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President Obama and the Future of Women's Health

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lily Ledbetter Act, Family Planning, Reproductive Rights, Paycheck Fairness Act, Sex Education, Barack Obama, Conscience Clause, Women's Health, Jan Schakowsky, Richard Nixon, The Prevention First Act, Teen Pregnancy, Breaking Politics News, Rosa DeLauro, Contraception, Women and the Economy, Title X, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

With a president who understands and accepts a woman's right to reproductive justice, the focus will now entail a reexamination of the multitude of factors that are part of the larger picture.

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Beyond the Global Gag Rule

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Access to Health, Abortion, Women's Rights, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Hiv, Global Gag Rule, Contraception, Aids, Barack Obama Women's Issues, Women's Issues, Health, Obama Women's Issues, Obama Women's Rights, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

Originally written for RHRealityCheck.org - Information, commentary and community for Reproductive Health and Justice. In Kenya, homeland of Presiden...

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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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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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Can Common Ground Prevail?

Cristina Page | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Contraception, Pro-Life, Common Ground, Pro-Choice, Pregnancy Prevention, Abortion Rights, Obama Abortion, Choice, Politics News
Cristina Page

After decades of resistance, some in the pro-life movement are stepping forward in support of pro-choice goals, even if that means jeopardizing their standing in the established pro-life community.

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HHS Publishes Provider Conscience Expansion Rule

Emily Douglas | Posted 01.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Regulation, Contraception, Midnight Regulations, Health and Human Services, Women's Health, Health Care, Health, Michael Leavitt, Living News
Emily Douglas

One of the rule's more disturbing provisions is the announcement that Title X family planning funding will now be open to grantees who refuse to counsel women on the availability of abortion.

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Repeal the Global Gag Rule

Rep. Nita Lowey | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, HIV/AIDS, Health, George W. Bush, Contraception, Global Aid, Global Gag Rule, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Rep. Nita Lowey

President Obama and the new Congress can place American foreign policy firmly on the side of free speech, of women's health, and of doctors and care providers, and we can do it quickly, simply, cleanly, without a penny of cost to the taxpayers.

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Abortion Foes' New Tactic: Go After Funding For Planned Parenthood

Wall Street Journal | STEPHANIE SIMON | Posted 01.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Abortion Opponents, Abortion Planned Parenthood, Anti-Abortion Tactic, Planned Parenthood Budget, Abortion Foes, Contraception, Home News

Abortion opponents are pressing state and local governments to stop sending taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood, arguing that the nonprofit group h...

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The Pro-Lie Movement Targets Hillary

Cristina Page | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Family Planning, Americans for UNFPA, Unfpa, Population Research Institute, Susan B. Anthony List, Contraception, Hillary Clinton, Pro-Life, Un, Pro-Choice, Barack Obama, Obama Cabinet, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News
Cristina Page

Defamation is a tool of the anti-choice establishment -- the "Susan B. Anthony List" claims Clinton, as Secretary of State, will "promote abortion" around the world.

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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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The Obamagelical Reformation

Cristina Page | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Evangelical, Born-Again, Barack Obama, Abstinence-Only, Contraception, Catholic, Pro-Life, Christian, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Cristina Page

The 2008 election may mark the moment religious voters put reason above rhetoric. The birth of the Obamagelical.

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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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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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Abuse of Power, Anger and Abortion Politics: Extremism Exposed

Scott Swenson | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Abortion, Countdown, Women's Rights, Video, Social Conservatives, Far-Right, John McCain, Pro-Life, Late-Term Abortion, Sarah Palin, Culture of Lies, Barak Obama, Abstinence-Only Programs, Bill Ayers, Partial Birth Abortion, Contraception, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Maybe McCain's last act of patriotism for the country he loves is exposing extremist elements by picking Palin and making Americans more aware of how this Culture of Lies has taken root.

