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Standing Up for the World's Women

Cecile Richards | Posted 01.08.2010 | World

Read More: Reproductive Health, Hillary Clinton, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Abortion, Birth Control, Cecile Richards, World News

Some 215 million women worldwide report that they do not have the option to delay or avoid pregnancy, something which most women in wealthy countries take for granted.

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Ex-Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline Subpoenaed In George Tiller Murder Trial

AP | ROXANA HEGEMAN | Posted 01.05.2010 | Home

Read More: Phill Kline, Abortion, Kansas, Wichita, Attorney General, George Tiller, Scott Roeder, George Tiller Murder, Roeder Murder Trial, Anti-Choice, Subpoena, Pro-Choice, Tiller Murder, Home News

WICHITA, Kan. — Defense attorneys for a man charged with killing one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers have subpoenaed two state ...

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Doubling Down on Baby M: New Jersey's Ongoing Resistance to Surrogacy

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 01.04.2010 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Women's Rights, Law, Women's Issues, Reproductive Rights, Equal Rights, Men's Rights, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Baby M, California, Liberty, Gay Rights, Surrogate Motherhood, New Jersey, Freedom, Ethics, Contraception, Bioethics, Medicine, Muller v. Oregon, Family, Abortion, Women, Gender Discrimination, Parenting, Libertarian, Sexuality, Gender, Gender Equality, Human Rights, Women's Health, Health, Sex, Michigan, Libertarianism, Politics News

That a woman consented to use her body as a surrogate was irrelevant, because there are some acts to which nobody is permitted to consent. As well-meaning as this approach might have been, its underpinnings are inescapably sexist.

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Is Sarah Palin a Feminist?

Amy Siskind | Posted 12.30.2009 | Books

Read More: Abortion, Palin Feminism, Sarah Palin Feminism, Feminism, Going Rogue, Sarah Palin, Books News

Would Sarah Palin stand up for women's issues? Going Rogue provides us with useful clues. It also shows how Sarah can use her life experiences to win over women voters.

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Calling All "Fake" Catholics

Bryan Cones | Posted 12.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholics, Abortion, Religion, Howard Dean, Bryan Cones, Catholic Crisis Magazine, New York Times, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Health Care, Catholicism, Hudson Deal, Politics News

Deal Hudson appoints himself the arbiter of what is Catholic, and if you support health care reform that in any way might lead to an abortion paid for with public funds, you are not one.

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What's Next for Health Reform?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 12.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Opm, USA Today, Senate Health Care Bill, Stupak Amendment, Diana DeGette, Health Reform, Health-Affairs-Journal, Kaiser Family Foundation, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

As you chat with friends and family over the holiday, do you know what is in these bills and what might emerge in the final version?

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Health Care Reform : It Is Time to Transcend Myopic Devotion to Sideshow Issues

Bradford Kane | Posted 12.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Abortion Laws, Health, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Anti-Abortion, Health Insurance, Health Care, Healthcare, Health Insurance Reform, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

It is time that the quest to achieve health care reform no longer be used to serve lawmakers ulterior agendas. Maneuvering must now take a back seat so that the American people can best be served.

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From Right to Wrong: Daycare, Abortion and a Health Care Bill with Women at the Center

Marie Wilson | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Health Care Reform, Comprehensive Childhood Development Act, Health Care, Health Care Abortion, Politics News

Those fighting the passage of landmark health care policy are, once again, using the bodies of women and the care of our children as pawns. "Oh no, here we go again."

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A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand

Rebecca Sive | Posted 12.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Supreme Court, Abortion, Ben Nelson, Civil War, Missouri Compromise, US Senate, Abraham Lincoln, Stupak Amendment, Senator Boxer, Healthcare Bill, Chicago News

"A house divided against itself cannot stand." --Lincoln. "When you have both extremes saying they're unhappy, I think it's [the Senate's December 2...

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The Scarlet Letter Revisited: Sen. Nelson and Abortion Shaming

Sally Steenland | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: People of Faith, Health Care Bill, Abortion, Senator Nelson, Conscience, Pro-Choice, Health Care, Politics News

It's been a while since we made women stitch scarlet A's to their clothes as one of their many punishments for having babies out of wedlock. That kind...

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Who You Callin' Moderate?

Laura Flanders | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Harry Reid, Senate, Congress, Public Option, Laura Flanders, Grittv, Ben Nelson, Bart Stupak, Grit Tv, Health Care, Politics News

To get so-called moderate Democrat Ben Nelson on board, Harry Reid had to agree to a decidedly un-moderate compromise on abortion rights.

