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Majority of Women Use Contraception Irrespective of Religious Affiliation

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by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check

April 15, 2011 - 1:22am (Print)

A report released by the Guttmacher Institute yesterday shows that while religious affiliation may play some role in decisions regarding sexual behavior, it has little to do with whether women (married and unmarried) use contraception.  

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Contraception Isn't Controversial. Let's Stop Saying It Is

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

April 13, 2011 - 3:41pm (Print)

The vast majority of women who identify as Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and of other faiths have sex and use contraception at some point in their lives. Contraception is not controversial to real-life people. It only is when men in the far right repeat this ad nauseum. Let's stop repeating after them.

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A Jewish "Crisis Pregnancy" Group Follows Its Anti-Choice Christian Cousins

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

June 18, 2010 - 1:50pm (Print)

In Shifra's Arms, a D.C.-based organization that "provides support for Jewish women facing unplanned pregnancies," appears to be following the model of its Christian cousins with an agenda that is less about ensuring women have choices than about making sure women facing unintended pregnancy make the "choice" that matches an organization's ideological agenda.

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