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Palin, Protector of Children vs. Her Record

Lindsay Beyerstein on October 3, 2008 - 2:41pm

Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin styles herself as a fierce protector of children and families, but her record on health insurance for children and pregnant women raises doubts about her priorities.

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Women's Health Advocates Speak Up in Push for Health Reform

Lois Uttley on August 4, 2008 - 8:00am

Will comprehensive health reform give women access to the services we need, including reproductive health care? Only if we're on the front lines shaping health reform policy.

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Roundup: McCain Squirms in Silence on Birth Control Question

Brady Swenson on July 10, 2008 - 11:04am

Watch video of McCain squirming for eight long seconds in response to a birth control question, Birth control prices continue to rise, Catching up on RH issues in Latin America.

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Roundup: More on Obama and Abortion, McCain Adviser Slips on Birth Control

Brady Swenson on July 9, 2008 - 11:29am

Obama answers tough questions on abortion this week, McCain adviser Carly Fiorina advocates better insurance coverage for birth control, Microbicides and HIV drug resistance, PA refuses ab-only funds.

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Nothing Changes If Hyde Stands

Erin Kate Ryan on May 30, 2008 - 8:00am

Massachusetts's recent health care reform has plenty in common with Sen. Barack Obama's proposed health care plan. Can we predict what will happen to public funding for abortion nationwide based on what's happening now in Massachusetts?

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News & Commentary

1 Ab-Only Curricula Stoke Fear, Propagate Inaccuracy

By Joseph DiNorcia Jr on Oct 14, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

Telling students that AIDS can be spread through skin-to-skin contact and comparing premarital sex to Hitler and slavery? Today SIECUS releases reviews of three fear-based abstinence-only programs that rely on biased or outrageously incorrect information.

In Hard Times, Treating Women's Private Decisions With Empathy

By Amanda Marcotte on Oct 14, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

In a broken economy, do Americans realize that moralizing about sex doesn't address people's real needs?

Against Backdrop of Sexual Violence, Ads, Too, Exploit Young Teens

By Danielle Toppin on Oct 14, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

Against a wider backdrop of sexual violence being committed against, and perpetrated by, children and adolescents, the sexualization of under-aged teenagers in Jamaica is extremely problematic.

2 Raising Our Voices for the Health Care We Need

By Eesha Pandit on Oct 13, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

Post your own story here! As important for health care advocacy as policy analysis is the stories of real women and their families. Raising Women's Voices and RH Reality Check offer you this space to tell us about your experiences of health care.

Huge Economic and Health Costs of New HHS Regulation Dismissed

By Inimai Chettiar on Oct 13, 2008 - 8:00am | 2 comments

The Bush Administration claims that the benefits of the new HHS provider conscience regulation outweigh the costs. But they reached this conclusion without using any data or proof.

At Weekend Rallies, Palin Calls Obama "Radical" on Abortion

By Emily Douglas on Oct 13, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

John McCain may be attempting to tamp down anger at rallies for the Republican presidential ticket, but Sarah Palin continues to stoke her base with inaccuracies on Obama's position on abortion.

3 VIDEO Abuse of Power, Anger and Abortion Politics: Extremism Exposed

By Scott Swenson on Oct 11, 2008 - 12:46pm | 2 comments

Americans can see anti-choice extremism on full display in McCain-Palin rallies. Given Palin's "abuse of power" and McCain distancing himself from the Culture of Lies rabid anti-choicers have created, perhaps McCain has a little maverick left in him.

Health Care - Right or Responsibility?

By Eesha Pandit on Oct 10, 2008 - 8:00am | 3 comments

In Tuesday's presidential debate, John McCain said health care is a matter of personal responsibility, while Barack Obama said it was a right. What does that mean for patients and health consumers?

I Had An Abortion

By Anonymous on Oct 10, 2008 - 8:00am | 43 comments

Let's be clear - it's the circumstances around abortion that vary, not the validity of our decisions, nor our need for access to be safe and legal.

4 Get Real! Why Can't She Understand That I'm Not Ready?

By Heather Corinna on Oct 10, 2008 - 4:00am | 0 comments

Just like for women, plenty of men have concerns about unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, physical or emotional safety, or mucking a relationship up with sex that happens too soon or before it really feels right.

Noisy Anti-Abortion Protestor Gets Muted at Colorado Capitol

By Wendy Norris on Oct 9, 2008 - 11:07am | 2 comments

An anti-abortion protester attempted to shout down Gov. Bill Ritter, who was speaking on the steps of the Capitol in opposition to the proposed state constitutional amendment that would confer legal rights on fertilized eggs.

110th Congress Recap: Judging the Candidates By Their Votes

By Pamela Merritt on Oct 9, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

Looking at the presidential candidates' Senate votes is a great resource for pro-choice voters looking to weigh each candidate's actions against his rhetoric before casting their ballot in November.

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Family Research Council Launches Attack on Freedom of Choice Act

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check
Oct 13 2008 - 9:59pm | 0 comments
The Family Research Council is attacking the Freedom of Choice Act hoping people won't take time to learn anything more than their spin. The bill explains itself quite well -- without any scare tactics from the far-right.
Pro-Life Women, Voting Dilemma

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check
Oct 13 2008 - 9:08pm | 2 comments
As Melinda Henneberger writes in Slate today, pro-life women are facing a dilemma this year. How can you vote based on a single issue - abortion - in the midst of a severe economic crisis, and a war? The answer is you don't.
Newest McCain-Palin Ad "Misleading" and "Downright False"

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check
Oct 13 2008 - 3:02pm | 0 comments
The answer to "Who Is Barack Obama?" in a new McCain-Palin ad is "simply false", according to Factcheck.org.

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