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Birth Control Access Boosts Women's Pay: Study

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 03.26.2012

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While women still earn 77 cents for every dollar that men make in the United States, the gender wage gap has closed significantly over the past severa...

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Americans Deserve a Presidential Science Debate

Lawrence M. Krauss | Posted 05.19.2012

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Problems like climate change, biodiversity loss, and crashing fisheries populations are examples where human behavior enabled by the power of science and engineering has outstripped policymaking.

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Female Senator's Marital Status Used In Political Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Maria Cantwell's (D-Wash.) position on Plan B emergency contraception is being called into question by her Republican opponent, due...

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Elizabeth Warren Weighs In On Plan B Emergency Contraception

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Elizabeth Warren has spoken almost exclusively about the economy in her public appearances as she runs for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts....

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The Sebelius Trifecta

Kirsten Moore | Posted 02.14.2012

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By interjecting politics into the FDA drug review process, Secretary Sebelius placed the president in the unenviable position of not acting in the best interest of women's health. And politically, that's not a place the president wants to be.

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Is Obama On Thin Ice With Women Voters?

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 12.14.2011

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Women played a huge role in propelling President Barack Obama to victory during the 2008 elections, supporting him more strongly than men by seven per...

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Obama Breaks With Base Ahead Of 2012

AP | By ERICA WERNER | Posted 12.11.2011

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WASHINGTON -- On issues from air pollution to contraception, President Barack Obama has broken sharply with liberal activists and come down on the sid...

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Plan B Falls Victim to Plan P: Politics

Emily Spitzer | Posted 02.09.2012

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Plan B is the simplest birth control pill there is -- it's a morning after pill for women. One pill, taken the morning after sexual intercourse, prevents pregnancy. Indeed, the pill's simplicity is what's made it a target.

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Would Hillary Clinton Have Approved Wider Access To Plan B?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration shocked reproductive rights groups this week when it struck down a recommendation by government scientists to m...

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We Are All an 11-year-old Girl -- And She Is Pissed

Ellen R. Shaffer | Posted 02.07.2012

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Women are the last remaining voting majority who are treated like a splinter group. It will stay that way until we stand up for ourselves, together, and demand power.

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