At the dawning of the 21st, Catholicism is still holding out on condoning birth control. Perhaps that is about to change.
Susan Kim | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living
Thanks in large part to a decade of nearly nonexistent enforcement, tens of millions of men, women and children now routinely drink, bathe in and cook with tap water laced with illegal levels of contaminants.
Reproductive Justice | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics
Catholic leaders know they have not persuaded one another, the public, or their own laity, to agree that contraception is evil. The belief that contraception is intrinsically evil, though sincere, does not make it true.
Mike Alvear | Posted 12.07.2009 | Style
I've seen couples break over this. Thing is, they both have a point. Nothing gives a man a flat tire faster than a condom. But guys too often act as if they can't do anything about it. Not true.
Jim Wallis | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics
We've recently seen the abortion rhetoric really heat up to ridiculous proportions. Those with opposing views are being stereotyped and demonized. And facts are taking a back seat to sound bytes.
Reproductive Justice | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living
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.
Joanne Bamberger | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
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.
Linda Bergthold | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
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.
AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 11.09.2009 | World
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...
Jon O'Brien | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics
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.
Reproductive Justice | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics
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.
Shelby Knox | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living
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.
Cecile Richards | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
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?
Jon O'Brien | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics
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.
Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics
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...
Jodi Jacobson | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics
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.
Jodi Jacobson | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics
Needle-exchange programs were banned for many years solely due to ideological opposition and false charges that such programs encouraged further drug use.
Reproductive Justice | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics
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.
Steven Waldman | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living
Would pro-lifers accept more premarital sex if it meant fewer abortions?
Jodi Jacobson | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics
The assertion that unless Obama bows to the most conservative Catholic position he will lose widespread support is a scare tactic of the right.
Jodi Jacobson | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics
If women have true choices, increased access to and support for adoption services will not dramatically affect the rate of abortions.
Jodi Jacobson | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics
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.
Jodi Jacobson | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics
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.
Jodi Jacobson | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics
What women need is both access to contraception that addresses their changing needs throughout their lifecycle and access to safe abortion services.
Cecile Richards | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics
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.
Jonathan Merritt | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics