freedom of choice
Reproductive Health and Human Rights
July 19, 2011 - 1:30pm
Charlotte Metcalf wrote and produced this series of 12 short skits that demonstrate the violation of human rights, particularly reproductive rights, that millions of women continue to experience worldwide.
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The Positive Meaning and Value of "Choice"
January 22, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)
Choice is a central component of the rational human being. It is especially important that we assert it for women whose choices are constrained by circumstances along with efforts to increase the circumstances that give women more choices.
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Is this Guy Serious? Steve Waldman Debates What Bristol Should Have Been Forced to Do
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
March 13, 2009 - 7:49pm (Print)
BeliefNet's Steve Waldman provides the latest example of the constant assessment, reassessment and judgment ladeled out by male pontificators on women's choices in regard to pregnancy, abortion, adoption, marriage and childbearing.
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North Dakota House Passes Egg-as-Person Bill
by Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check
February 19, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
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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Moldovan Woman in Prison for Having an Abortion: European Court of Human Rights to Review
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
February 18, 2009 - 4:31pm (Print)
A young pregnant woman in Moldova is jailed for undergoing an abortion, denied adequate health care, and subject to discrimination and humiliation by male guards in prison. Human rights groups have filed a complaint on her behalf.
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