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2008 Top Ten Wins for Women's Health

Beth Fredrick on December 24, 2008 - 8:00am
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From Connecticut to Colombia, here are the International Women's Health Coalition's top ten wins for women's health in 2008.

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Anti-Abortion Group Pushes Failed "Personhood" Strategy

Wendy Norris on December 5, 2008 - 8:00am
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Despite the crushing 3-to-1 loss of a state constitutional amendment to confer civil rights on fertilized human eggs, the American Life League says it's their "only option left".

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Reproductive Rights - Indivisible, With Liberty and Justice For All

Shira Saperstein on November 18, 2008 - 8:00am
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Reproductive rights are about nothing less than the ability to make decisions about love, sex, and family without government interference or discrimination. That means marriage equality is a cornerstone of reproductive justice.

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Despite Anti-Choice Defeats, Pro-Choice Groups Brace For More

Sarah Seltzer on November 14, 2008 - 8:00am
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Voters definitively beat back anti-choice ballot initiatives on November 4, but opponents of legal abortion say they'll be back for another round. What can women's health advocates do to build up support before the next round of attacks?

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"Eggment" Backers Go National; Vow to Target Every Petition State

Ernest Luning on November 11, 2008 - 8:00am
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Despite a crushing defeat at the ballot box last Tuesday, supporters of Colorado's “personhood” amendment, have launched plans to take the fight to 16 more states.

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Science and Medicine Trump Anti-Choice Ballot Initiatives

Dr. Susie Baldwin on November 10, 2008 - 8:00am
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Despite the anti-abortion movement's best efforts, Americans in three states voted to protect pregnant women and their physicians from interference by the government.

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In Many States, Voters Reject Anti-Choice Ballot Initiatives

Emily Douglas on November 5, 2008 - 12:44am
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In Colorado, South Dakota, Washington, California and Michigan voters refused to put the government between Americans and their private life decisions.

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Coloradans Decisively Defeat Egg-As-Person Amendment

Emily Douglas on November 4, 2008 - 10:03pm
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In overwhelming numbers, Coloradans today refused to extend legal personhood rights to fertilized eggs.

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Not All Politics Is Local: Connecting the Dots on Anti-Abortion Initiatives

Jessica Arons on November 1, 2008 - 8:00am
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Advocates who oppose legal abortion often claim they only want to "send the issue of abortion back to the states." But this position is a bait-and-switch tactic that should not be trusted.

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Colorado Your Contraception IS Threatened By Far-Right According to the John Birch Society

Scott Swenson on November 1, 2008 - 7:44am
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The original wingnuts make a strong argument for why you should take the far-right's threats to your contraception seriously.

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