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New Public Opinion Research on Abortion Suggests Fresh Approaches for Advocates

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by Marjorie Signer, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

June 10, 2011 - 12:20pm (Print)

There  are so many surveys about abortion that it's practically a cottage  industry, but the newest - by The Public Religion Research Institute of  Washington, DC - suggests intriguing and fresh approaches that can help  advocates make a more compelling case.

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Public Funding of Family Planning is Essential, Even Under Health Reform

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by Britt Wahlin and Amanda Dennis

March 22, 2011 - 10:35pm (Print)

Even in Massachusetts, where 98 percent of residents have health insurance, research shows cuts to publicly-funded family planning would be devastating.

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Public Funding of Family Planning is Essential, Even Under Health Reform

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by Britt Wahlin and Amanda Dennis

March 22, 2011 - 10:35pm (Print)

Research shows that even in Massachusetts, a state where 98 percent of residents have health insurance, cuts to publicly-funded family planning would be devastating.

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(VIDEO) A Woman's Right to Choose

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reader diary by Alexa Dougherty

October 27, 2010 - 10:34am (Print)

I am a woman who can choose from many paths. Perhaps most importantly, I can choose whether or not I want to have sex, if I want to use a form of contraception, if I want to get married, and how many children I want to have. I know I am fortunate. In many developing countries, women are without these choices.  

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Access to Abortion: Red State, Blue State, Interstate

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by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

September 2, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

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

Follow Amanda Marcotte on Twitter, @amandamarcotte

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Abortion Access Fundraiser-- Preterm's Bowl-a-Thon

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reader diary by Carlimi

April 22, 2010 - 1:52pm (Print)

Preterm Access Fund is raising money to make reproductive rights a reality for women who can't afford to pay for an abortion -- and we need your help.
We are having a Bowl-a-Thon fundraiser that I believe you may want to participate in!

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Mothers Forced to Go Rogue

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reader diary by CTBirthAdvocate

January 29, 2010 - 9:38am (Print)

But her experience did not start wanting to have a birth at home with
the possibility of no medical professional there for her.

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Choice Words from Planned Parenthood Los Angeles

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reader diary by PPLABlog

January 19, 2010 - 1:58pm (Print)

CALL TODAY TO SAVE FAMILY PLANNING

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An Interview with the Feminist Abortion Network

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by Amie Newman

December 21, 2009 - 10:17am (Print)

Health care reform is the hurricane of U.S. public debate this year. Within that debate, access to abortion has been smack dab in the eye of the storm. Pro-choice advocates are outraged that legislators have sought to strip us of our ability to retain private insurance coverage for abortion services. But what of the women who never had that coverage in the first place? What about the low- income women in our country who, because of the Hyde Amendment (now considered to be “abortion neutral” so to speak), never had equal access to abortion?

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Bridging the Language Gap on Rights, Literally and Figuratively

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by Patrick Malone, SIECUS

November 25, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Rights advocates can forget that there is an entire world of potential allies out there we may be missing because we are not effectively communicating with them.
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