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The 2nd Annual RH Reality Check Gift Guide

By Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

December 18, 2008 - 9:00am

With the economy in shambles and holiday shopping turning into a balancing act, let RH Reality Check help you figure out how to bestow feminist-friendly gifts on your friends and family.

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Sexual Longing in an Ab-Only World: The Twilight Saga

By Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

August 8, 2008 - 8:00am

Like American culture itself, the world of the young adult Twilight novels is both lascivious and chaste.

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1 "What If My Mother Had Aborted Me?"

By Amanda Marcotte on Nov 3, 2009 - 7:00am | comments

“How would you like it if your mother had an abortion?” ask anti-choicers, without realizing that’s like asking, “How would you like it if the night you were conceived, your dad decided to go to bed early while your mom watched Johnny Carson?”

What Catholics Really Want in Health Care Reform

By Jon O'Brien on Nov 3, 2009 - 8:00am | comments

What some are really doing in the health reform debate is projecting their own vision of what is moral onto those who will be most affected by distorted views and limited coverage: the taxpayers who will fund and use whatever system emerges.

Catholic Pastors Directed to Distribute Anti-Health Reform Materials at Mass

By John Tomasic on Nov 3, 2009 - 7:00am | comments

This past weekend the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops instructed pastors at parishes across the country to distribute material urging Catholics to oppose the health reform bills they say allow public funding for abortion.

2 House Health Reform Bill Repeals Popular CHIP Program

By Mike Lillis on Nov 3, 2009 - 7:00am | comments

Not even nine months after President Obama, with much fanfare, signed into law a five year, $33 billion reauthorization of the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program, House Democrats have proposed to dismantle it.

Financial Issues Dog Second Colorado Egg-As-Person Campaign

By Wendy Norris on Nov 2, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (1)

The peculiarities on Personhood Colorado campaign's recent financial disclosure form may be an oversight by fledgling activists...or a much more cynical attempt to thwart public accountability by a well-oiled theocratic political machine.

The "Born Alive" Myth: Tale Turned Political Tool

By Kathleen Reeves on Nov 2, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (30)

The myth of the born-alive fetus has long been a weapon in the pro-life arsenal, one "kept alive" by misleading language, and by efforts to pass laws that further obfuscate and mislead.

3 Comprehensive Sex Ed for the Comprehensively Celibate

By KMPatwardhan on Nov 2, 2009 - 7:00am | comments

As someone who was all but completely celibate throughout high school--not at all by conscious choice--I found the lack of information among sexually active teens, and the politicization of teen sex very frustrating.

Reid Blasts Republicans Over Surgeon General Vote Delay, Other Holds and Filibusters

By David Weigel on Oct 30, 2009 - 7:00am | comments

Republicans are holding up a vote to confirm Surgeon General nominee Regina Benjamin because, basically, of arguments over health care reform.

Why It’s Good To Leave the U.S. To Talk About Abortion

By Laura Castleman on Oct 30, 2009 - 7:00am | comments

Last month, over 8000 ob-gyns from around the world, gathered in South Africa to discuss how physicians living in countries with restrictive abortion laws can best face the challenge of caring for women suffering from complications of unsafe abortion.

4 Get Real! I've Had to Lie to Get Him to Stop Pressuring Me for Sex

By Heather Corinna on Oct 30, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (4)

One part of readiness for sexual partnership -- and it's a biggie -- is being able to hear, accept and respect another person's limits and boundaries, not just using someone else to get your rocks off.

Stupak Will Vote for Reform Even With Abortion Coverage

By Todd Heywood on Oct 29, 2009 - 7:00am | comments

Congressman Bart Stupak says that while he is leading the charge to eliminate abortion care from both private and public insurance policies, he will support health care reform legislation even if he loses.

What Now? Colorado Groups Seek "Personhood" For Cells

By Joseph Boven on Oct 29, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (104)

A new version of the anti-choice initiative soundly defeated by Colorado voters in 2008 is making its way to the 2010 ballot. The intention? To grant cells the full spectrum of citizen rights.

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House Health Reform Bill Repeals Popular CHIP Program

Mike Lillis, New Journalist Fellow
Nov 3 2009 - 7:00am | comments

Not even nine months after President Obama, with much fanfare, signed into law a five year, $33 billion reauthorization of the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program, House Democrats have proposed to dismantle it.
eBay Removes Auction Item Extolling Violence

Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check
Nov 2 2009 - 8:12pm | comments

Today, eBay removed the listing for a bible signed by radical anti-choice extremists and put up for auction as a means of raising funds for the "justifiable homicide" defense of Scott Roeder, the man charged with murdering Dr. George Tiller in the vestibule of his church in May.
eBay Auction Items Includes Pamphlet Autographed by Army Of God Members

Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check
Nov 2 2009 - 2:15pm | comments (1)

Among the items for sale on eBay now to raise money for the "justifiable homicide" defense of Scott Roeder, the man accused of killing Dr. George Tiller in his church is a pamphlet signed by at least two members of the "Army of God" group that openly espouses violence against clinic workers and physicians and which, on its website, openly celebrated the assassination of Dr. Tiller this past May

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