Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow on January 1, 2008 - 5:30am
Just two more days until the beginning of the primaries and Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee look strong in the last Des Moines Register poll before caucusing begins.
Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check on November 14, 2007 - 9:28am
Social-Con Republican Endorsement Week points toward a strategy of unification and does not reflect division within the GOP as conventional wisdom holds.
Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check on October 19, 2007 - 8:01am
The prodigal son of the social conservative movement is aborting his presidential campaign as socially liberal Rudy Giuliani challenges Democrats for the all-important independent voter. Hanging in the balance, the U.S. Supreme Court.
Jeff Fecke, New Journalist Fellow on September 19, 2007 - 8:14am
The Republican presidential candidates who participated in the Values Voter Debate Monday night opposed not only abortion but science-based sex education, CEDAW, and universal health care, too.
Amie Newman, RH Reality Check on September 6, 2007 - 8:30am
Republican presidential contenders debate support for state-legalized abortion, a thinly-veiled opposition to contraception and the sanctity of gay marriage.
Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow on August 27, 2007 - 10:02am
As the competition for the Iowa caucus heats up, candidates attempt to out-do one another opposing contraception. Romney, Brownback and Tancredo lead the charge.
Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check on August 12, 2007 - 10:39am
12,000 more Iowa GOP voters were expected than showed for the Straw Poll - a rejection of the field? Does the low turnout and surprising finish of Gov. Mike Huckabee signal an end to a generation of strident anti-abortion politics?
Far too much is made of a mother's obligations to her children and far too little of a child's love for her mother. If fetuses could love, I think they would be as passionate in defense of their mothers as born children become.
The majority of women in prison are mothers of minor children, and women are the fastest-growing prison population in the country. We need to recognize and treat with compassion the humanity of these mothers.
Religious fundamentalists' fear isn't that feminism will lead all women to reject motherhood, but rather that in the capacity for choice, women challenge the notions that rationalize male domination embedded in traditional meanings of motherhood.
After more than a hundred years of legally allowing women access to a therapeutic abortion, in October 2006 the Nicaraguan National Assembly banned this procedure in all circumstances. Now women's health groups are working to mitigate the damage.
If we changed society's attitudes and policies around mothering and child care, we could give a gift not just to our own moms but to all mothers this Mother's Day.
In her new book, Opting In, feminist activist and author Amy Richards explores feminist mothering. Laura Barcella talked to her in San Francisco about her newest "baby."
Feel like you're not the man you thought you could be? Your local megachurch has a solution: every woman deprived of her reproductive rights, every gay person deprived of the right to marry suddenly makes you look manly by comparison.
In India, there are laws to prevent dowry, domestic violence, sexual harassment and child marriage. But in the country's social context, these laws aren't very effective.
Just thirty-five Senators in office are strongly pro-choice. But this November, when a third of the Senate seats will be up for grabs, voters have a chance to increase that score.
Legislation and advocacy work have often blurred or denied any difference between trafficking and sex work. That has always made things worse rather than better for those involved.
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