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Abortion is THE Issue for Bob McDonnell

By Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

August 18, 2009 - 10:44am

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Bob McDonnell’s position on abortion is not incidental to his career as a politician; it’s central, and it’s also extreme.


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Kansas Politicians Disgrace the Legislative Process

By Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

April 14, 2009 - 2:22pm

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If this Senate bill becomes law, anti-choice virulence will not only be found in the political climate or on the sidewalk outside the clinic — it will have entered the supposedly neutral examining room.


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State Legislative Trends: Abortion Ban Travels Across Country

By Rachel Gold and Elizabeth Nash, Guttmacher Institute

April 15, 2008 - 9:41am

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With the legislative year in full swing, clear trends in the states are emerging, largely in the wake of last year's Supreme Court decision in Gonzalez v. Carhart.


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RealTime: Planned Parenthood Under Attack in Virginia

By Vivian Greentree

February 28, 2008 - 2:02pm

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Last night, the Virginia State Senate passed an amendment to the biennium budget to defund Planned Parenthood. This bill would strip Planned Parenthood affiliates in Virginia from any state funding for STI screening and treatment, annual exams, cancer screening and treatment, and much more.


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