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Get Real! We Waited for Marriage - Now What?

Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com on May 2, 2008 - 9:35am

Heather Corinna brings Scarleteen's popular sexual health advice column to RH Reality Check! This week, Heather advises a newlywed who is frustrated by her incompatibility with her husband.

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Oh, Baby: "Baby Mama" Misses the Mark

Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check on May 1, 2008 - 9:11am

In the new hit film "Baby Mama," Tina Fey and Amy Poehler break barriers but fail to bust stereotypes.

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Is Europe Pro-Choice Now?

Rupert Walder, RH Reality Check, Europe on April 30, 2008 - 9:10am

While the Council of Europe's recent vote on abortion is not legally binding, it represents the first pan-European call on European countries to decriminalize abortion where it remains illegal and to ensure that women and men have access to contraception.

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In Colorado, Playing "Who Hates Abortion More?"

Wendy Norris, New Journalist Fellow on April 30, 2008 - 9:07am

Hard-line anti-abortion forces in Colorado say they are backing off their fiery criticism of conservative U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer for not supporting a controversial state ballot measure. Or are they gearing up for Round Two?

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New Oklahoma Law Forces Ultrasounds

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check on April 25, 2008 - 9:56am

New legislation passed in Oklahoma mandates ultrasounds for all women seeking abortion, forces women to view the ultrasound and requires doctors to recite a script describing the ultrasound.

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Thousands Protest Chilean Court Decision Limiting EC Access

Angela Castellanos, RH Reality Check, Latin America on April 25, 2008 - 9:54am

On April 4, the Constitutional Court of Chile banned the free distribution of emergency contraception. The reason: the Court claims this method is "abortive," despite unequivocal World Health Organization information to the contrary.

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A+ for Abortion Art

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check on April 21, 2008 - 9:52am

Yale art student Aliza Schvarts pulled off an astounding stunt -- she exploited the ambiguity anti-choicers created between menstruation and miscarriage to set off alarms all over Wingnut Nation.

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Fierce Debate Over Midwifery Licensure

Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check on April 21, 2008 - 9:47am

Currently, Missouri midwives must have a nursing degree and work under a doctor's supervision -- otherwise, they are committing a felony. A Senate bill under consideration would expand women's birthing options -- but the Missouri State Medical Association is fighting back.

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Primary Question: When Life Begins

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check on April 21, 2008 - 9:00am

Why voting matters for women, where the Democratic candidates stand on reproductive rights going into the primary, and how Marc Rudov is trolling to be fired. Also: men need translation?

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Shifting the Blame onto Victims

Deepali Gaur Singh, RH Reality Check, Asia on April 18, 2008 - 9:51am

Latest reports by India's National Crime Records Bureau found a seven-fold increase in rape cases between 1971 and 2006. But the agencies that should ensure safe environments for women make excuses for perpetrators and resort to moral policing rather than finding ways to make women safer.

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News & Commentary

1 The Prison of Mandatory Pleasure Provision

By Amanda Marcotte on May 14, 2008 - 8:00am | 1 comment

What would happen if our right to abortion hinged on the right to sexual pleasure rather than on a penumbra? Ecuador might just find out.

Sexualizing Tweens for Profit: A Q&A with Gigi Durham

By T. M. Lindsey on May 14, 2008 - 8:00am | 3 comments

Journalism professor Gigi Durham talks to T.M. Lindsey about the media messages hitting teen girls, teen sexuality, and "Grand Theft Auto."

Debate Rages in Minnesota House As Stem-Cell Funding Passes

By Andy Birkey on May 14, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

The Minnesota House last Wednesday passed a bill that would allow the University of Minnesota to use state funds to conduct research using embryonic stem cells. The measure prompted a flurry of amendments by anti-choice Republicans designed to derail the bill.

2 Domestic Gag Rule? Déjà Vu All Over Again

By Marilyn Keefe on May 13, 2008 - 11:55am | 1 comment

Last week, nearly 80 conservative groups led by the Family Research Council asked President Bush to strip family planning clinics of their eligibility for Title X funds if they refer patients for abortions or share facilities with abortion providers -- which would bring the global gag rule home.

When Getting Pregnant Isn't About Being a Mother

By Angela Castellanos on May 13, 2008 - 8:29am | 0 comments

In Colombia, young women may be getting pregnant intentionally -- but not necessarily because they want to become mothers. Sexuality education advocates differ on how best to tailor a pregnancy prevention and sexual health curriculum to reach Colombian teens.

Pedaling into Local Reproductive Justice Activism

By Nora Dye and Shelby Knox on May 13, 2008 - 8:26am | 0 comments

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On May 26, the Wanderlust reproductive justice bicycle caravan will set off on an 1800 mile journey from New Orleans to New York City, meeting with and learning from reproductive justice activists along the way.

3 Got Plan B? Why Access to EC Is Critical

By Nikki on May 13, 2008 - 8:27am | 0 comments

In honor of the Back Up Your Birth Control with Emergency Contraception (EC) Campaign, Pharmacy Access Partnership and RH Reality Check teamed up to launch an essay contest open to young people 14-24 years of age. Read the winning entry!

Whose Safe Haven? Abandoned Baby Found in St. Louis

By Pamela Merritt on May 12, 2008 - 8:24am | 2 comments

Have Safe Haven laws -- in which women can lawfully relinquish their infants within 30 days of birth -- become a substitute for universal health care and comprehensive sexuality education?

Reproductive Justice Bill in Illinois Mobilizes New Allies

By Veronica Arreola on May 12, 2008 - 8:20am | 2 comments

Illinois's reproductive justice advocates are backing one of the most comprehensive reproductive health bills the state has ever seen. And they're bringing in new allies for the fight.

4 Adoption Rules Tighten Abroad

By Mary Kane on May 12, 2008 - 8:22am | 0 comments

For the first time since international adoption began growing in popularity two decades ago, so many countries have either shut their doors to adoption, tightened their rules or increased domestic adoption that it's now far harder to adopt overseas.

"What If Your Mother Had Aborted You?"

By Frances Kissling on May 9, 2008 - 1:21pm | 70 comments

Far too much is made of a mother's obligations to her children and far too little of a child's love for her mother. If fetuses could love, I think they would be as passionate in defense of their mothers as born children become.

From Inside Prisons, Mothers Long for Their Children

By Christy Hall on May 9, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

The majority of women in prison are mothers of minor children, and women are the fastest-growing prison population in the country. We need to recognize and treat with compassion the humanity of these mothers.

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NARAL Endorses Obama, Anti-Choicers React

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check
May 14 2008 - 3:01pm | 0 comments
NARAL endorses Sen. Barack Obama, signaling a time for unity behind pro-choice values. Ellen Malcolm sees it differently.
Title X In Jeopary From Anti-Abortion, er, Anti-Contraception Groups

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check
May 14 2008 - 11:08am | 0 comments
Anti-choice groups Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America and others are petitioning President Bush to restrict funding for our most successful family planning program ever.
Roundup: Texas Prom Police, Hagee and Donohue Kiss and Make Up

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check
May 14 2008 - 10:41am | 1 comment
Texas teen denied entry to prom, Hagee issues apology to Catholics, UK abortion debate heats up.

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