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1 Maternal Health: Accountability and Behavior Change

By Calyn Ostrowski on September 3, 2010 - 7:00am | 0 comments

Four days ago a young woman died giving birth in a bustling marketplace in New Delhi, just steps away from Parliament, and at the beginning of an international conference on maternal health. This is not acceptable.

Report: States Pass Staggering Array of Anti-Choice Laws, Policies and Ballot Measures

By Amie Newman on September 3, 2010 - 7:00am | 1 comment

A new report from the Center for Reproductive Rights reviews the losses of women's rights throughout the states in the aftermath of health reform.

Get Real! Why Can't I Stop Being Afraid of Pregnancy

By Heather Corinna on September 3, 2010 - 7:00am | 0 comments

Just like some people have pervasive or seemingly illogical fears about heights or small spaces, some phobias are pregnancy-based, about becoming pregnant, being pregnant and/or giving birth.

2 Weekly Pulse: DIY Abortions; Pawlenty Screws MN on Sex Ed

By Lindsay Beyerstein on September 2, 2010 - 4:00pm | 1 comment

Black market misoprostol is being used to induce abortions on the U.S.-Mexico border; Pawlenty buys expensive ignorance.

Locked Up, Pregnant, and Shackled: Governor Schwarzenegger Can Unchain Them

By LeaJay Harper on September 2, 2010 - 7:00am | 1 comment

In California’s prisons, pregnant Black women, brown women, and Asian-Pacific Islander women are chained together in a barbaric throwback to another time. But it’s here and now.

Pawlenty's Executive Order Puts Politics Before Lives

By Sarah Stoesz on September 2, 2010 - 7:00am | 1 comment

Pawlenty’s executive order affects the elderly, teens, the poor, middle class, those in high risk insurance groups, rural Minnesotans, the mentally ill, new moms and newborns. You can do the math, but you can’t begin to calculate the damage.

3 Access to Abortion: Red State, Blue State, Interstate

By Amanda Marcotte on September 2, 2010 - 7:00am | 39 comments

Women who need access to abortion services are using the Internet, so the Internet is where the information they need should be.

Alveda King's Dangerous PayDay Loan

By Pamela Merritt on September 1, 2010 - 9:00am | 33 comments

This past weekend the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took the stage and tried to sell this nation a payday loan as the payment solution on that check her uncle spoke of 47 years ago.

Post-fertile Boomers Push Birth Rate Drop

By Elizabeth Gregory on September 1, 2010 - 9:00am | 1 comment

Fertility rates in the US have fallen. But the needs of the news cycle for drama notwithstanding, nothing drastic or frightening is happening on the fertility front this year. It’s just plain family planning.

4 True Blood’s Aborted Abortion

By Sarah Seltzer on September 1, 2010 - 9:00am | 0 comments

An abortion storyline in True Blood echos a loving parody of small town life and the conflicted psyche of the modern American woman fed on both feminism and sexism.

Local Context Matters to Women's Lives: A Report from Delhi

By Sara Stratton on August 31, 2010 - 3:30pm | 0 comments

There are many ways to save women’s lives, but the success of any given intervention depends on local context. What works in one locale may not work in another.

Back To School: With Sights on White House, Pawlenty Sacrifices Minnesota Teens

By Robin Marty on August 31, 2010 - 2:45pm | 0 comments

Aspiring to be the next Republican nominee for President, Governor Tim Pawlenty puts political aspirations over helping Minnesota children grow up healthier and safer.

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Maternal Health: Accountability and Behavior Change

Report: States Pass Staggering Array of Anti-Choice Laws, Policies and Ballot Measures

Get Real! Why Can't I Stop Being Afraid of Pregnancy

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Weekly Pulse: DIY Abortions; Pawlenty Screws MN on Sex Ed

Locked Up, Pregnant, and Shackled: Governor Schwarzenegger Can Unchain Them

Pawlenty's Executive Order Puts Politics Before Lives

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Access to Abortion: Red State, Blue State, Interstate

Alveda King's Dangerous PayDay Loan

Post-fertile Boomers Push Birth Rate Drop

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True Blood’s Aborted Abortion

Local Context Matters to Women's Lives: A Report from Delhi

Back To School: With Sights on White House, Pawlenty Sacrifices Minnesota Teens

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