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Update: Your Search for "Abortion" Now Yields Something

Amie Newman on April 3, 2008 - 11:00am

Why did the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's medical database black out the word "abortion" from its searchable terms? Does federal funding equal censorship? Update: The Dean of the School releases a statement and restores the word.

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1 Mexico City - Now With More Human Rights!

By Laura Villa on Sep 5, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

I was born in a city where women died because there was no access to legal and safe abortions. Last week the Supreme Court of Mexico changed all of that and upheld the rights of women to make decisions about their own health and lives.

Get Real! She's My First Sexual Partner, Should I Be With Her for Life?

By Heather Corinna on Sep 5, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

Dan asks and Heather answers as only she can! I've never been sexually active with anyone other than her. We were both each other's first sexual intercourse partner. During our break apart last year, she had sex with another guy. Long story short, I love my girlfriend tons.

We're Outta Here: States Bail on Ab-Only

By William Smith on Sep 4, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

Of the twenty-five states that have turned down Title V abstinence-only funds, 80% have taken their leave because of principled stands that abstinence-only does not work.

2 An Open Letter to Gov. Palin on Women's Rights

By Lynn Paltrow on Sep 4, 2008 - 2:59pm | 2 comments

Gov. Palin, have you thought about what would happen if you succeeded in getting your position -- that fetuses have a right to life -- established as the law of the land?

Bristol Palin Makes Religious Right "Forget" Its Stance on Teen Pregnancy

By Amie Newman on Sep 4, 2008 - 8:00am | 24 comments

Religious right wing organizations have more empathy for Bristol Palin's pregnancy than they know what to do with. But empathy is nowhere to be found in their judgmental policy agendas for the rest of American teens.

OMFG: Gossip Girl and the RNC

By Sarah Seltzer on Sep 4, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

The truth of adolescent sexuality lies somewhere between the abstinence/childbearing catch-22 of the Republican party platform and the racy shock value of the teen soap Gossip Girl.

3 Far-Right Controls McCain, Plays Both Sides on Abortion

By Scott Swenson on Sep 3, 2008 - 11:15pm | 0 comments

The far-right controls John McCain's VP selection, the GOP Platform, and now is trying to have it both ways on abortion as they use Sarah Palin to appeal to conservatives, and Cindy McCain to confuse pro-choice voters. They want to control you.

Bristol Palin, Mary Cheney and the Limits of Family Privacy

By Debra Haffner on Sep 3, 2008 - 8:00am | 36 comments

The John McCain campaign says this is a just a private family matter. Sen. Barack Obama says candidates' families, especially children, are off limits. But when family matters relate directly to policy matters, they are fair for discussion.

What Jim Wallis Hears When You Say "Reduce the Need for Abortion"

By Amanda Marcotte on Sep 3, 2008 - 8:00am | 7 comments

All Jim Wallis needs to know about you is that you have a womb that's got a zygote in it, and the "right" decision -- to carry your pregnancy to term -- is made.

4 Has Sex Education in Colombia Failed?

By Angela Castellanos on Sep 3, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

Sexuality education in Colombia has failed to reduce teen motherhood -- and a new study finds the curriculum's failure to address cultural stereotypes of male and female behavior is partly to blame.

Sarah Palin: A Fatally Flawed Feminist

By Frances Kissling on Sep 2, 2008 - 9:14am | 34 comments

Feminism is about women being seen as competent moral agents, not restricting the options and conditions women have to make the choice that is best for them. Feminists for Life and the policies of Sarah Palin miss the mark.

Justice Ginsburg Reflects on Roe v Wade Today

By Cindy Cooper on Sep 2, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

During a summer tribute, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reflected on the state of reproductive freedom today.

5 Sex Ed: Not Just for Teens

By Pamela Merritt on Sep 2, 2008 - 8:00am | 4 comments

STD rates are up among older adults. And our reaction -- surprise, confusion -- suggests that we need to examine our attitudes towards sexuality at any age.

What Does "Feminists for Life" Tell Us About Palin?

By Marcy Bloom on Sep 2, 2008 - 8:00am | 8 comments

Sarah Palin is a proud member of Feminists for Life, so what does that mean to the feminists who've been fighting for women's rights since before being feminist was cool?

BREAKING NEWS: Palin's Daughter, 17, is Pregnant, Can Anyone Say Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage?

By Scott Swenson on Sep 1, 2008 - 1:39pm | 102 comments

The joy of announcing her first grand-daughter-to-be highlights the failures of Alaska's abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. Other Governors rejected federal funds. Palin accepted them and McCain will keep dishing them out. But the programs, obviously, don't work.

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McCain Plays to the Middle, Fails to Deliver

Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check
Sep 4 2008 - 11:49pm | 0 comments
John McCain's acceptance speech tonight offered rhetoric, but not much policy, for moderates.
VIDEO: Hiding Sarah Palin's Extreme Right-Wing Base

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check
Sep 4 2008 - 7:32pm | 0 comments
The American News Project reports on efforts to down play Sarah Plain's extreme right-wing roots at the GOP convention.
VIDEO: GOP Conventioneers Reaction to Palin Pregnancy

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check
Sep 4 2008 - 2:22pm | 0 comments
I think I’ve figured it out. The abstinence-only/virginity pledging until marriage/promising purity to your father crowd actually has no illusions that it won’t all turn out exactly the way it did with Bristol Palin.

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