When Michelle arrived at the shelter in Portland, Oregon, staff members had to help her remove her earring because the side of her face was so swollen from the last beating by her abuser. Months earlier he had responded to the news of her pregnancy by pummeling her abdomen. Unable...

Last week, New York legislators passed landmark legislation on an issue that has received far less public attention and debate than waterboarding and sleep deprivation, but that involves the same core issues of human dignity and protection from cruel treatment: the shackling of incarcerated women during pregnancy and childbirth.

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In remarks that have been broadcast over and over this past week, President Obama said that he "screwed up" in nominating former South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle to be secretary of health and human services. Why? Because his vetting team failed to identify a problem with unpaid taxes on a...

By rescinding the Global Gag Rule, President Obama has stood up for reproductive rights, for individual dignity and autonomy, and for the simple proposition that women's health should be the central concern of women's health policy. For the last eight years, and for almost a decade during the Reagan and...