RHRealityCheck.org's Common Ground Discussion

Pro-life Pretense

By Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround

October 21, 2009 - 8:00am

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Groups like the Family Research Council and pro-life politicians two-time their devoted crisis pregnancy center partners. While professing their love for their work, they batter the social programs on which crisis pregnancy centers rely to help women.

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Protecting Reproductive Rights at Delivery

By Jill Alliman, American Association of Birth Centers

October 8, 2009 - 7:00am

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Despite the financial resources commanded by hospital-based birth services, many experts, economists, and advocates are alarmed at the state of U.S. maternity care, which is driven by high rates of unproven medical interventions.

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How to Stop the Abortion War Killings

By Mary Krane Derr

September 30, 2009 - 7:00am

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Pro-lifers and pro-choicers in the U.S. are bickering over whose side has the most martyrs and whose has the most blood on its hands. Yet, there are ways both sides can respond together to help stop the abortion war killings.

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Separating Fact from Fiction on the Ryan-DeLauro Bill

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The national effort to find common ground on abortion-reduction strategies fits with our hopes. We don't expect everyone to agree with us on these strategies but we do expect our fellow Christians to portray such efforts accurately.


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The Truth About the Capps Amendment

By Rep. Lois Capps

September 17, 2009 - 8:00am

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The Capps Amendment, which continues the ban on federal funding of abortion, is being widely misrepresented by opponents of health reform. Many argue my amendment departs from current law. This couldn't be further from the truth.

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Exploiting the Health Care Debate to Restrict Abortion

By Frances Kissling

September 16, 2009 - 8:00am

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Before the congressional recess, moderate pro-life and pro-choice leaders agreed both sides would not seek provisions in healthcare reform to change the status quo on abortion. But the good will of the pro-choicers has not been met by pro-lifers.

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Pro-Life and Pro-Choice College Students Join Forces

By Helen Whalen-Cohen

September 15, 2009 - 8:00am

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Can there be shared goals between those who are pro-life and those who are pro-choice? One group of committed feminists believes so and proved it on Capitol Hill.

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Accepting Contraception: Common Sense Over Ideology or Theology

By David Gushee, Mercer University

September 9, 2009 - 9:00am

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Reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies through contraception is a widely agreed upon aspect of the common good. Those who oppose contraception are free proclaim their views, but society as a whole will go its own way.

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The Majority of Pro-lifers are Misrepresented

By Taylor Hirth, University of Missouri Kansas City

September 3, 2009 - 8:00am

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The supermajority of pro-life people support contraception and are not represented by pro-life groups. As a result, extremists become free to use these so-called supporters in their statistics and skew the image of what pro-life truly is.

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The "Big Talk" Has Little Effect

By Dr. Manoj Jain

September 2, 2009 - 8:00am

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Unintended teenage pregnancies are a product of something gone awry in our society, in our schools and most importantly in our homes. As a parent and a doctor, I'm pretty sure the one-time talks parents have with teens about sex aren't worth much.

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My Plan for Common Ground on Abortion

By Rep. Tim Ryan

August 26, 2009 - 8:00am

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Elected leaders, like myself, who oppose abortion must say what we are for. That is why I came together with my pro-choice colleague Rep. DeLauro on a common ground bill that offers solutions to reduce abortions by addressing the root causes.

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Pregnancy Needs No Qualifier

By Peg Johnston

August 19, 2009 - 8:00am

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The adjectives we use to describe pregnancy, like unplanned, unwanted, or unintended, don’t help either side of this conflict understand the 3.4 million “unintended” pregnancies that happen each year or why half of end in abortion.

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Common Ground Goes to College

By Andrea Kane, The National Campaign

August 12, 2009 - 8:00am

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One exciting provision in recently introduced common ground legislation hasn't gotten much attention, but should. The Ryan DeLauro bill would authorize $15 million a year for community colleges to develop and test innovative approaches to prevent unplanned pregnancy.

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Common Ground as “Abortion Neutrality”

By Chris Korzen, Catholics United

August 10, 2009 - 8:00am

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Is abortion neutrality really an adequate standard to gauge common ground in the health care debate? Does the Capps Amendment really constitute abortion neutrality? How do we define abortion neutrality where federal precedent does not exist?

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Parenting with Dignity: Exploring Real Supports for Pregnant Women

By Jessica Arons, Center for American Progress and Center for American Progress Action Fund

August 6, 2009 - 8:00am

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Creating a comprehensive approach to the reproductive health and parenting needs of women is an important policy objective in its own right, regardless of any potential subsequent effect on the abortion rate.

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