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Still Looking for a Champion: Reproductive Health Under the Obama Administration

Jon O'Brien | Posted 07.11.2011

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When Obama was elected president, reproductive rights advocates hoped that we had found a champion. But his failure to lead on the reproductive rights front has exemplified the high price of standing still.

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Anti-Abortion Movement Targets Black Women In Latest Efforts

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 06.22.2011

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On March 29, Texas-based anti-abortion group Life Always launched a billboard campaign on the South Side of Chicago that features a picture of Preside...

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On The Anniversary Of Roe v. Wade, Let's Honor Mothers

Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph. D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Bible supports women's right to reproductive moral decision-making, and I think those who try to use it to deny women's reproductive freedom misuse it.

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Palin Criticizes Obama On Abortion

AP | BRENDAN FARRINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Sarah Palin called President Barack Obama the most pro-abortion president ever Thursday and mocked Florida's governor for c...

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Yes, We Kenya!

Ken Blackwell | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama dispatched Joe Biden to Kenya last month. Biden went there specifically to lobby for a new constitution for Kenya. Article 26 of that new constitution would repeal the country's long-standing pro-life law on abortion.

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Let Down Again: Obama's FDA Fails to Advance New Emergency Contraception Rules

Laura MacCleery | Posted 05.25.2011

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The FDA should stop dragging its' heels and make emergency contraception available over the counter to all women without restriction.

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Lies, Damn Lies, and No Statistics About Health Reform

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011

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The blatant lies about health care reform are not even the most distressing. It's the more subtle distortions that cause the most harm -- the lies with a small grain of truth or logic within them.

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Is George W. Bush Pro-Life?

John Gehring | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former President George W. Bush receives a pro-life award this weekend from Legatus, an organization of Catholic business professionals. The honor raises an essential question: What does it mean to be pro-life?

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Obama on Abortion Amendment: Don't Want to Change "Status Quo" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: In an interview with ABC News's Jake Tapper, President Obama said he did not support any change in current abortion laws through the health c...

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Bachmann Repeats Sex Clinics In Schools Warning

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the second time in as many weeks, Rep. Michele Bachmann, (R-Minn.) insisted on Thursday that Democratic-conceived health care legislation would se...

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Abortion Rights Supporters In Congress Request Talks With Obama

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Abortion rights supporters in Congress are asking President Barack Obama for a meeting next week on abortion restrictions included ...

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No On Abortions, Yes On Bill, Says GOP Congressman Cao

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

"Basically, I do agree with the President that we need some kind of health care reform," says Anh in a Q and A. "Now, what kind of reform are we going to get? That is the question."

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GOP Rep. Trent Franks Calls Obama "An Enemy Of Humanity"

Posted 05.25.2011

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A Republican member of the House of Representatives accused President Barack Obama of being "an enemy of humanity" during a conservative values forum ...

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House GOP Promotes Video Of Rep. Saying Obama's Mother Might Have Aborted Him

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

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The other day, GOP Rep Todd Tiahrt sparked a firestorm by suggesting in a speech on the House floor that if the government had paid for abortions, Oba...

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GOP Rep Tiahrt Asks Whether Obama's Mother Would Have Had An Abortion (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** Arguing to restrict the public funding of abortions within the District of Columbia, Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kans.) suggested...

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Obama, Pope To Hold "Frank" But Constructive Talks; White House

AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON and BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI stressed the church's opposition to abortion and stem cell research in his first meeting with President Barack ...

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Come Together to Prevent My Murder

Jen Boulanger | Posted 05.25.2011

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In my 15 years as the executive director of the Allentown Women's Center, a reproductive health care facility that also performs abortions, I have never felt more vulnerable.

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Why President Obama Should Welcome a Discussion of Social Issues, and Why He Needs to Lead One Now

Drew Westen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Whether the public is with Democrats on social issues depends entirely on whether they continue to remain silent or whether they speak to the public in ways that address their values and sensibilities.

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Too Clever By Half: Obama, Sotomayor and The Politics of Abortion

Carol M. Swain | Posted 05.25.2011

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(Sunday, May 31, 2009) - President Obama is a masterful politician who uses his intellect and popularity to confuse supporters and distractors. His m...

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Obama's Catholic Baptism By Fire

James Rotondi | Posted 05.25.2011

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The t-shirt slogan,"The Day the Dome Was Tarnished Forever" became holy inspiration for others to engage in crass sloganeering and even violent action.

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Much Ado About Abortion...

Heather Wood Rudúlph | Posted 11.17.2011

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Not educating our youth about the ticking time bombs they have in their pants is akin to sending untrained soldiers into the mountains of Afghanistan without so much as a map.

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Obama and Abortion: Escaping the Left/Right Divide

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The hate-filled morons of the Religious Right have deservedly lost the battle for the hearts and minds of America.

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Obama Notre Dame Speech: President Welcomed With "Thunderous Applause"

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.25.2011

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- President Barack Obama strode head-on Sunday into the stormy abortion debate and told graduates at America's leading Roman Catholi...

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Echoes of the Bible: Obama's Notre Dame Address

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's important to remember your audience, and Obama clearly did at Notre Dame. Here are eight key lines from Obama's address and the biblical passages they reference.

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Barack Obama's (and America's) Victory at Notre Dame

Paul Brandeis Raushenbush | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ultimately, the biggest winner Sunday was Notre Dame. As President Obama said in his speech, the pro-life movement is no longer filled with caricatures.

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