Shadow
By Wendy Norris on March 9, 2010 - 7:00am | 0 comments
Stoking Fire: Anti-Choice Leader Arrested for Trespassing and Stalking
By Eleanor Bader on March 9, 2010 - 7:00am | 5 comments
Today
- Banning Abortion: The First Step Toward Theocracy
- Sex: What Is It?
- Get Real! He Said He'd Wait, But He Won't Stop Asking
- West Virginians For Life Skirts Lobbying Laws, But Courts Publicity
- Roundup: Stuck with Stupak, or Looking for Options?
- Once a Cesarean, Rarely a Choice
- Pro-Choice Candidate Will Challenge Stupak in Primary
- On the Doorstep of Reconciliation? Pelosi to call Stupak's Bluff
- Roundup: "Modeling" Legislation to Control Your Body
- Arizona Bill Would Pull Abortion Coverage for All Public Employees
Discussions
- Utah Bill Criminalizes Miscarriage
- Banning Abortion: The First Step Toward Theocracy
- Futile Care Theory Strikes Again-What will the Pro Choice and Pro Life Communities Do About It?
- Oklahoma Anti-Choice Legislators Waste Tax Payer Money Over and Over Again
- The A Word
- ICare "Mis-Advertisements" on Contraception and Abortion
- Pro-Choice Candidate Will Challenge Stupak in Primary
- Sex: What Is It?
All Time
- Utah Bill Criminalizes Miscarriage
- Get Real! What Does Sex Feel Like?
- Ten Things To Do Before You Have Sex
- Get Real! The Great No-Orgasm-from-Intercourse Conundrum
- You Tube Wins Debate: Age Appropriate Sex-Ed Discussed
- HHS Moves to Define Contraception as Abortion
- Slutty Girls and Stupid Boys: Today's Abstinence-Only "Education"
- Obama's Late Term Abortion Comments Ignore Stark Realities
- GOP Playbook Useless in Health Care Fight
- Home Delivery Video
Utah's fetal homicide bill as potential model legislation, and a game that will kill tons of free time at work today -- guide the sperm!
The House will call Rep. Stupak's bluff and pass healthcare reform with or without his support.
Arizona may soon potentially ban health insurance companies that cover any public employee -- from librarians to state workers -- from covering abortion or any health services related to abortion.
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