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Religious Tyranny Shames Religion

By Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

November 10, 2009 - 7:00am

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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has debased itself by turning into a lobbying group of the most aggressive and inappropriate sort.


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Crisis Pregnancy Center Report Reveals Accidental Truths

By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

October 1, 2009 - 7:00am

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The Family Research Council's report Wednesday commemorating 40 years of crisis pregnancy centers inadvertently confirms a dirty little secret of public health: $200 million per year is being spent on reproductive health care provided by amateurs.

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Abstinence-Only Violates First Amendment Protections

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

September 27, 2009 - 11:05pm

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Valencia Robinson talks about the ACLU lawsuit against Mississippi's HHS. Also, the Values Voters said some weird stuff, and why health care reform is a woman's issue.


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Roundup: Michael Steele Finds Room in His Tent for Pro-Choice Republicans

By Jodi Jacobson, Editor, RH Reality Check

September 21, 2009 - 12:22pm

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Michael Steele finds room in his tent for pro-choice Republicans, but others don't want to share their campsite; Mike Huckabee remains coy about his intentions for the next Presidential campaign, but he nonetheless played the politician/campaigner at the "Values Voter Summit" this past weekend in Washington, DC. And South Dakota receives a grant for facilitating adoption of children in foster care.

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Values Voters Summit Promotes 'New Masculinity' of Ignorance and Fury

By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

September 21, 2009 - 8:00am

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The Family Research Council wants you to be manly. So the Values Voter Summit, the annual confab of ultra-conservative political and religious leaders, tried to be hip with a fundamentalist-inspired reenactment of "Mad Men."

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Conservatives Lean on Abortion to Distract from Health Care Crisis

By Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

August 3, 2009 - 1:31pm

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Since “Save America’s Insurance Companies” is hardly a winning rallying cry, conservative groups are calling on their reliable foe/political friend, abortion.


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VIDEO: You'll Be "Forced to Pay for Abortions" says Anti-Choice Healthcare Attack Ad

By Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

July 30, 2009 - 12:54pm

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The Family Research Council has released an ad attacking health care reform, specifically the mythical assumption that proposed health care reform would force Americans into an insurance policy that covers abortion care.

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The Blood on Tony Perkins's Hands

By Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

April 20, 2009 - 7:20pm

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With such a lurid attack on Sebelius, Perkins had better be ready to explain his own complicity in AIDS deaths, not just in Africa but all over the world.


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Who Wants Family Planning Assistance - Politicians, Or Families?

By Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

February 4, 2009 - 12:19pm

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Who wants family planning resources, politicians or low-income American women? Tony Perkins claims that it's the former.

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