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Students Arrested at Protest to Save Academy for Pregnant and Mothering Teens

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by Angi Becker Stevens

April 24, 2011 - 7:56pm (Print)

After everything these girls had already been through, they would be hauled off to jail for an act of desperate and peaceful resistance, motivated only by a desire to go to school.

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Beyond Federal Funding for Contraception: Taking a Firm Stance on the Hyde Amendment

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by Angi Becker Stevens

April 20, 2011 - 9:13am (Print)

The term “pro-choice” has very little meaning if we are only defending the choice for those who can afford it.

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When Uncle Sam Plays Cupid

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by Jean Hardisty, Wellesley Centers for Women

February 14, 2008 - 8:45am (Print)

Romance and marriage proposals are in the air on Valentine's Day. Unfortunately, cupid isn’t the only matchmaker hard at work this season. An increasing number of low-income women find themselves pushed to the altar -- by the federal government.

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