Kirsten is the President and CEO of the Reproductive Health Technologies Project, a women's health group based in DC. RHTP was founded in 1988 to help women in the US obtain access to RU-486. Over the years, RHTP has taken on a much wider role in the policy world, and won a great victory in 2006 when the FDA made Plan B emergency contraception available over the counter. In addition to working the policy angles, RHTP has done groundbreaking research on messaging on abortion and related issues, including surveys that oversample African-American and Latino populations. RHTP is funded by prominent foundations, not by corporations.

Blog Entries by Kirsten Moore

Oz and the Tin Man

Posted March 10, 2009 | 10:10 AM (EST)


If Oz is the common ground of culture wars, Will Saletan is the Tin Man. He doesn't need brains, he doesn't need courage, but the guy needs a heart.

Will is a provocative writer on subjects I spend a lot of time thinking about -- abortion, contraception and reproductive...

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Baby, It's Cold Outside!

3 Comments | Posted January 28, 2009 | 02:03 PM (EST)


...literally, metaphorically and emotionally. Here's the current landscape in Washington DC:

-Temperatures are hovering in the low 30s, snow is falling and there are warnings of the dreaded "wintry mix."
-Disgruntled Republicans in Congress, unhappy with the President's proposed stimulus plan, are resorting to their usual divide and...

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What's So Funny About Abortion?

3 Comments | Posted January 23, 2009 | 04:29 PM (EST)


More than you might think. An anniversary is as good a time as any to engage in some self-reflection so on the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade I had to ask myself: why am I still invested professionally and personally in the policy, politics and practice of abortion after...

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Do It Yourself Medicine

6 Comments | Posted January 7, 2009 | 10:43 AM (EST)


A report in Monday's New York Times, discussing the "off-label" use of misoprostol to end an unwanted pregnancy, has echoes of Captain Renault's claim to be "shocked, shocked to find gambling [at Rick's]." Since the beginning of time, we know that women who feel trapped - for whatever reason...

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Health Care Choices

3 Comments | Posted December 15, 2008 | 06:18 PM (EST)


As a women's health advocate, there is much to celebrate in the announcement from the Obama-Biden transition team that Senator Daschle will be appointed as Director of the new White House Office on Health Reform as well as his nomination as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Senator Daschle's progressive...

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Principled Choices

Posted December 2, 2008 | 01:43 PM (EST)


There has been a surprising amount of chatter about what President-elect Obama should, or more often should not, say and do when it comes to the "hot button" issue of abortion; namely nothing. That's a shame because I believe President-elect Obama can teach us all a thing or two about...

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