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Abortion: A Topic Ritually Avoided by Recreational Media

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by Ellen Levine, Author

January 31, 2012 - 9:45am (Print)

I've written more than twenty books, but was startled by what I learned: you can raise the possibility of abortion, but it must be rejected. I hit a wall of resistance I believe is self-censorship on the part of the publishers. When a character is pregnant, whether from rape, incest, etc., so long as a baby is born, that's acceptable. The "Juno" scenario.

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A Feminist Goodbye (For Now) To "Harry Potter" and "Friday Night Lights"

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by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

July 15, 2011 - 9:00am (Print)

Even more than that, the women in these stories have transcended being "good female characters" who subvert stereotyps into just being good characters, period; real ones, ones whose journeys we are, sometimes to a desperate extent, obsessed with.

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STOKING FIRE: Frank Schaeffer's New Book Takes Muddled and Condescending Approach to Abortion

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by Eleanor J. Bader, RH Reality Check

June 16, 2011 - 9:54am (Print)

Schaeffer's latest book, Sex, Mom, & God: How the Bible’s Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics—and How I Learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway (Da Capo Press), continues to dissect fundamentalist belief systems.

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There's Little Balm in Comparing Ourselves to Gilead

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by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

April 12, 2011 - 9:33pm (Print)

Just how close is today’s reality to Margaret Atwood’s fictional misogynist dystopia, Gilead, the setting of "The Handmaid's Tale"?

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Excerpt from No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power

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by Gloria Feldt, www.GloriaFeldt.com

October 13, 2010 - 10:30am (Print)

The following is an excerpt from Gloria Feldt's new book No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power.

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Join Us at a DC Reception for Gloria Feldt's New Book

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

September 30, 2010 - 4:14pm (Print)

RH Reality Check, United Nations Foundations, and Women's Campaign Forum are co-hosting a book party for Gloria Feldt's upcoming No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power in DC and you're invited!

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Get Your Read On: A Reading List for International Women's Day

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

March 8, 2010 - 9:00am (Print)

Happy International Women's Day! RH Realitycheck has partnered with UN Dispatch to celebrate by offering a list of favorite books, articles, and blogs on the themes of women’s rights and human rights. Add your favorites!

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Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: Talking to Carole Joffe

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by Brittany Shoot

February 1, 2010 - 4:36pm (Print)

Carole Joffe's new book Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us, she details how many physicians are actively discouraged from incorporating abortion into other forms of medical practice, and the choice to perform abortions in some areas may make practicing any other type of medicine virtually impossible.
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RHRC's Third Annual Gift Guide!

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by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

December 21, 2009 - 12:30pm (Print)

For the third year in a row, we present a holiday gift guide for those who want to bestow seasonal joy and support reproductive justice and positive progressive values, all at the same time.
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