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Conservative Catholic College Rejects Birth Control

Reproductive Justice | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Walmart, Conscience Clause, Belmont Abbey College, Gender Discrimination, Reproductive Rights, Religious Freedom, Reproductive Health, Contraception, Birth Control, Anti-Choice, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Health Care, Religion, Living News
Reproductive Justice

Belmont Abbey College argued in court that it was a secular institution in order to receive state funds, but then removed birth control from its employee health care plan. Their reason? The Catholic Church.

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Am I Angrier at Bart Stupak or Barack Obama?

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Bart Stupak, Contraception, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Barack Obama, President Obama, Politics News
Joanne Bamberger

I was more worried about Justices Scalia and Thomas, and now it turns out I should have been focusing on some Congressman from Michigan. The short, non-wonky version of where we are? We're screwed.

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The New Scarlet Letter -- A is for Abortion

Linda Bergthold | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, House Health Reform Bill, HR 3962, Reproductive Rights, Stupak Amendment, Hyde Amendment, Pregnancy, Contraception, Health Reform, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

The Stupak-Pitts amendment takes me back to the days when abortion was not legal and the shame of an abortion was very much like wearing a big red letter A on your forehead.

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AIDS Is The No. 1 Cause Of Death, Disease For Women 15-44, Says WHO

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Maternity, Girlhood, Aids Rates, Developing Countries, Pregnancy, Hiv, Sex Education, Teenagers, Girls, Education, West, Breast Cancer, Health, Sex, Africa, Women's Health, Aids, Safe Sex, Contraception, Cancer, Adults, Unsafe Sex, Health Care, Medicine, World News

GENEVA — In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cau...

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What Catholics Want in Healthcare Reform

Jon O'Brien | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Catholics, Social Justice, Ethics, Contraception, Catholics for Choice, Poll, Healthcare Reform, Pro-Choice, Healthcare, Politics News
Jon O'Brien

American Catholics can picture themselves as patients, and want to be able to get birth control and condoms at their doctor. They also think they can speak for themselves.

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Is Contraception Murder?

Reproductive Justice | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Emergency Contraception, Contraception, Pro-Life, Condoms, Pro-Choice, Abortion Rights, Personhood, Politics News
Reproductive Justice

The protesters I spoke with in Wisconsin believe that "the morning-after pill" is the equivalent of murder. They even believe that the birth control pill is a form of murder.

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Smart Girl Guide to College (Sex)

Shelby Knox | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: College Students, Contraception, Women, Women's Health, Sex Education, Safety, Living News
Shelby Knox

Girls have to be extra careful at college. But following the Smart Girl's Guide will help make sure your worst mistake is leaving your flip flops in a cow patty.

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Women's Health Is Universal Health Care

Cecile Richards | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Health, Health Care Reform, Abortion, Contraception, Birth Control, Barack Obama, Planned Parenthood, Women's Rights, Politics News
Cecile Richards

Does anyone else see the irony in the U.S. bishops wanting to define universal health care as covering everything except for what they don't support?

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"Don't Be Mad at Me for Wanting to Solve the Problem"

Jon O'Brien | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Contraception, Rep. Tim Ryan, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Catholics for Choice, Unintended Pregnancy, Religion, Preventing Unintended Pregnancies Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act, Politics News
Jon O'Brien

An extraordinary relationship between DeLauro (D-CT) and Ryan (D-OH) has been forged that will both help people avoid unplanned pregnancies and assist those who choose to continue a pregnancy.

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Rep. Ryan 'Booted' From "Democrats For Life Of America" For Supporting Contraception

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Rep. Ryan, Abortion Rights, Ohio, Ohio Right to Life, Contraception, Tim Ryan, Pro-Life, Health Care, Democrats for Life of America, Politics News

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) has been, in his words, "booted" from the national advisory board of Democrats For Life of America. The group's mission i...

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Hatch Attacks Essential Services for Low-Income Communities Under Health Care Reform

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, HIV and AIDS, Prevention, Essential Service Providers, Health Care Reform, Medically Underinsured, Contraception, Help Committee, Low-Income Communities, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

Republicans must turn on the lights, look under the bed, open the closet door and realize that neither women's health issues writ large, nor Planned Parenthood specifically are the bogeymen.

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House Committee Zeroes Out Traditional Sources of Ab-Only Funding, Removes Ban on Syringe Exchange

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Teen Pregnancy, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Contraception, Abstinence Education, Syringe Exchange, Abstinence Only, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

Needle-exchange programs were banned for many years solely due to ideological opposition and false charges that such programs encouraged further drug use.