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Goat "Condoms" Save Kenyan Herds

BBC | Ruth Nesoba | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Right to Privacy, Goat Condoms, Contraception, Goats, Animals, Condoms, Green News

Maasai herdsmen in Kenya have turned to an age-old contraceptive device, the "olor", to protect their precious goat herds from an ongoing drought. Th...

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Abstinence-Only Multimillionaire Funds 527 Attack on Abortion Issue

Scott Swenson | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Raymond Ruddy, Culture Wars, John McCain, Abstinence Only, Sarah Palin, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Contraception, Born Alive, Barack Obama, Abstinence Education, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Social conservatives -- emboldened by the addition of Sarah Palin to the ticket -- are promoting Culture War issues to shift the focus away from the economy, housing, energy, the environment and national security.

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The Follow-Up Question Charlie Gibson Failed To Ask

Michele Swenson | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Abortion, Wome's Health, Catholic Women, Charlie Gibson Palin Interview, Right-Wing Hidden Agenda, Janus Report on Sexuality, Sarah Palin, Abortion as Code, Contraception, Framing of Issues, Demographic Concerns, Catholic Church & Abortion, Home News
Michele Swenson

The effort to erase the history of women's health-care effectively renders women invisible. Plea to the media: could we inject some reality into our political dialogue?

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On Labor Day, Working Women Need Straight Answers from John McCain

Gloria Feldt and Carole Joffee | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Family Planning, John McCain, Cindy McCain, Questions for McCain, Working Women, Equal Pay, Women in the Labor Force, Health Insurance, Lilly Ledbetter, Sarah Palin, Barefoot and Pregnant, McCain's Positions on Women's Issues, Insurance Coverage for Contraception, Contraception, Cindy McCain Wealth, S-Chip, Fair Pay Act, Carly Fiorina, Politics News
Gloria Feldt and Carole Joffee

John McCain, do you think women belong in the paid labor force? This might seem facetious or rhetorical, but it's a very serious, core question.

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NYT's Bob Herbert Says Pro-Choice is THE Issue on Countdown

Scott Swenson | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, John McCain, Tom Ridge, Micahel Leavitt, Health, Bob Herbert, Hhs Contraceptives, Contraception, Hhs, Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman, Pro-Choice, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Undecided women voters are the key, and pro-choice values are a significant advantage in 2008, according to New York Times columnist Bob Herbert.

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Pro-Choice Catholic Biden Fits with New Poll of Catholic Voters

Scott Swenson | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Polls, Abortion, John McCain, Tom Ridge, Jon O'brien, Contraception, Catholics for Choice, Joe Biden, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Running Mate, Barack Obama Vice President, Biden Vice President, Joe Biden Vp, Biden Pro-Choice, Senator Biden, Biden Reproductive Rights, Obama Biden, Biden Catholics, 2008 Election, Obama VP, Obama Catholics, Biden Voting Record, Biden Abortion, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Biden understands the American value of separating personal faith from public duty in our democracy, and his positions on sexual and reproductive health issues demonstrate that clearly.

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MoveOn.org Urges Opposition to HHS Regulations Redefining Contraception as Abortion

Scott Swenson | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Hhs Contraceptives, Contraception, Hhs, Pro-Life, MoveOn.Org, Pro-Choice, Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health, Politics News
Scott Swenson

The battle to protect Americans' rights to access contraception in good conscience, based on long-standing and widely accepted medical science, got a big boost from MoveOn.org.

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Obama Caint Choose Kaine

Gloria Feldt | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Vice President, Bush Administration Redefining Contraception as Abortion, Women Voters, Meet the Press, Democratic Party Platform, Barack Obama, Politics, Gov. Janet Napolitano, Gov. Tim Kaine, Presidential Politics, Gov. Kathleen Sibelius, Democratic Party Base, Clinton Supporters, Contraception, Anti-Choice, Pro-Choice, Obama's Vice Presidential Pick, Politics News
Gloria Feldt

Obama should not choose Kaine because he opposes a woman's most fundamental human right to decide her own destiny by making her own childbearing decisions.

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