abortion access
Summer of Choice: Walk for Choice at Germantown Clinic
reader diary by Sunsara Taylor
August 2, 2011 - 9:16pm (Print)
About 220 people "Walked for Choice" on Sunday July 31 in the beastly Maryland sun in support of Dr. Leroy Carhart. Spirits were high...
Republican Legislators Look for Ways to Ban Legal Abortion
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reader diary by rccrawford@swbell.net
June 18, 2011 - 9:43am (Print)
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Memo to the Administration: You Can’t Be Pro-Choice Unless You Support Equal Access
by Stephanie Poggi, National Network of Abortion Funds
June 15, 2011 - 10:19am (Print)
The Obama Administration continues to claim that it supports the right of a woman to make her own decision about whether and when to have a child. But it turns out that the Administration only stands firm when that woman has economic resources.
Beyond Federal Funding for Contraception: Taking a Firm Stance on the Hyde Amendment
April 20, 2011 - 9:13am (Print)
The term “pro-choice” has very little meaning if we are only defending the choice for those who can afford it.
Sluts Walking And Misogynists Hatin'
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
April 10, 2011 - 9:18pm (Print)
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Indiana's Eric Turner Doesn't Trust Women to Make Choices OR Tell the Truth
April 1, 2011 - 7:54am (Print)
Silencing the voices of victims and restricting our access to abortion are both ways of maintaining a status quo in which our bodies are not our own.
Legislative Rape: GOP Seeks to End Abortion Assistance to Rape Victims
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
January 30, 2011 - 8:09pm (Print)
Cong. Chris Smith and other (Democratic and Republican) co-sponsors of H.R.3 not only want to restrict your right to use private funds to pay for an abortion, but also want rape victims to prove they were raped "enough" to "deserve" abortions.
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Illegal Abortion Providers and Anti-Choice Irresponsibility
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
January 24, 2011 - 1:07pm (Print)
Most mature political actors accept that their policies have consequences. Why can't anti-choicers accept that restricting abortion means more predators like Kermit Gosnell will get customers?
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Roundup: Roe v. Wade's 38th Anniversary
by Amie Newman
January 20, 2011 - 9:09pm (Print)
The 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade is a day to acknowledge the importance of safe, legal abortion care as an issue of justice for women. It's also a time to recognize that barriers to this care still exist for far too many women in this country.
