Barack Obama
Michelle Goldberg on women's rights, reproduction, and the fate of the world. Also, gay marriage hits the heartland and Notre Dame's reputation is assailed by anti-choicers.
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The term "baby-killer" has become the verbal equivalent of that four-letter obscenity angry people blurt out when they can't think of anything rational to say. It's the brutal, desperate proclamation of an empty mind and a damaged heart.
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By Corinna Lohser, Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children June 18, 2009 - 8:00am
One of President Obama's key common ground proposals focuses on making adoption more accessible. But what does that mean? And how do reproductive health and justice advocates work towards accomplishing the goal?
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Reader diary posted by AmandaM June 16, 2009 - 8:35am
On Saturday, June 6th, anti-choice extremists across the country
gathered around doctors’ offices, health centers, pharmacies and public
spaces to protest something that most American women have used or will
use at some point in their life, and a majority of Americans strongly
support: birth control.
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While I appreciate the importance of President
Obama raising awareness by issuing a national proclamation making this month Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgender Pride Month, I can't help but ask: what happens in July?
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President Obama has made a Supreme Court pick that couldn't be more different from Harriet Miers -- a candidate with such a strong judicial record and empathetic stance that it's been hard for many in the Right to establish a coherent argument in her opposition.
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By Joe Veix, RH Reality Check April 6, 2009 - 2:10pm
As the recession gets worse, more Catholics are shifting their political opinions, or becoming more open to compromise and dialogue about that and other issues.
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President Obama will officially create a White House Council on Women and Girls tomorrow, Wednesday, March 11. But don't call it a symbolic gesture - this has the potential to be way more than that.
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By Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround February 7, 2009 - 2:00pm
The media discussions over the inclusion, and then exclusion, of contraception funds in the stimulus package ignored actual experts. And the fact that family planning has profound economic benefits.
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Along with the rest of the country eagerly anticipating the inauguration of Barack Obama, the majority of American women will be reveling in the fact that those who wanted to curb a woman's right to choose didn't make it to the Oval Office.
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