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Pelosi's Last Stand: Offers Executive Order on Abortion In Exchange for Health Bill Passage

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

March 20, 2010 - 4:35pm

As the hours tick by, House Speaker Pelosi is determined to pass health reform - without added abortion restrictions but with the possibility of an executive order from President Obama restating restrictions on federal funding of abortion. Will Stupak and his anti-choice holdouts accept?

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Reproductive Justice for Latinas: The Struggle Continues

By Veronica Bayetti Flores, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

March 19, 2010 - 9:00am

Immigrant women face considerable obstacles in accessing health care, including low-paying jobs without health insurance and linguistic and cultural barriers. On Sunday, I will march for reproductive justices. Will you join me?

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Victory In Oklahoma, Rampant Dishonesty On C Street

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

March 15, 2010 - 12:00am

Victory over invasive anti-choice laws in Oklahoma. Plus, Bart Stupak's honesty problem and the Today Show claims men and women can't be friends.

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Wreckonciliation

By Rebecca Sive

March 9, 2010 - 8:00am

To coin a cliche on International Women's Day, I have to ask: Where's the beef? American women are being told that our most fundamental right--to control our reproductive destiny--should be of no consequence in health reform.

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Abortion: Live Tweeting It, Using It As A Weapon Against Health Care

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

March 8, 2010 - 12:00am

Health care opponents keep wielding abortion as a weapon. Also, a woman live tweets her abortion and a young film director talks about her documentary about the virginity movement.

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Abortion: Live Tweeting It, Using It As A Weapon Against Health Care

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

March 8, 2010 - 12:00am

Download Health care opponents keep wielding abortion as a weapon. Also, a woman live tweets her abortion and a young film director talks about her documentary about the virginity movement.

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The Loons Just Get Loonier...

By Jodi Jacobson, Editor, RH Reality Check

March 4, 2010 - 8:50pm

And sometimes it's just too good to pass up. They've gone from death panels to claiming the President wants to pass health reform to have sex with you....or something...as Media Matters for America details here. Read, laugh, weep. Your choice.

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Planned Parenthood Responds to "Sting" Videos

By Deborah Kotz, U.S. News & World Report

March 1, 2010 - 9:00am

In an interview, Planned Parenthood responds to the use by a UCLA student and anti-choice agitator of hidden video cameras to exploit service providers.

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Atheist Sexuality And More Health Care Reform

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

February 28, 2010 - 12:00pm

More movement on health care reform, but Bart Stupak still acting like he's a victim of a feminist conspiracy. Also, Greta Christina talks about an atheist view of sexuality.

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Health Care for the Holidays Rally - Everett, WA

Reader diary posted by Joan, Cedar River Clinics-Feminist Women's Health Center

December 14, 2009 - 9:46pm

Despite the freezing temps, Organizing for America held nine rallies in WA State, urging Health Care Reform now. Several speakers told of their individual health challenges. Joan Schrammeck of Cedar River Clinics talked about stopping the Stupak Amendment.

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News & Commentary

1 Florida Agency Set to Ban VBAC in State's Birth Centers

By Anna Clark on March 19, 2010 - 3:55pm | 1 comment

This Wednesday, Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration is expected to permanently ban Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (VBAC) in the state’s birth centers. Legal challenges are already in the works.

South Carolina House Passes Bill Banning State Coverage of Most Abortions

By Rachel Larris on March 19, 2010 - 4:04pm | 0 comments

On Thursday the South Carolina House approved an amendment to the state budget that would ban state insurance policies from covering abortions except to save the life of the mother.

Reproductive Justice for Latinas: The Struggle Continues

By Veronica Bayetti Flores on March 19, 2010 - 9:00am | 0 comments

2 Resurrected CO "Egg-as-a-Person" Initiative Could Make Ballot

By Wendy Norris on March 19, 2010 - 7:00am | 0 comments

A ballot measure seeking to give constitutional rights to fertilized eggs may rise again. And if not by sheer volume of petition signatures, proponents will sue the state to advance the cause.

(VIDEO) So... About that Video

By Heather Corinna on March 19, 2010 - 7:00am | 1 comment

Heather critiques a sexuality education video from a national organization which, she argues, unnecessarily perpetuates negative stereotypes about both men and women.

Where the Wild Things Weren't: Daily Beast's Women's Summit Avoids Controversial Realities

By Megan Carpentier on March 18, 2010 - 7:00am | 1 comment

The Daily Beast's first Women in the World Summit played stuck to lowest-common denominator issues, and avoided the "scary" and "controversial" (read: political) realities of women's lives.

3 Risky Business: Pregnant in America

By Amie Newman on March 18, 2010 - 7:00am | 6 comments

Pregnant women in the U.S. have a greater risk of dying from pregnancy or childbirth related complications than women in 40 other countries around the world. It's past time to fix this.

Youth Lead Advocacy For Sexual and Reproductive Health

By Maria de Bruyn on March 17, 2010 - 9:19pm | 0 comments

Youth advocates at the 54th Commission on the Status of Women challenged a multi-generational, multinational audience to examine their own thinking about sexual and reproductive health and rights.

In Absurd Move, Canada Drops Family Planning from Maternal Health Plan

By Jodi Jacobson on March 17, 2010 - 2:52pm | 3 comments

The Canadian government is excluding family planning from its initiative to save the lives and improve the health of mothers in poor countries. One small problem: You can't address maternal mortality without family planning.

4 "Slow Death by Rubber Duck:" What We Don't See Can Hurt Us

By Miranda Spencer on March 17, 2010 - 7:00am | 4 comments

Want to know about the effects on human health of environmental toxins? A new book provides the perfect primer.

"We're Not Dolls! Don't Play With Women's Lives"

By Tatiana Mckinney on March 17, 2010 - 7:00am | 0 comments

A demonstration on the steps of Brooklyn's Borough Hall on March 10 raised awareness of the effects of HIV and AIDS on women and girls.

Midwives Barred From California Hospital

By Amie Newman on March 16, 2010 - 7:07pm | 5 comments

Midwives in California are fighting for their right to be reinstated at a hospital where administrators have so far provided no proof for their abrupt dismissal, saying only it was for "patient safety."

5 Is Hormone Replacement Therapy Worth the Risks?

By Pamela Merritt on March 16, 2010 - 7:00am | 0 comments

News that there may be a link between hormone replacement therapy and lung cancer has renewed questions about the use of hormones to treat the symptoms of menopause.

Adulthood and the Right to Make Our Own Choices

By Anat Shenker-Osorio on March 16, 2010 - 7:00am | 6 comments

What does it mean when a group is systematically denied the right to marry? Or when another group is denied the right to determine what happens to their bodies? At some level, even if only unconsciously, it means we think they aren’t adults.

The Ethical, Spiritual, and Moral Foundation of the Abortion-Provider Community

By TrustingWomen on March 16, 2010 - 7:00am | 187 comments

Those who provide access to abortions have ethical, spiritual, and religious wisdom that this world needs, and this community needs to claim and celebrate its power, goodness, morality, and justice.

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