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Hard Line Anti-choice Group 'Going Rogue' on Palin

By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

November 18, 2009 - 7:00am

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After attacking James Dobson and Mitt Romney for not being anti-abortion enough, American Right to Life has set its sights on a new high profile target: ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

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Focus on the Family Still Doesn't Understand Abortion

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

August 19, 2009 - 12:44pm

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Not surprisingly, Focus
on the Family doesn't support the one thing that would help reduce the number
of abortions in this country - comprehensive sex education.


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Does Dobson's Departure From Focus on the Family Signal Change?

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

February 27, 2009 - 5:45pm

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James Dobson is finally stepping down as Chairman of Focus on the Family so the organization can "appeal to a new generation." But Dobson is far from retiring. And the organization still has its sights set on the same far right, religiously conservative goals.

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Roundup: Teen Birth Rate Increases in 26 States; Focus on the Family Opposes Daschle Confirmation

By Emily Douglas

January 7, 2009 - 11:08am

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta Obama's pick for surgeon general; teen birth rate increases in 26 states; Focus on the Family opposes Daschle confirmation; maternity leave healthier for mothers, babies; University of Wisconsin clinic plans to offer second-trimester abortions; Rick Warren's Uganda connections.

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Massive Layoffs at Focus on the Family After Prop 8 Win

By Cara DeGette

November 19, 2008 - 8:00am

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Focus on the Family announced major layoffs to its Colorado Springs-based ministry yesterday. The cutbacks come just weeks after the group pumped more than half a million dollars into the successful effort to pass a gay-marriage ban in California.

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"Hardcore Pro-Lifer" Palin on Dobson's Radio Show

By Emily Douglas

October 22, 2008 - 1:42pm

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Sarah Palin calls herself a "hardcore pro-lifer" in an interview with James Dobson.

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Can I Get A May Day for Immigrant Women's Health?

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

May 1, 2008 - 5:03pm

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May Day has become a day to publicly recognize and stand up for the rights of immigrants in the United States. But the reproductive health of immigrant women must be included in this message.


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UltraLove: The Medical Right Falls Hard for Ultrasounds

By Marjorie Signer and Cindy Cooper, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

February 19, 2008 - 9:10am

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Lost in the craze for non-medical ultrasound imagery is the potential risk to the developing fetus and the impact on vulnerable pregnant women, who are left to fend for themselves in sorting out potential health threats, the sufficiency of the exams, and their own personal needs.


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