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Brownback Disavows FOCA Attack Letter

By Emily Douglas

February 24, 2009 - 3:51pm

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A direct-mail letter fans flames on FOCA, and Sen. Sam Brownback wants no part of it.

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Roundup: FOCA a "Mythical Abortion Bill," Says TIME

By Emily Douglas

February 19, 2009 - 11:30am

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TIME calls FOCA a "mythical abortion bill;" possible heads of FDA on reproductive health; getting to the heart of Quiverfull; Tennessee considers legislation to monitor pregnant women; Oklahoma state panel votes on ban on sex-selective abortions; examining scope, impact of egg-as-person legislation.

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North Dakota House Passes Egg-as-Person Bill

By Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check

February 19, 2009 - 8:00am

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Anti-choice legislators recently introduced bills to define fertilized eggs as people in Maryland and North Dakota -- North Dakota's passed its House on Tuesday. Pro-choice groups gear up for the fight.

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Yes They Can't: Right Wing Fundamentalists Taste Change

By Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround

January 8, 2009 - 4:16pm

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Some in the anti-choice establishment have cautiously stuck a toe onto the common ground that Obama has suggested is findable. The Old Guard, by contrast, is inspired in another way.

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Anti-Abortion Postcard Campaign Stirs Up Catholics

By Andy Birkey, New Journalist Fellow

January 7, 2009 - 8:00am

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Roman Catholic bishops throughout the United States are planning a postcard campaign days after the inauguration as part of an attempt to block the Freedom of Choice Act. One Minnesota priest is breaking rank, and getting flack.

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True Common Ground for the 111th Congress

By Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check

January 5, 2009 - 8:00am

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The 111th Congress has an opportunity to pass true common ground legislation that will ensure access to contraception and sexuality education. But will this agenda be derailed by those who push "abortion reduction" instead of reproductive health?

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Pro-Choice Groups in New Mexico Set Sights On State FOCA

By Gwyneth Doland

December 15, 2008 - 8:00am

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Advocates for reproductive choice in New Mexico say the time is right to push for passage of a state Freedom of Choice Act.

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Showdown in Georgia: Chambliss vs. Martin Tomorrow

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

December 1, 2008 - 7:49pm

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Tomorrow will bring a winner of the long-awaited Georgia Senate race between Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss and former Representative Democrat Jim Martin. If Martin wins, a Democratic super majority in Congress could help to pass some critical pro-choice, progressive policies.

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What Would FOCA Really Do?

By Emily Douglas

November 25, 2008 - 9:24pm

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Would the Freedom of Choice Act force Catholic hospitals to perform abortions, as Melinda Hennenberger suggests? Unequivocally no.

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