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One trademark of the far right is misinformation. They make ideology sound like fact, belief sound like scientific data. We bring you the most widely circulated fictions about reproductive health, and the facts and resources to dispute them. If you are confused about how to determine if a study is real, this primer provides you with a great framework to evaluate any research study you read

The Top Fictions

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1 Is Adoption Reform Common Ground on Abortion?

By Gloria Feldt on Jul 3, 2009 - 8:00am | comments (20)

Those who support a woman's right to choose and those who oppose it should be able to work together to forge common ground for policies that make adoption a genuine choice.

State-level Anti-Choice Efforts Target Pharmacies and Provider Conscience Laws

By Kay Steiger on Jul 3, 2009 - 8:00am | comments (33)

Conscience clauses are becoming an increasingly popular mode of anti-choice legislation. While a bill in Louisiana represents a compromise position, bills pending in other states are more restrictive.

Get Real! Why Do I Feel So Bad Later When It Feels So Good At the Time?

By Heather Corinna on Jul 3, 2009 - 8:00am | comments

To be right, sexual intimacy has to feel right before, during, and after. Taking a break from sexual activity to be sure of how you feel may be the right thing to do, no matter your age.

2 Abortions Declined in Minnesota Last Year

By Andy Birkey on Jul 2, 2009 - 8:00am | comments (3)

Abortions declined in Minnesota in 2008 for the second straight year. Reproductive health advocates point to expanded access to birth control as the reasons for the decline.

A New Helpline for Indian Lesbians Is a Breakthrough for a Marginalized Group

By Deepali Gaur Singh on Jul 2, 2009 - 8:00am | comments (2)

Despite the annual show of presence in different parts of India during gay pride parades, lesbians continue to remain one of the more closeted groups amongst the LGBT community.

HIV Prevention for Women: Much More Than Condoms

By Angela Castellanos on Jul 2, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (1)

For the first time, research on gender and HIV in Colombia is focused not solely on "groups at risk," but on the social context and conditions that increase the vulnerability among women to HIV transmission.

3 How a Late-Term Abortion Saved My Life

By Cecily Kellogg on Jul 1, 2009 - 8:00am | comments (63)

Dr. Tiller believed that "abortion is a matter of survival for women." It was for me.

What Filipino Catholics Say About Abortion

By Carolina Austria on Jul 1, 2009 - 8:00am | comments (5)

As hard as it has become in the US context to explore common ground in the abortion debate, in places like the Philippines, even mustering a public discussion about contraception has become increasingly difficult in recent years.

RH Reality Check Interviews: Jessica Valenti, Author of The Purity Myth

By Laura Janoff on Jul 1, 2009 - 8:00am | comments (8)

RH Reality Check's Laura Janoff spoke to Jessica Valenti about liberal parents, schoolgirl fetishes, and women's sexuality unleashed.

4 Come Together to Prevent My Murder

By Jen Boulanger on Jun 30, 2009 - 8:00am | comments (28)

There can be no common ground unless all parties are truly safe. The pro-life movement must reject violent acts and violent messaging and the Obama administration must be more proactive in addressing violence against clinic workers.

In Our Marriage Madness, Are We Waving Goodbye to Reality?

By Amanda Marcotte on Jun 30, 2009 - 8:00am | comments (34)

The more evidence shoved in our faces that marriage just doesn't work as well as we want, the more we bury our heads in the fantasy.

Pay It Right

By Pamela Merritt on Jun 30, 2009 - 8:00am | comments (2)

If we're going to do health care reform we need to do it right -- lest we expand the historic failure of government-provided healthcare for Native Americans nationwide.

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Roundup: Anti-Choice Bill Launched in Colorado

Amy Dempsey, RH Reality Check
Jul 3 2009 - 10:25am | comments (1)

Anti-Choice Bill Launched in Colorado; Catholic Leaders Against Funding for Abortion and Gay Marriage; Disparity in Vietnam's Gender Ratio.
A Cure for Chinese Population Control: Video Games?

Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check
Jul 2 2009 - 3:34pm | comments (2)

According to a report from the All-China Women’s Organization yesterday, officials in China are trying to tackle the country’s overpopulation in a new way: using video games.
Indian High Court Decriminalizes Homosexuality

Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check
Jul 2 2009 - 12:45pm | comments (3)

The High Court of Delhi found that Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalized consensual sexual acts of adults in private, violated the Indian Constitution. This ruling decriminalizes homosexuality in India and is being hailed by advocates in India and worldwide as the first step toward equality for gay, lesbian, and transgender persons in that country.

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At the End of Pride Month, a Historic Step Forward

by KCastagnaro, International Women's Health Coalition
Jul 2 2009 - 1:10pm | comments
Hmm, instead of 'One Less' I'll be one more?

by Erica Sackin, Planned Parenthood of New York City
Jun 25 2009 - 9:06am | comments (9)
Stewart, Huckabee go head-to-head on abortion

by cpc_watcher, CPC Watch
Jun 23 2009 - 3:37pm | comments (40)

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by Alison Cole
Jul 3 2009 - 2:04pm | comments
At the End of Pride Month, a Historic Step Forward

by KCastagnaro, International Women's Health Coalition
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House moves to lift bans on abortion funding, needle exchange, domestic partnership, and medical marijuana in DC

by Josh Truitt, Choice USA
Jul 1 2009 - 11:02am | comments

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