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STOKING FIRE: Women's Health Facilities are Crucial to All Pregnancy-Related Decisions

November 1, 2011 - 11:42am (Print)

Good options counseling requires a mix of concrete information and careful listening so that individuals can decide which alternative best meets their needs. That’s why one former patient gets so riled up when conservatives condemn Planned Parenthood: “I want these legislators to know that my three-year-old is here, not despite, but because of, Planned Parenthood."

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Defunding Planned Parenthood

reader diary by pro-choice-katie

June 29, 2011 - 5:06pm (Print)

Defunding Planned Parenthood as a provider of family planning. Of Medicaid. Of Title X. What does this do exactly?

See, because here’s the thing I don’t quite get. Even if those on the right ARE correct, which is a big IF, that there are other providers.

Then what you’ve accomplished is what?

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Special Rights or Basic Rights?

reader diary by 29834273

June 27, 2009 - 9:21pm (Print)

If some conservatives are against gay marriage and women's rights because they consider them to be "special rights", why are they in favor of fetal rights?

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Sotomayor, Race and Gender: An Abortion Debate by Proxy

by Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check

June 12, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

Charges that racism and sexism might influence Judge Sotomayor's decision-making are a proxy for the far right's concerns about her positions on choice, discrimination, and immigration rights.

Follow Pamela Merritt on Twitter, @SharkFu

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Sotomayor, Obama, and Empathy

by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

May 26, 2009 - 2:43pm (Print)

Obama’s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor is the latest event in an interesting conflict between the President and conservatives. As a candidate, Obama was diplomatic, and as a President, he is adept at articulating and advancing policy without incensing opponents.

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