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Congratulations! You're Forgiven!

by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

August 18, 2011 - 12:12pm (Print)

Have you had an abortion? Better head to a priest, quickly!

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My Perfectly Legal Abortion

reader diary by Mlburnett

May 31, 2011 - 6:49am (Print)

My decision to have an abortion was personal not political. Or was it? Is it my time to pay it forward?

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Diocese of Phoenix Maligns Nun, Errs on Canon Law

by Jon O'Brien, Catholics for Choice

May 20, 2010 - 3:23pm (Print)

The Archdiocese misrepresents church law to defend the excommunication of a nun who helped save a woman's life by helping her access an abortion. Catholics for Choice calls out the inaccuracies with some clarification of canon law.

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A World in Which Women Are Cartoons, Not People

by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

March 20, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

If you can't grasp the basics -- women have minds and feelings, just like men -- it's a short jump to dehumanizing women and girls in other ways.

Follow Amanda Marcotte on Twitter, @amandamarcotte

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Abortion More Serious Crime than Rape, Says Vatican

by Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

March 11, 2009 - 2:16pm (Print)

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva has chastised the Catholic Church for excommunicating the doctors and family of the nine-year-old girl who had an abortion.

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