Like it or not, abortion is a legal medical procedure and a decision that has to be left to doctors and families. Why are women being singled out and denied coverage, even through private plans?
Historically, I am reminded that for many Native Americans, Thanksgiving is not a cause of celebration, but rather a National Day of Mourning.
It is not known if the uptick is the result of an actual increase in cases, or instead the result of a rise in the number of agencies participating in the program.
Continuing my periodic posting of the work of my fellow bloggers, I am posting here today the most recent essay by Miriam Celaya, where she discusses the role of bloggers in the politics of Cuba today.
We have witnessed public controversy over claims that end-of-life counseling provisions amount to "death panels." That doesn't mean that there is no role for ethics panels to determine that some patients are beyond medical hope.
The images of what happened yesterday, in G Street, with my husband, Reinaldo Escobar, and other friends are, to me, too reminiscent of repudiation rallies of 1980. Look for yourself and tell me if it doesn't seem the same.
Having toured it, I give the new Bagram detention facility a "vastly improved" grade compared to what it was before. But, that being said, U.S. detention policy still has a long way to go.
We must not allow abortion opponents to use our health care reform process to drastically restrict a woman's access to a legal medical procedure, and that's exactly what the Stupak amendment does.
The United States is the only country other than Somalia that has not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. To understand why, we sat down with longtime humanitarian, Eduardo Garcia.
To find out more about the real climate impacts of flying, I turned to George Marshall, founder of the Climate Outreach and Information Network.
Prior to his work for the international court, Goldstone cut his judicial teeth on the bench of South Africa's Supreme Court under the apartheid regime.
Late on Monday the Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky suffered a rupture of the abdominal membrane causing death. How many more dead Russians will it take before the world takes notice?
I wonder if electing a pack of blue dogs in order to gain a "majority" was worth the now very real risk that the party will chew itself to pieces via stubborn ideological bickering.
The conflict between Cuba and the United States not only prevents our peoples from establishing smooth relations, but also determines the steps needed for the transformation of our society.
Despite his carefully nuanced positions, we know that Jim Wallis is anti-choice and opposes access to comprehensive reproductive health services for women.
President Obama's visit to Asia showed how long a journey it's been since the 1955 Bandung Conference, the historic meeting of African and Asian states striving for self-determination.
By Andrew Hudson, Manager Human Rights Defenders Program All signs pointed to the release of Carmelo Agamez Berrio, a well known Colombian human rig...
We don't know if the Archdiocese really wants to stop running programs that help sick, homeless and orphaned children if the DC passes marriage equality legislation, but we have to take them at their word.
Last week I made my first visit to Brazil as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. It was a very full and fascinating week during which I...
Less than a month after announcing a new strategy for Sudan, President Obama left China early this morning without any public reference to having it up Sudan with his hosts.
President Obama's town hall gave the Chinese people a look at an alternative form of leadership. It is no wonder that there was a tremendous amount of push back to the President's request to hold one.