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A Crisis of Deception: Crisis Pregnancy Centers, A Special Report

Reproductive Justice | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Cdc, Abstinence Only, Cpc, Abstinence Education, Contraception, Breast Cancer, David Obey, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Naea, Politics News
Reproductive Justice

A government report found that not only do abstinence-only education programs fail to delay the onset of sexual activity, its students are more likely to think condoms don't help prevent STI's.

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Why Do Pro-Life Activists Oppose Sex Education?

Steven Waldman | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Jill Stanek, Pregnancy, Contraception, Birth Control, Abortion Reduction, Family Planning, Living News
Steven Waldman

Would pro-lifers accept more premarital sex if it meant fewer abortions?

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Just the Facts, Sir: The False Dichotomy of Catholics vs. "Pro-choice" on Common Ground

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholics, Abortion, Access, Contraception, Anti-Choice, Common Ground, Pro-Choice, Choice, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

The assertion that unless Obama bows to the most conservative Catholic position he will lose widespread support is a scare tactic of the right.

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Waldman: Still Not Getting It...

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unintended Pregnancy, Prevention, Contraception, Steven Waldman, Anti-Choice, Pro-Life, Common Ground, Beliefnet, Pro-Choice, Belief, Adoption, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

If women have true choices, increased access to and support for adoption services will not dramatically affect the rate of abortions.

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What Comes After Abstinence-Only: Advocates Urge White House and Congress to Broaden Teen Pregnancy Initiative

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Appropriations, Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence Education, Abortion, Contraception, Abstinence Only, Teen Violence, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

Far more must be done to address teen sexuality, prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, and to prevent the violence and coercion by intimate partners.

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Waldman and Saletan: Oh, What a Fine Bromance!

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Will Saletan, Steven Waldman, Contraception, Anti-Choice, Pro-Life, Common Ground, Pro-Choice, Adoption, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

Waldman suggests we set up a Presidential commission to study the "sacredness of sex" and that the President start to talk about this as part of his platform. If I want the government to tell me how and what to think about sex, I'll buy a plane ticket to Afghanistan and live under the original Taliban.

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Common Ground: What Does the Far Right Get? Or, Who Wins and Who Loses?

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Contraception, Anti-Choice, Bipartisanship, Common Ground, Pro-Choice, Pepfar, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

What women need is both access to contraception that addresses their changing needs throughout their lifecycle and access to safe abortion services.

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A Radical Notion: Women's Health Care as Mainstream

Cecile Richards | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Contraception, Planned Parenthood, Prevention, Cecile Richards, Politics News
Cecile Richards

Maybe one day we won't need a special campaign to support women's health. But until then, Planned Parenthood is here to make sure women aren't worse off after health care reform than before.

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Human Rights Council Declares Maternal Death, Illness a Rights Violation

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Contraception, Family Planning, Maternal Morbidity, Choice, UN Human Rights Council, Maternal Mortality, World News
Jodi Jacobson

Estimates of maternal morbidity vary from 16 to 50 million annually and include such profoundly disabling conditions as vesico-vaginal fistulae, a condition many consider a fate akin to living death

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Welcome to Common Ground

Scott Swenson | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Religion, Politics, Women's Rights, Women, Family Planning, Birth Control, Contraception, Common Ground, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Is it possible that in President Obama's election, Americans have a chance to heal the body politic from the divisiveness the abortion issue has caused for a generation or more?

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New Health Disparities Report: More Context for Higher Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Rates Among Women of Color

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Contraception, Women of Color, Health Disparities, Guttmacher Institute, Iud, Women's Health, Health, Racism, Birth Control, Politics News
Sharon L. Camp

A Kaiser Family Foundation report documents persistent disparities between white women and women of color in rates of diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, AIDS and cancer.

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Jeff Muskus

Right-Wing Protesters: Birth Control Will Kill You

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Life League, National Organization for Women, Birth Control, Health, Thepillkills, Contraception, Now, Planned Parenthood, Kim Gandy, Birth-Control Protests, All, Politics News

Unable to turn the public against sex, the pro-life movement will be on the march Saturday trying to convince women that birth-control pills will kill...

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Mother's Day Reminds Me of the Pill

Rachel Farris | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Womens Rights, The Pill, Gynecology, Abstinence Only, Women's Health, Mother's Day, Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health, Abstinence Education, Contraception, Women's Movement, Millennial Generation, Generation Y, Living News
Rachel Farris

Those little white hormones packed in foil aren't the controlled substance here: women are. And if anyone tells you differently, ask them why you can buy condoms and cigarettes in a 7-Eleven.

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