Last week, when Secretary Sebelius substituted her judgmentfor that of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner and many of the nation's leading medical experts and public health professionals, she achieved a rare and unwanted trifecta - bad policy, bad politics, bad precedent.

Her decision to continue...

Americans want Congress to create jobs and fire up the economy, so yesterday the House of Representatives passed new restrictions on abortion -- restrictions that will affect millions more women, including many who currently have insurance coverage for abortion. Can we connect these dots?!

No one plans to...

In his oh-so-perfect parody of conservatives' reaction to the announcement of no co-pay birth control, Steven Colbert has a throwaway line about spermicidal FroYo. I wish.

I just joined the "i" universe and am amazed by the breathless anticipation, speculation and whispered rumors otherwise known as the...

As we face the waning days of the 111th Congress and legislators scramble to designate funds for national defense, a little-known provision in the Senate version of the authorization bill would allow a servicewoman to obtain abortion care at a military facility. This would be a reversal of...

On the now-famous "Madonna" episode of TV-musical sensation Glee, we witness three hot sex scenes--an adult woman "taking charge of her body," a teen trying to keep her new boyfriend happy, and a young man worried he is still a virgin, along with his seductress teen who apparently...

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...

...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...

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...

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...

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...

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...