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Why Pro-Life Obama Supporters Should Be Disappointed

Steven Waldman | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Mexico City Policy, Obama, Global Gag Rule, Gag Rule, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Family Planning, Women's Health, 100 Days, President Obama, Birth Control, Obama Abortion, Barack Obama, Politics News
Steven Waldman

Obama's pro-life supporters are claiming to be pleased that he at least waited a day before reportedly repealing the Mexico City "gag rule." If I were them, I'd be disappointed.

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Bush, Our Ex-Boyfriend

Cristina Page | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birth Control, Family Planning, Midnight Regulations, Conscience Objector, Leavitt, Contraception, Anti-Choice, Religious Objection, Hhs, Nfprha, Planned Parenthood, Aclu, Pro-Choice, Bush, George Bush, Politics News
Cristina Page

Bush is the ex-boyfriend we've finally gotten out of our life only to discover he left an unpleasant souvenir, like an STD. A particularly nasty strain too, in the form of new HHS regulations.

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At Last, Prevention First

Cristina Page | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Family Planning, Birth Control, Prevention First, Abstinence Only, Diana DeGette, Harry Reid, Contraception, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Sex Education, Louise Slaugter, Politics News
Cristina Page

Medical experts continually warned us during the Bush years that the abstinence-only approach would sow the seeds of ignorance in teenagers. Those seeds are finally bearing fruit.

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Bad to the Bone

Louise Sloan | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Single Moms, Ann Coulter Matt Lauer, Knock Yourself Up, Al Mohler, Ann Coulter, Single Mothers, Today Show, Albert Mohler, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Single Moms by Choice, Louise Sloan, Poverty, Gay Parenting, Single Parenting, Single Motherhood, Education, Birth Control, Gay Marriage, Living News
Louise Sloan

Just as my life was getting duller and more traditional, along comes Ann Coulter on the Today Show to tell me that as a single mom, I'm responsible for almost every societal problem we have.

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The Dissembler

Cristina Page | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Family Planning, Birth Control, Unfpa, Population Research Institute, Reproductive Rights, Steven Mosher, Contraception, United Nations, Pro-Life, UN Population Fund, Pro-Choice, Christian Fundamentalism, Politics News
Cristina Page

Hopefully, with the arrival of the Obama administration, Steven Mosher's ability to force his extremist views on the rest of the world will soon be over.

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The Weekly Pulse: Good News and Bad News Healthcare NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birth Control, Philip Morris, Healthcare Newsladder, Newsladder, Womens Health, Healthcare Reform, Meat Industry, Health Care, Health, Naacp, Health Action, Politics News
The Media Consortium

In one of today's more bizarre health stories, we find tobacco giant Philip Morris likening itself to the NAACP in order to get out of paying compensation to smokers.

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The Pro-Choice Future Caught on Video: What is free.will.power?

Nancy Keenan | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Young Voters, Naral Pro-Choice America, DJ Spooky, Roe v. Wade, Freedom, Obama, Birth Control, Voting, Video, Politics News
Nancy Keenan

While our values are consistent, these changes in technology -- and in the circumstances that shape women's experiences -- call on us to change the ways in which we engage the public.

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Planned Parenthood Offers Birth Control As Holiday Gift

AP | KEN KUSMER | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Planned Parenthood, Birth Control, Birth Control Gift Certificate, Planned Parenthood Holiday Gift, Planned Parenthood Gift Certificate, Planned Parenthood Holiday, Politics News

INDIANAPOLIS — At the Planned Parenthood of Indiana, 'tis the season of giving health care and contraception. But it's a sentiment that opponent...

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Bush Administration Still Can't Get Health Care Policy Right

Rep. Diana DeGette | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hhs Contraceptives, Birth Control, Hhs, Health Care Policy, Health Care, Reproductive Rights, George W. Bush, Politics News
Rep. Diana DeGette

The Bush Administration's 11th hour attempt to restrict access to reproductive health care is not only abusive, but also threatens everyone's access to other vital health care services.

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Sens. Clinton and Murray Introduce Legislation to Block New HHS Refusal Rule

Emily Douglas | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Refusal, Patty Murray, HHS Contraception, HHS Regulations, Reproductive Health, Birth Control, Health, Hhs, Hillary Clinton, Contraception, Regulation, Provider Conscience, Patient's Rights, Conscience, Politics News
Emily Douglas

The proposed HHS rule would require any health care entity that receives federal funds certify that none of its employees are required to assist with medical services they find objectionable.

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HHS Has "Failed Entirely" With Conscience Proposal, Says Planned Parenthood and ACLU

Amie Newman | Posted 12.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Women, Conscience, Women's Health, Health, Reproductive Rights, George W. Bush, Contraception, Reproductive Health, Hhs, Birth Control, Living News
Amie Newman

The Bush administration quickly released proposed regulations that would have disastrous effects on health care consumers, in particular women seeking contraception.

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Mock the Vote

Cristina Page | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birth Control, Prevention First, President Obama, Pro-Life, South Dakota Abortion Ban, Population Research Institute, Contraception, Personhood USA, Obama, Amendment 48, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Cristina Page

In this election, record numbers of Catholics and young Evangelicals voted in unexpected ways. Rather than induce reflection in staunch pro-life groups, they have instead reacted with denial and yet more extremism.

