Topic: Faith and Ideology
Gallup Polling Shows Almost All People Approve Of Birth Control, But Only 41 Percent Identify As Pro-Choice
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
May 23, 2012 - 4:45pm (Print)
A nearly unanimous view of contraception does not translate over when it comes to a woman's right to choose.
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Iowa State Adds Priest To State Health Board, Will Discuss Confirmation Next Year
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
May 18, 2012 - 5:20pm (Print)
Rather than have a fight now over whether a priest's anti-choice views should be considered when he's being appointed to a state board dealing with medical issues, the debate will be held off until 2013.
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Anti-Choice Propaganda Film Showed In High School Classrooms in Oklahoma
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
May 18, 2012 - 9:56am (Print)
Teachers "accidentally" showed an anti-choice film comparing abortion to the Holocaust and distributed free copies of the dvd without waiting for parents to give consent.
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What a Different Reading of Mary Magdalene Can Tell Us About the Christian Value of a Woman's Voice
by Nynia Chance, Nexus of Now Media
May 15, 2012 - 12:46pm (Print)
The War on Women fights to take away a women's rights to make decisions for their own lives, instead granting male leaders the sole authority to dictate their allowable actions. This injustice is furthered by a common Fundamentalist Christian idea that a woman can't be entrusted with authority even over themselves. If we take another look at the Bible, however, we'll have to confront this idea with the example of a woman whom Christ himself had entrusted with the authority to bear his message: Mary Magdalene
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The Next Battle In Mythical "Taxpayer-Subsidized Abortions:" Women Seeking Hospital Care Should Be Forced to Report Abortion
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
May 10, 2012 - 12:55pm (Print)
By this logical argument, to avoid taxpayers inadvertly subsidizing abortions, women who have complications should be left to die.
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National Right To Life ASTOUNDED That Visits To The White House Must Be Planned In Advance
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
May 9, 2012 - 5:03am (Print)
GASP! Pregnant women might actually have children BEFORE they make it to D.C.!
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Despite Battle To Limit Reproductive Rights, General Public Still Just As Supportive Of Abortion Access As Always
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
May 8, 2012 - 2:04am (Print)
A Pew study shows that over half of Americans still believe that abortion should be legal all or most of the time.
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Where's Your Shame, Woman?! Fundamentalist Pastor Takes to YouTube to Fault Women for All Social Ills
by Vyckie Garrison, No Longer Qivering
May 7, 2012 - 9:05am (Print)
Popular conservative Christian pastor says "America is over" because shameless women who have sex and vote are running wild and screwing everything up.
University of Washington Students Apparently Don't Believe Women Have "Too Many Rights"
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
May 7, 2012 - 2:49am (Print)
A sponsored event at University of Washington turned into a bit of a free for all after students made it clear that women don't have "too many rights."
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Anti-Choice Zealots Convene In Fargo, Hoping To Close State's Only Clinic
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
May 3, 2012 - 8:21pm (Print)
Their signs scared school children and made the news, but who are the people behind this week's assault on North Dakota's only clinic, and how did Red River Women's Clinic keep clients safe?
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