womens rights

PersonhoodUSA's Radical, Fetal-Separatist Agenda

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by Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women

October 25, 2010 - 7:39pm (Print)

Amendment 62 in Colorado is sponsored by a Fetal Separatist movement that seeks to legally separate pregnant women and the fertilized eggs, embryos and fetuses inside them, depriving women of their right to life and liberty.

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If you visit a "prolife" pregnancy center, BEWARE of your counselor sharing your personal information with outsiders

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reader diary by Garner

October 19, 2009 - 10:34am (Print)

Instead of keeping the information you share in private between you and your counselor, a large number of CareNet.org, HeartBeatInternational.org, and OptionLine.org pregnancy centers allow outsiders access to this information

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Pre-Natal HIV Testing: What About Women's Rights?

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by Alison Yager, HIV Law Project

July 23, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Compelling HIV testing runs the risk of alienating patients from their medical care provider, and in turn driving them from care.
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Michigan Democrats Delay Anti-Abortion Bill

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by Alexa Stanard, New Journalist Fellow

April 30, 2008 - 8:44am (Print)

A symbolic bill designed to force Michigan state legislators to take a stand on certain abortion procedures failed to move last week, representing at least a momentary failure for an anti-abortion group pushing for its passage.

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Dude, Where Are My Reproductive Rights?

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by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

April 3, 2008 - 8:44am (Print)

Dudely subculture -- the smart-funny-cool-ironic hybrid that defines our age and has raised effective challenges to everything from Iraq war to the surveillance state -- has been too silent when it comes to the rights of women that have been so viciously been eroded in the past eight years.

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Unborn Victims of Violence Bill: A Threat to Canadian Women

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by Pamela Pizarro, RH Reality Check, North America

March 31, 2008 - 8:45am (Print)

The "Unborn Victims of Crime" Act is far closer to becoming law in Canada than any pro-choice advocates would like to believe.

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Get Real! Sex-Ed Scarleteen Style

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by Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com

March 28, 2008 - 8:48am (Print)

Heather Corinna brings Scarleteen's popular sexual health advice column to RH Reality Check! We call it Get Real! A sex-ed advice column for teens that reminds us all to never forget our "first" - real sex-ed that is.

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In Africa, Menstruation Can Be a Curse

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by Masimba Biriwasha, RH Reality Check, Africa & Asia

March 25, 2008 - 8:50am (Print)

Menstruation is perhaps one of the most ordinary individual female experiences but, in sub-Saharan Africa, the experience often impacts society as a whole negatively due to the absence of clean water, sanitation, and products to cope with menstrual flow.

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