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John McCain's Wrong Answers to Working Women's Questions--Now Give Him Your Answer at the Ballot Box

Gloria Feldt | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Air Quotes, Women, John McCain, Republican Platform, Reproductive Choice, Women Voters, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, Questions for McCain, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Reproductive Health, Presidential Debates, Sarah Palin, Samantha Bee, Abortion Ban, Abstinence Only, Women's Heath, Lilly Ledbetter, 2008 Presidential Race, Women and Politics, Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence Education, Birth Control, Economic Justice, Republicans, Equal Pay, Politics News
Gloria Feldt

It's time for real straight talk on how your policies affect real women, Senator McCain.

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Video: Birth Control at Risk in Proposed HHS Regulation

Emily Douglas | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Contraception, Hhs, Department of Health and Human Services, Abortion, Birth Control, Health Care, Health, Politics News
Emily Douglas

A proposed new regulation from the Department of Health and Human Services... would expand protections for providers who would deny women birth control and other reproductive health services.

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Extremism in Colorado

Cristina Page | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Birth Control, Stem Cell, Roe v. Wade, Personhood, Contraception, Pro-Life, Amendment 48, Fertilized Egg, Pro-Choice, Colorado, Politics News
Cristina Page

The groups supporting Amendment 48 represent the most extreme wing of the right to life movement. They seek to change the Colorado constitution to grant a fertilized egg the status of a human being.

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Virginia Pharmacy Follows Faith And Refuses To Sell Birth Control

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 11.22.2008 | Style

Read More: Birth Control, Roe vs Wade, Roe v. Wade, Sex, Style News

CHANTILLY, Va. - A new drug store at a Virginia strip mall is putting its faith in an unconventional business plan: No candy. No sodas. And no birth c...

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Virginity Rules: Will Our Next President Reform Sex-Ed?

NEWSWEEK | Laura Beil | Posted 11.20.2008 | Style

Read More: Birth Control, Abstinence Only Education, Sex, Virginity, Sex Education, Abstinance, Style News

Although the world has recently preoccupied itself with sex education in Alaska, it is here, in my home state of Texas, where the battle over abstinen...

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Excuse Me, Senator McCain -- What I Want for My Daughter Isn't About Being Liberal or Conservative

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Birth Control, John McCain, Maternity Leave, Feminism, 2008 Presidential Race, Equal Pay, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Joanne Bamberger

Since we are both parents of daughters, I'm a bit confounded, Senator McCain, about your lack of interest in things that would benefit your girls directly.

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Why I Believe (Specifically) That Sarah Palin Is A Really, Really Bad Idea

Brad Listi | Posted 10.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Abortion, White House, Women's Rights, John McCain, Stuart Shepard, Rush Limbaugh, Abortion Rights, Abstinence, Presidential Election, McCain-Palin 2008, Christian Right, Joe Biden, Sex Education, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Birth Control, Creationism, Christian Conservatives, James Dobson, Environment, Evolution, Obama-Biden 2008, Global Warming, Home News
Brad Listi

Palin gives me the creeps the way Bush and Cheney give me the creeps. Similar ideology. Similar whiffs of God-fueled certainty, incompetence, callous indifference, culture war. But I can do better than that...

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John and Sarah's World

Elizabeth Shipp | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Birth Control, John McCain, Low-Income Women, Women's Health, Viagra, 2008 Presidential Election, Title X, Sarah Palin, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Elizabeth Shipp

I'm not being hyperbolic here...literally the most anti-choice ticket in history.

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Democrats Must Challenge Republican Rhetoric, Issues Framing

Michele Swenson | Posted 10.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Abortion, Birth Control, Distorted Language, Profit-Centered Health Insurance, Republican Bait-and-Switch, Degraded Dialogue, Palin, Mccain, Joe Biden, Gingrich, Government-of-the-Highest-Bidder, Market-Driven Health Care, Republican Convention, Republican Framing Issues, Home News
Michele Swenson

With convoluted reasoning, cultural warriors frame every issue to serve narrow political ends. Tortured language on the right condemns a woman who chooses not to carry a pregnancy to term for acting out of "personal convenience," while a three-day background check for purchase of a gun is protested as an intolerable "inconvenience."

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Sarah Palin and the "Women's" Vote

Roseanne Barr | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Palin Birth Control, Abortion Laws, Women's Issues, Sarah Palin Vp Pick, Abortion Rights, Women Voters, Sarah Palin, Women and Politics, Sarah Palin Vice President, Birth Control, Sarah Palin Reactions, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Roseanne Barr

Palin doesn't believe that women or girls should have birth control. She believes every raped female who gets pregnant should have to carry the child to term.

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Dear Gov. Palin

David Goldstein | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Teen Pregnancy, Morning After Pill, Abortion, Birth Control, Reproductive Rights, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
David Goldstein

As a fellow parent I would hope that you would respect my belief that arrogant theocrats like you should stay the f**k out of our schools, and out of the private life of my child with your abstinence-only, Christianist voodoo.

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Never Done and Under Paid

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 10.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Women's Equality Day, Fmla, Family Friendly Policy, Birth Control, Gdp, Women's Work, Labor Day, Lilly Ledbetter, Infertility Insurance, Economy, Breaking News, Living News
Elizabeth Gregory

This year Labor Day and Women's Equality Day bookend the week: a timely conjunction, since tension over what properly constitutes women's work is the crux of much of our current public discourse.

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Those McCain Houses... Why They Don't Matter

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Iran, Birth Control, Larry King, Bobby Jindal, Bill Richardson, John Mccain's Houses, Mccain Houses, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

To belabor the point that McCain doesn't know how many houses he has -- while it's witty and cute for the moment -- shows a misunderstanding of 'the psychology' of how many Americans think.

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