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Love Thy Birther

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 12.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mitch McConnell, Abortion, Tiny Tim, The Bible, Astro-Turf-Groups, Arguing With Idiots, Single-Payer Health Insurance, The Free Choice Act, Shakespeare, Glenn Beck, A Christmas Carol, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Politics News

Progressives have an admirable concern for those in dire circumstances. But what's our feeling when it comes to the stranger on the train - one in the crowd which is devoted to policies counter to their own welfare?

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Women on the Verge

Cecile Richards | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Abortion, Ben Nelson, Stupak, Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood, Politics News

Once again, at the final hour, women's rights and access have been traded away in the new Senate health care bill. Rights and access that we may not get back anytime soon, if ever.

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Will One Senator Stand Up for Women?

Wendy Button | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stupak Amendment, Abortion, Women's Rights, Women's Rights Health Care, Health Care Abortion, Abortion Rights, Politics News

Who will be our Lieberman? Who will be our Nelson? There has to be someone who will stand for us because when one woman is demeaned in the name of the greater good, that's not progress, that's a sign of a country in deep crisis.

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Stupak Coordinating Anti-Choice Activism With GOP Senate Leadership

politico.com | Posted 12.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Stupak Amendment, Bart Stupak, Health Care, Health Care Abortion, Politics News

An aide to Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) coordinated opposition to the Senate health bill's abortion compromise this morning with the Republican Senate l...

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Senate Health Care Reform Takes Major Compromises

New York Times | Posted 12.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Compromise, Health Care, Nelson, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Medicaid, Government Option, Reid, Senate, Lieberman, Politics News

Thirty million people without health insurance stand to gain coverage under a deal announced on Saturday by Senate Democrats. To get the 60 votes nee...

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Sen. Nelson: Abortion Compromise 'Not Sufficient'

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Nelson, Abortion Rights, Health Care Abortion, Health Care Reform, Ben Nelson, Nebraska, Health Care, Sen. Ben Nelson, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A year in the making, sweeping health care legislation backed by President Barack Obama hung in the balance Thursday as conservativ...

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No Woman Left Behind: CEDAW and the Stupak-Pitts Amendment

Yalidy Matos | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Cedaw, Discrimination Act Against Women, Health Care Abortion, Stupak-Pitts Amendment, Health Care Reform Abortion, Politics News

The United States is one of seven countries that have yet to ratify The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

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Abortion Message: Berkeley City Council Sends Hangers To Congress

AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Berkeley, Abortion, Coat Hangers, Berkeley City Council, Congress, Abortion Rights, Abortion Laws, Roe v. Wade, Hangers, Roe vs Wade, Politics News

BERKELEY, Calif. — The Berkeley City Council has a pointed message for Democratic members of the U.S. House who voted to keep federal funds from...

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3 Women Challenge Irish Abortion Ban In European Court Of Human Rights

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 12.09.2009 | World

Read More: Abortion, Republic of Ireland, European Court of Human Rights, Abortion Laws, Abortion Rights, Ireland, Europe, Ireland Abortion, World News

DUBLIN — Three women filed a lawsuit in a European court against Ireland's abortion ban Wednesday, claiming the government violates the human ri...

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Stupak-Pitts Vs. Bubble Boy

Leslie Goldman | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rights, Abortion, Pitts, Women, Amendement, Nelson, Planned Parenthood, Hatch, Stupak, Politics News

More than one in every three women will have had an abortion by the age 45. If the Stupak amendment becomes law, it one day may not even be our choice to pay for an abortion with our own insurance.

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Stupak Fails in Senate, But Pro-Choice Activists Can't Quit Yet

Megan Carpentier | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Reproductive Rights, Ben Nelson Health Care, Abortion Rights, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Ben Nelson Amendment, Reproductive Access, Ben Nelson Abortion, Politics News

Whereas the pro-choice movement was caught flat-footed by the surge of Democrats who voted for the Stupak amendment, they'll likely re-arm to fight anti-abortion language in any final health care reform bill.

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Health Reform Is No Place for an Abortion Fight

Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Capps Amendment, Abortion, Women's Rights, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Abortion Rights, Rep. Lois Capps, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Rep.Bart Stupak, Health Care, Politics News

The Stupak-Pitts amendment that replaced my amendment goes well beyond the status quo. It would result in a major step backwards for women's control over their reproductive lives.

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Breakthrough: Health Care Talks Advance In Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Senate Abortion, Ben Nelson, Senate Abortion Amendment, Health Care, Health Care Abortion, Nelson Amendment, Politics News

Senate negotiators emerged from a full day of meetings Tuesday saying they had made genuine progress toward a deal on health care reform. They declin...

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