anti-choice
STOKING FIRE: Anti-Choicers Bring Harassment to Wyoming and Get Frosty Reception
by Eleanor J. Bader, RH Reality Check
December 20, 2011 - 9:52pm (Print)
It’s a tried-and-true tactic: Any time anti-abortion activists are told that they can’t harass people, they scream that their First Amendment rights have been violated. Now, Rev. Mark Holick, OSA head Flip Benham, and longtime co-conspirators Chet Gallagher and Rusty Thomas are at it again, this time in Jackson, Wyoming.
Young People: The Most Powerful and Untapped Resource in the Battle for Reproductive Justice
by Andrew Jenkins, OutServe
December 18, 2011 - 3:57pm (Print)
With the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade a little over a month away, and the 2012 election right around the corner, I can’t help but think about the popularly speculated relationship between abortion rights and young people.
It's Not About the Egg/Zygote/Embryo/Fetus: Re-claiming the Abortion Debate
November 1, 2011 - 7:17pm (Print)
Up until the latter half of the twentieth century, arguments against abortion focused primarily on enforcing traditional gender roles for women, not on "saving babies." We need to reclaim the debate by focusing on women.
Todd Stave Turns Anti-Choice Tactics Into Pro-Choice Gains
by Carole Joffe, University of California
October 31, 2011 - 7:14pm (Print)
Todd Stave, the landlord of the clinic where Dr. Carhart practices in Maryland, found that the best way to stop anti-choice harrasment was to use their own tactics against them. Carole Joffe interviews Stave for RHRC.
Anti-Choicers Longing for the Scarlet Letter "A"
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
October 19, 2011 - 6:44am (Print)
Recent behavior by anti-choice activists and anti-choice politicians demonstrates how little the anti-choice movement has to do with "life", and how much opposition to abortion is rooted in a stew of shame and sexual obsession.
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Explaining the Antis: A Poem
August 27, 2011 - 3:30pm (Print)
The women I can’t explain. But the men, I totally get.
Milwaukee County Prosecutor Investigates Claims of Anti-Choice Voter Fraud
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
August 3, 2011 - 9:40pm (Print)
a Milwaukee County prosecutor is examining allegations that the anti-choice group Wisconsin Right to Life and Family Action offered gift cards valued at $25 to $75 to volunteers who hit targets for persuading voters to fill out absentee ballot applications in the recall primary elections held last month.
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Milwaukee County Prosecutor Investigates Claims of Anti-Choice Voter Fraud
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
August 3, 2011 - 9:40pm (Print)
A Milwaukee county prosecutor is examining allegations that the anti-choice group Wisconsin Right to Life and Family Action offered gift cards valued at $25 to $75 to volunteers who hit targets for persuading voters to fill out absentee ballot applications in the recall primary elections held last month.
Follow Jodi Jacobson on Twitter, @jljacobson
Some of the Strictest Anti-Woman Laws in the US are Put Into Effect in NC
As NC passes one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, NC citizens and representatives question why state government will now require state documentation in medical records as to whether a woman "averted her eyes" from a new state-required ultrasound she is now required to pay for; to see NC Senator Josh Stein's response, click here.
Maloney and Menendez Introduce Bill to End Deceptive Practices by Crisis Pregnancy Centers
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
July 15, 2011 - 10:09am (Print)
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) have introduced a bill entitled the “Stop Deceptive Advertising in Women’s Services Act” (SDAWS), which would crack down on clinics (so-called crisis pregnancy centers) which falsely advertise themselves as a honest providers of information and services for women facing unintended and untenable pregnancies.
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