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April -- An Abortion Bill A Day Keeps Voters In Play

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by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

May 12, 2011 - 1:17pm (Print)

I knew it was a busy month, but I didn't know it was "pass a new abortion restriction every day" busy.

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If the 20-Week Abortion Ban is So Important to the People of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Why Are Most of the Protestors from Outside?

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reader diary by Ryan Swanek

May 7, 2011 - 1:20pm (Print)

While local news establishments claim, ala Fox News, that a 20-week abortion ban is a priority of the people of Council Bluffs, Iowa, only 34 people showed up to a rally in favor of the ban, many of whom were not from Council Bluffs... or even from Iowa. Meanwhile a local news reporter is seen hugging a leading anti-choice organizer.

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CHIP and Contraception: Legislative Interference in Montana

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by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

June 23, 2009 - 10:41am (Print)

Montana is one of only four states—along with North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Texas—that have legislative bans on the coverage of contraceptives by CHIP.

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Ross Douthat's Abortion Solution: Don't Let Women Have Abortions

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by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

June 9, 2009 - 9:50am (Print)

Reproductive freedom is a civil right, like marriage rights and the rights of minorities, that cannot be left up state legislatures.

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New York State Senators Defect to Republican Party; Reproductive Health, Marriage Equality Legislation Doomed

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by Emily Douglas

June 8, 2009 - 3:50pm (Print)

Two Democratic New York state senators vote with Republicans to change leadership, imperiling both reproductive health and same-sex marriage legislation.
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Roundup: Abortion Providers Congregate at Tiller's Funeral; Roeder Threatens More Violence

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by Emily Douglas

June 8, 2009 - 10:05am (Print)

Scott Roeder threatens more anti-clinic violence; abortion providers gather at Tiller's funeral; Washington Post profiles state-level abortion restrictions; Sotomayor submits questionnaire to Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Roundup: Where Does Sotomayor Stand on Abortion Rights?

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by Emily Douglas

May 28, 2009 - 12:29pm (Print)

Where does Sotomayor stand on abortion rights?; Oklahoma bans sex-selective abortions.
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Roundup: Texas Legislature Considering Ultrasound Bill

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by Emily Douglas

May 22, 2009 - 10:12am (Print)

Texas legislature considers ultrasound bill; withdrawal is more effective than previously thought; Americans United for Life planning to "have fun" with Supreme Court nomination fight; photographs of Rwandan rape survivors and their children.
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Roundup: GOP Unveils Health Care Plan

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by Emily Douglas

May 21, 2009 - 10:31am (Print)

GOP introduces plan for health care reform; more perspectives on the Gallup poll; Texas sex ed bill fails.
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Missouri Abortion Restriction Bill Only Worsens Effects of Intimate Partner Violence

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by Pamela Sumners, NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri

May 11, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

Are you a woman whose husband beat you upon learning you were pregnant, after suggesting abortion? If so, Missouri is on the verge of deciding that you are incompetent to make the decision about whether to terminate your pregnancy.
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