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They've Told Us "No" Before: Fight for the Health Care Law
For generations, women have overcome obstacles, exceeded expectations and fought for equality. We fought discrimination in the health insurance market, where women have been considered a pre-existing condition and denied health coverage due to a previous Caesarean section or a history of domestic violence or rape. We fought to end the discriminatory practice of insurance companies charging women more than men for health coverage, simply because we are women. And we won: the health care law finally ends these odious practices.
Is 2012 the Year of the Young Woman?
Melissa Harris-Perry and her panel of young women are joined by University of Pennsylvania professor Salamishah Tillet, as they continue their conversation on how feminism is taking different forms in 2012.
Video Restrictions in India and the Growing Effort by Governments to Restrict Our Rights to Freedom of Information
by Marianne Møllmann, Amnesty International
May 22, 2012 - 8:31am (Print)
This week, several video-sharing websites were blocked by the two main internet service providers in India in response to a court order related to movie piracy. These developments are worrying.
Follow Marianne Møllmann on Twitter, @cluelesscamper
Plan B One-Step®: Past, Present, Future
From the Champions of Choice luncheon, May 15, 2012: honoring the visionaries behind Plan B.
Leader Pelosi Comments on Republican Decision to Deny Norton Courtesy of Testifying
Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) responds to a journalist's question about how Eleanor Norton was not allowed speak at a Congressional hearing on an abortion law, introduced by a legislator from Arizona for her own (DC) district.
Leader Pelosi Comments on Republican Decision to Deny Norton Courtesy of Testifying
Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) responds to a journalist's question about how Eleanor Norton was not allowed speak at a Congressional hearing on an abortion law, introduced by a legislator from Arizona for her own (DC) district.
Family Planning Rally in Chattanooga
COA and other organizations and concerned citizens rally in support of family planning after the County Commission vote to deny funding May 4th, 2011.
"Congratulations Mitt Romney!"
The women from MoveOn's first War on Women ad are speaking out again. And this time, they're congratulating Mitt Romney.
MS Legislator: Yes, Many Women Will Die "But Hey - You've Got to Have Morals!"
May 10, 2012 - Mississippi State Representative Bubba Carpenter, at an Alcorn County GOP meeting, tells the audience that Republicans have figured out a legal way to stop abortions.
Sexual Health Roundup: HIV-Prevention Drug Wins FDA Panel Approval, Parents Talk About Internet Pornography
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
May 15, 2012 - 10:04am (Print)
A New York Times article looks at how parents do (and should) react when their children inevitably see Internet pornography, an FDA advisory panel recommends approving a drug for HIV-prevention, and Massachusetts cuts over $1 million from its HIV-prevention and testing program in county jails.
Follow Martha Kempner on Twitter, @MarthaKempner
