womens rights
PersonhoodUSA's Radical, Fetal-Separatist Agenda
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.
If you visit a "prolife" pregnancy center, BEWARE of your counselor sharing your personal information with outsiders
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
Pre-Natal HIV Testing: What About Women's Rights?
by Alison Yager, HIV Law Project
July 23, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
Michigan Democrats Delay Anti-Abortion Bill
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.
Dude, Where Are My Reproductive Rights?
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.
Unborn Victims of Violence Bill: A Threat to Canadian Women
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.
Get Real! Sex-Ed Scarleteen Style
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.
In Africa, Menstruation Can Be a Curse
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.
