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Cristina Page is author of How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America: Freedom, Politics and the War on Sex, which was recently voted by readers of Ms. magazine one of the 30 most important feminist books of all time. Page has also moderated of an online forum between pro-choice and pro-life people in search of common ground. Page has consulted national pro-choice groups and her policy proposals have been adopted by President Barack Obama, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Washington State legislature and the New Jersey State legislature. Page has worked in the editorial departments of Glamour and Ms. magazines, ran a gubernatorial campaign in New York, and edited The Smart Girl's Guide to College. Her op-eds have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Sun Times, Newsday, Guardian UK, Tampa Tribune and the Baltimore Sun and is a regularly featured contributor to the Huffington Post. She is married with two sons and lives in New York City. Follow her on twitter @cristinapage

Blog Entries by Cristina Page

Over Her Dead Body

(2) Comments | Posted October 16, 2012 | 2:57 PM

Mitt Romney's "close" relative died of an illegal abortion (which is why he used to say he wouldn't force his beliefs on you).

In 1963, Mitt Romney lost a "dear" and "close" relative to an illegal abortion. Ann Keenan was the sister of his brother-in-law, Loren "Larry" Keenan,...

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Romney's War On Contraception

(1889) Comments | Posted October 10, 2012 | 2:00 AM

Let's start with a fact: Ninety-nine percent of American women who've had sex have used contraception. This particular fact is arguably the cornerstone -- or a cornerstone -- on which an important part of our private lives are built -- at least for those of us who have...

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The War on Contraception: It's Time to Take Sides

(1346) Comments | Posted June 7, 2012 | 2:02 PM

Today is the 47th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling, Griswold v Connecticut, which granted married people the right to use contraception -- it's worth doing the math: it wasn't until 1965 that the U.S. government permitted married couples to use contraception. (The court would not grant single people that...

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The Essence of Immorality

(278) Comments | Posted March 14, 2012 | 12:08 PM

Today, the U.S. Catholic Bishops are meeting to strategize on their campaign to remove contraception coverage from health care reform. They've already prompted Congressional hearings against the coverage and instigated lawsuits against the federal government over it. During the past few weeks, the Bishops have ratcheted up the rhetoric...

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Riding the Rail with Rick

(103) Comments | Posted February 9, 2012 | 10:44 AM

In 2007, I had an interesting conversation about contraception with now-Presidential contender Rick Santorum. I was on my way down to D.C. for the launch of Birth Control Watch, a blog that monitored anti-birth control campaigns. Just ahead in the crowd piling onto the track was Senator Santorum,...

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16 & Pregnant & Having an Abortion

(282) Comments | Posted January 21, 2012 | 1:21 AM

To the producers and directors of MTV's 16 & Pregnant and Teen Mom:

Congratulations on the success of your shows. I'm a true fan and considering each is consistently one of MTV's top-rated, it appears many, many other Americans are too. You've accomplished a lot with the shows. Exposed the...

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Michele Bachmann's Body: A Potential Crime Scene?

(304) Comments | Posted November 19, 2011 | 2:43 PM

I'm not one for dissecting the intimate details of other people's lives to make a political point, unless of course they're dissecting the intimate details of their life to make a political point. Then it's fair game. Enter Michelle Bachmann. In this month's More Magazine, Bachmann explains, as...

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The Sex Education of Justin Bieber

(332) Comments | Posted November 4, 2011 | 1:00 PM

Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that the allegations that Justin Bieber sired a baby boy after 30-seconds of backstage bathroom sex with a plucked from the crowd concert-goer are true. Many of the details of the story ring true -- from the backstage girl-herding for Justin's selection to...

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Should Adoption Be a Reproductive Right?

(696) Comments | Posted May 6, 2011 | 8:32 AM

Saturday, the day before Mother's Day, is Birth Mother's Day. It was started in 1990 by a group of birth mothers who had suffered through each Mother's Day feeling an agonizing need to recognize that they, too, had mothered a child even if they did not go on...

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Where Home is Ground Zero

(192) Comments | Posted September 10, 2010 | 4:20 PM

In the nine years since the attacks of 9/11 I've noticed the neighborhood amidst ground zero, where I live, is rarely factored into the discussions about it. Certainly other constituencies, like the victims' loved ones, have greater claim to the sorrow of the space and the significance of the day,...

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Love Your Mother, Save Another

(3) Comments | Posted May 6, 2010 | 1:21 AM

So much of life depends on the womb from which you arrive. Imagine if your birth deposited you in Afghanistan instead of the US? Your life, quite possibly, would have begun in tragedy. There would have been a good chance your mother wouldn't have made it through alive. A

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A Tiger in Bed

(158) Comments | Posted February 18, 2010 | 11:58 PM

Today we will hear from Tiger Woods, the latest powerful public personality to be felled by a sex scandal. He will read a statement outlining his future plans and no doubt will explain how words fail to describe his disappointment in himself by letting down his family and fans. And...

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Will the Real Pro-Lifer Please Stand Up?

(229) Comments | Posted January 22, 2010 | 9:29 AM

Today is the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and yet another day to observe the pro-life movement's riveting mid-life crisis. Next month offers perhaps the ideal opportunity to view the crisis up close. That's when former president George W. Bush will receive the "prestigious" Cardinal John J....

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Peace and Persuasion

(6) Comments | Posted November 6, 2009 | 12:29 PM

Of all the domestic pursuits of Obama's first year, his common ground efforts on abortion have possibly been the most thankless. At some points it appeared the only common ground he had inspired was to unite both sides against it. Yet, each has much to gain by Obama's peace plans....

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Pro-Life Pretense

(599) Comments | Posted October 23, 2009 | 12:53 AM

President Obama's still-to-be released common ground agenda in the abortion conflict is already having a profound and largely overlooked effect: it has exposed deep fault lines in the pro-life movement. Obama's focus on reducing the need for abortion has been embraced by some practical-minded pro-lifers who are tired of decades...

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The Breakup of the Pro-Life Movement

(786) Comments | Posted July 28, 2009 | 1:00 PM

Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH) is, in many ways, a typical pro-life American. He opposes abortion and, because of that, supports every effort to prevent the need for it. Just like most pro-life Americans, Ryan supports contraception -- primarily because it is the most effective way to prevent unintended pregnancy,...

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Higher Ground

(61) Comments | Posted June 18, 2009 | 12:06 AM

The murder, just over two weeks ago, of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller has deeply wounded and enraged the pro-choice community while also, some would argue, providing it with further reason to mistrust anti-abortion activists. Perhaps a different kind of wound has been inflicted on the anti-abortion side, and...

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Operation Rescue's Extreme Facebook Friends

(38) Comments | Posted June 15, 2009 | 4:53 PM

Can you imagine how much greater the campaign scandal would have been if Bill Ayers, the former radical bomber who was linked to Barack Obama, and Obama were Facebook friends? That, no doubt, would have been considered evidence of a relationship, a sign of intimacy even. Of course, they weren't...

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The New Pro-lifer

(232) Comments | Posted June 5, 2009 | 12:58 PM

In our pain, anger and profound sadness over the murder of Dr. Tiller, pro-choice people risk losing an opportunity to see a better day as a country and a movement. In the wake of our loss, it is tempting to continue to categorize in one fixed way all who oppose...

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The Murder of Dr. Tiller, a Foreshadowing

(781) Comments | Posted May 31, 2009 | 9:36 PM

For those who would like to think today's murder in church of Dr. George Tiller, an abortion provider, is an isolated incident, here's the horrifying news: You are wrong. The pattern is clear and frightening.

In March 1993, three months into the administration of our first pro-choice president, Bill...

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