Hyde Amendment
The history of menstruation, the political prejudices against scientific information on the HPV vaccine, and fighting against the Hyde Amendment, all on this week's podcast.
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Because of Roe v. Wade, and because of Rosie’s death, I am able to sit here and write this. I am able to accomplish what Rosie had planned for herself and have become a teacher. Because of Rosie, I can dream bigger, travel farther, educate others, and help people experiencing an abortion as their abortion doula.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Editor, RH Reality Check January 13, 2010 - 10:49pm
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich) of "can't-do-enough-to-help-the-Bishops-strip-women-of-their-rights" fame, tells CQ that DCCC Chair Van Hollen (D-Md) is urging him to "run for re-election," proving to women that the Dems have our backs....to the firing squad.
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Reader diary posted by Jen Nedeau January 5, 2010 - 10:15am
Democrats
in the Senate got what they wanted this Christmas: a passed health care reform
bill. Low-income women, however, seemed to be the ones with coal in their stocking.
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2009 ended with every writer under the sun reviewing the past decade: the best, the worst, the bizarre. Here's my wish list of things the pro-choice movement should set out to achieve in the next 10 years...not just pay lip service to.
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By Robin Marty, RH Reality Check December 19, 2009 - 11:12am
A "compromise" has been reached within the health care debate, and once more women's reproductive health has been given the short end of the stick.
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By Amie Newman, Managing Editor November 19, 2009 - 1:24pm
Rep. Diana DeGette releases a statement on the Senate bill's exclusion of the anti-choice Stupak Amendment language and her vision for moving forward with health care reform.
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By Jon O'Brien, Catholics for Choice November 19, 2009 - 9:37am
I agree with Jim Wallis that the truth has become a casualty in this war--because both Jim and the Catholic Bishops have twisted it. And if Jim Wallis and his conservative allies have their way, women will become another casualty.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Editor, RH Reality Check November 18, 2009 - 8:49pm
Early indications are that the Senate health reform bill introduced by Majority Leader Harry Reid preserves the "status quo" and does not include a version of the Stupak amendment.
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By Robin Marty, RH Reality Check November 18, 2009 - 8:50am
Utah Senator Orin Hatch announces he will introduce a Stupak-like amendment to the senate health care reform bill. But will anyone support him?
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