The surge of Evangelical support for Obama reflects stunning changes among voters who have traditionally voted for the most right-wing of Republicans. Are these culture warriors laying down their swords?
Focus on the Family announced major layoffs to its Colorado Springs-based ministry yesterday. The cutbacks come just weeks after the group pumped more than half a million dollars into the successful effort to pass a gay-marriage ban in California.
You can show that women who suffer violence are not alone or forgotten. Sign UNIFEM's petition against gender-based violence before the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25.
Even with victories on anti-choice initiatives, and even with this election, individual state legislatures remain dangerous arenas in which we struggle to preserve every woman's rights.
The leadership of Barack Obama in the United States of America is good for Native people, and you can sure as hell bet that a whole lot of us voted for him, and are counting on him to really care about the issues we are facing.
Reproductive rights are about nothing less than the ability to make decisions about love, sex, and family without government interference or discrimination. That means marriage equality is a cornerstone of reproductive justice.
Taking a look at Obama's AIDS plan is like reading my policy wish list. But no president has ever taken fighting AIDS, especially at home, seriously. Will this time be different?
Catholic voters, just like the rest of America, want government to focus on solving problems for American families, such as increasing access to affordable health care and helping children stay healthy.
The worst years of abortion clinic violence occurred during the Clinton presidency. Without a "friend in the White House," will anti-abortion extremists ratchet up violence against clinics again? Hoffman, an abortion provider, shares her fears.
Funding the Women's Appointments Project to suggest women for President Obama's Cabinet hasn't materialized, a blow for a process that has been operating in presidential election years since 1976.
Voters definitively beat back anti-choice ballot initiatives on November 4, but opponents of legal abortion say they'll be back for another round. What can women's health advocates do to build up support before the next round of attacks?
Despite the church hierarchy's claims that abortion needed to be the one issue that Catholics voted on, Catholics overwhelmingly disagreed with the idea that abortion should be the deciding factor this election.
Pro-choice Paul Begich wins Alaska Senate seat; will anti-choicers fighting Roe be marginalized?; Ross Douthat says anti-choicers should drop war on contraception; Dr. George Tiller's lawyers argue that charges should be dismissed.
The New York City Council today heard testimony on a bill that would improve access to women's health clinics and make it easier to prosecute harassers who protest outside of clinics.
EEOC officials oppose new HHS regulations; anti-choicers move toward common ground; ACLU seeks documents regarding teen health policy; priest asks parishioners to repent for voting for Obama.
