Key to innovation and problem solving is looking at things from a different angle. Last year I did a post about how modestly changing your diet can n...
Jodi Jacobson | Posted 06.18.2009 | World
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
Scott Swenson | Posted 06.16.2009 | Politics
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?
Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics
The United States has the highest abortion and unwanted pregnancy rate of any developed nation because of the way we handle the subjects of sexuality and abortion.
Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 06.04.2009 | Green
A Monsanto ad really set me off with their "sustainable agriculture" full pager in the New York Times last week. How about answering the Earth's ple...
Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics
Forcing a woman who's been victimized by rape or incest to carry a child to term demonstrates Catholicism's blatant disrespect for the plight of women.
Tamar Abrams | Posted 05.26.2009 | World
Without adequate family planning programs in the developing world -- and here in the U.S. -- women will always be at unacceptably high risk of death, illness and disability.
Josh Ruxin | Posted 05.22.2009 | World
The data doesn't lie: sickness and poverty have grown together during the last few decades. We now have a chance to turn the tables and foster health and wealth.
Terry Cosgrove | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics
It's almost as old as boy-meets-girl. Yet, it always seems like the first time. Or the original story has never been told before today. I am referri...
Sharon L. Camp | Posted 05.14.2009 | World
If Latin American policymakers truly want to reduce abortion rates, they must focus their attention on improving knowledge about and access to a wide range of family planning methods.
Sharon L. Camp | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics
On May 7, President Obama sent Congress his proposed 2010 budget recommendations. For programs and policies relating to sexual and reproductive health...
Nancy Keenan | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics
NARAL Pro-Choice America will mark this milestone with another reminder of how electing leaders who support the values of freedom and privacy does make a difference in the lives of women and their families.
Tod Preston | Posted 04.23.2009 | World
Ironically, family planning isn't seen as a sexy issue. And it wrongly gets mired in debates around abortion -- even though family planning reduces abortions.
UNFPA | Posted 04.20.2009 | World
In this remote, densely-populated region of Ethiopia, it is common for men to have multiple wives. In Ayatu's case this tradition has backfired.
Jim Luce | Posted 04.20.2009 | World
The truth about Tibet is perhaps more nuanced than it has been presented by either side of the highly polarized debate.
Rachel Laser | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics
We in the pro-choice movement must embrace and not fear common ground on abortion. We do not sacrifice our support for abortion rights. We add to it common ground.
Cristina Page | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics
Consumers are spending more money on all types of contraceptives. Indeed, the embrace of family planning appears to be a critical step in financial planning.
Talking Points Memo | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), whose career became mired in the D.C. Madam prostitution scandal back in 2007, and is now headed into his 2010 re-election c...
Marc Aminder | Posted 02.26.2009 | Politics
It created a little stir when it was pulled from stimulus, but now it's in President Obama's FY 2010 budget plan. New funding for the Medicaid Family ...
Nancy Duff Campbell | Posted 02.24.2009 | Politics
The bill strengthens the safety net for women, their families, and others most in need by increasing direct assistance for low-income individuals, most of whom are women and children.
Cristina Page | Posted 02.24.2009 | Politics
The so-called anti-abortion movement refuses to admit that its long held political and fundraising habits have worked too well to now be abandoned, and so continues to resist common sense.
Caryl Rivers | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics
Roe is going to need all the support that can be mustered, because the departure of the Bush administration may bring the extreme factions in the pro-life movement to the fore.
Josh Ruxin | Posted 02.06.2009 | World
The so-called gag rule has been a tragic mistake in the real world, especially in Rwanda, where HIV/AIDS and unplanned pregnancies are rampant.
Alex Horne | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics
The Global Gag Rule restricts U.S. foreign aid to non-US-based organizations that provide legal voluntary abortion services or advocate for less restrictive abortion laws within their country.
Steven Waldman | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics
Anti-abortion groups are generally the biggest opponents of government-financed family planning. There are a few reasons for this, and each comes with its own moral dilemma.
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Dennis Whittle | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green