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(UPDATE) "Sex Traffickers" Target Planned Parenthood in Possible Live Action Films Hoax
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
January 24, 2011 - 7:35pm (Print)
What is the value of a "sting" operation if the goal is just to "sting?" In a juvenile effort to harass Planned Parenthood, anti-choicers find themselves the focus of a possible FBI investigation.
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Senate Republicans Throw Obstacles Before Sebelius, Johnsen Nominations
by Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check
April 27, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
Protests from anti-choice activists continue to stall the nominations of Dawn Johnsen to Office of Legal Counsel and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Obama Nominates Pro-Choice Advocate to Powerful Legal Office
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
January 8, 2009 - 12:08pm (Print)
The nomination of Dawn Johnsen to head the Office of Legal Counsel, along with Eric Holder and other Obama picks, signals an end to the Bush Administration reigns of terror on prisoners of war and on women's rights.
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Women's Rights, Civil Rights Leaders Urge Swift Confirmation of Eric Holder for Attorney General
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
January 7, 2009 - 10:23am (Print)
Confirmation hearings for Eric Holder, nominated to be Attorney General in the Obama Administration, were originally planned on a fast-track. Women's rights and civil rights leaders are calling on the Senate for swift confirmation.
But Republicans leaders say "not so fast."
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Roundup: Huge Increase in Number of Reported Sexual Assaults, Dallas County Reconsiders Ban on Condom Distribution
December 22, 2008 - 10:33am (Print)
Caroline Kennedy supports Roe; incidence of rape and sexual assault much higher than previously reported; Dallas County health workers still not allowed to distribute condoms; Katha Pollitt on Rick Warren.
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