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Walking the Talk: Political Parity, Market Fundamentalism

By Kavita Ramdas, Global Fund for Women

March 12, 2008 - 9:46am

It is vital to show by deed as well as by word that the United States means to walk its talk on gender justice. This would go a long way in rebuilding the trust and goodwill that the past administration has squandered in the rest of the world.

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Regarding Michelle's Questions...

By Frances Kissling

March 11, 2008 - 2:27pm

Preaching from the US about sexual and reproductive rights is not productive. Our own house is not quite clean enough. So we really need to link our domestic policies and their enforcement with our moral voice abroad.

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Two Questions for the Group

By Michelle Goldberg

March 11, 2008 - 11:27am

There are two particular questions I've been mulling over quite a bit lately. First, how much should the administration pressure foreign governments to reform anti-woman laws? And, should US policymakers, and the women's movement, try to leverage concern over the environment to garner more support for reproductive health and women's empowerment programs?

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Is This A "Bold" Plan?

By Frances Kissling

March 11, 2008 - 10:18am

Is Adrienne Germain's plan really a bold one? Only in the sense that the US is so far behind the curve on modern thought about gender, sexuality and reproduction that getting there with our current mindset is unthinkable. In this sense, it is a good plan for the 20th century, but I say let's be really bold and move to the 21st.

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Letting Their Voices Be Heard

By Vanessa Valenti, Feministing.com

March 11, 2008 - 10:17am

We need to ensure that within our initiatives to assist various nations, we're working with and funding local women's organizations, talking to women and girls on the ground, and allowing them to maintain agency so that they're not just being helped, but being heard.

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New Thinking Required to Win the Fight

By Masimba Biriwasha, RH Reality Check, Africa & Asia

March 11, 2008 - 10:16am

In order to make real progress, there has to be a paradigm shift in our perception of sex and sexuality in the context of HIV. Money tied with restrictions that exclude many groups and limit access to services will only save to extend the lifeline of the epidemic.

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A New Agenda for Girls' and Women's Health and Rights

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

March 11, 2008 - 10:15am

Saturday, March 8th was International Women's Day - a day celebrated every year that focuses on the unique issues affecting women and girls globally and to embolden ourselves to act on these challenges. In honor of International Women's Day and in order to foster a lively discussion and debate on what the best way to address these global issues may be, RH Reality Check is thrilled to introduce our first co-produced and co-hosted online salon with our partner, UN Dispatch.

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News & Commentary

1 The "Real Life" Effects of Stupak-Pitts: An Analysis by Legal Experts at Planned Parenthood

By Jodi Jacobson on Nov 10, 2009 - 9:41am | comments

What are the real-life effects of the Stupak-Pitts amendment to the House health care bill? An analysis by experts on health law, and reproductive and sexual health issues, shows just how far it goes.

The Reaction To Stupak: What's Really Pissing Me Off

By Meteor Blades on Nov 10, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (1)

"Irrational." "Hypersensitive." "Hysterical." The tone of comments on Daily Kos around the abomination known as the Stupak-Pitts Amendment is: "Calm down, little lady. Get real. Be adults. Doncha know how politics really works?"

Religious Tyranny Shames Religion

By Kathleen Reeves on Nov 10, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (4)

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has debased itself by turning into a lobbying group of the most aggressive and inappropriate sort.

2 (VIDEO) With Friends Like This... McCaskill Says Stupak Amendment Not That Bad

By Jodi Jacobson on Nov 9, 2009 - 5:59pm | comments (2)

Is a Senator who says she's pro-choice short-circuiting efforts to beat the Stupak Amendment in the Senate by conceding the point less than 48 hours after the disastrous vote in the House on this amendment? Is she signaling for the White House?

Why The Stupak Amendment Is A Monumental Setback

By Jessica Arons on Nov 9, 2009 - 11:11am | comments (2)

The Stupak Amendment potentially goes farther than any other federal law to restrict women’s access to abortion. The claim that it only bars federal funding for abortions is simply false.

Will the Stupak Amendment Affect Insurance Coverage for Miscarriages? I Think So

By Robin Marty on Nov 9, 2009 - 12:04pm | comments (25)

By banning private insurers in the public exchange from covering "abortion services," the Stupak Amendment will affect women with incomplete miscarriages. Like the one I faced last month.

3 The Stupak Amendment: An Assault On Women

By Charlotte Taft on Nov 9, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (3)

The Stupak-Pitts amendment would actually result the loss of abortion coverage many women already have because it prohibits the new private insurance market as well as any possible public option from providing such coverage.

"This Is Only the First Salvo In the Bishops Campaign Against Women's Health"

By Jon O'Brien on Nov 8, 2009 - 10:58am | comments (26)

This is only the first salvo in the bishops’ campaign against women’s health. Just imagine for a moment what healthcare will look like when the bishops are finished.

The Answer to Stupak? Overturn Hyde Now

By Frances Kissling on Nov 8, 2009 - 1:08am | comments (10)

Our biggest defeat since 1973 was enactment of the Hyde Amendment and the lack of an uncompromising commitment to overturning it. If nothing else, we must now make overturning Hyde the single objective of our movement.

4 Do Catholic Bishops Run the United States Government?

By Jodi Jacobson on Nov 7, 2009 - 11:11pm | comments (53)

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops apparently now runs the US government, aided by "faith-based advocacy groups," the House Democratic Leadership, the White House and members of the Senate. If you didn't know before, you know now.

Where's the Birth Control?

By Sharon Lerner on Nov 6, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (2)

None of the bills emerging from either the House or the Senate require insurers to cover all of the elements of a basic gynecological "well-woman" visit leaving out essential care such as pelvic exams, STI counseling and - yes - birth control.

Notorious Extremist Weslin and Others Arrested at Capitol

By Wendy Norris on Nov 6, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (3)

Notorious anti-abortion activist Father Norman Weslin was among a dozen protesters arrested by U.S. Capitol Police outside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district office Thursday at a raucous protest against the health reform bill.

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Reproductive Health Professionals Alarmed by House Version of Health Care Reform, Call on Congress to Remove It

Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor
Nov 10 2009 - 11:48am | comments

Today, the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals called on Congress to remove the Stupak Amendment from the rinal version of the House health reform bill.
(AUDIO) Laurie Rubiner: Stupak Amendment a Hobson's Choice

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check
Nov 10 2009 - 11:29am | comments

Laurie Rubiner, Vice President of Public Policy at Planned Parenthood, spoke with WNYC's Brian Lehrer about the Stupak-Pitts amendment on Monday morning.
Michigan State Lawmakers Question Terrorism Charges for HIV-positive Man

Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow
Nov 10 2009 - 10:08am | comments

An HIV-positive Macomb County man is facing charges created under Michigan’s 2004 terrorism laws for biting another man in a neighborhood scuffle. That, HIV advocates, state lawmakers and legal experts say is “cowardly” and “nonsense” and increases ignorance and stigma surrounding the virus.

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