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Mitt Romney's $10,000 Question on Choice

Nancy Keenan | Posted 02.12.2012

Given Romney's swift embrace of extreme anti-choice policies, reporters and voters likely have some questions for him -- even though he decided against attending Huckabee's upcoming forum on abortion.

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Unintended Pregnancies Cost Taxpayers $11 Billion A Year: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Abortion, Kansas Abortion, Family Planning, Gop-Planned-Parenthood, Unintended Pregnancies Cost, Unintended Pregnancies, H.R. 3, Planned Parenthood Wisconsin, Planned Parenthood Funding, Kansas Family Planning, Guttmacher Institute, Planned Parenthood Indiana, Politics News

During a recent debate over a bill that would make it necessary for women to buy separate, abortion-only insurance policies to cover the expensive pro...

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Think Congress's Anti-Choice Legislation Is Extreme? Look at the States.

Michael B. Keegan | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Abortion, Hr 3, Tony Perkins, Pro-Choice, State Legislatures, Abortion Rights, Marriage Equality, Politics News

The House GOP's attempts to restrict women's rights are for show, yes. But while Congress rattles its saber, pro-choice advocates should not be distracted from the real fights it has inspired in the states.

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Setting The Record Straight On The 'No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act'

Rev. Jennifer Butler | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Abortion, Pro-Life, Hr 3, Pro-Choice, Health Care, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, Congress, Planned Parenthood, Religious-Organizations, Religion News

The truth is that H.R. 3 breaks sharply with longstanding federal abortion policy in ways that could significantly impact people's health insurance and set a precedent that jeopardizes funding for many faith-based organizations.

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Aggressive Anti-Abortion Legislation Faces House Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Chris Smith, Chris Smith Abortion, House Vote Abortion Bill, John Boehner, Taxpayer-Funded Abortion, Forcible Rape Abortion, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, Anti-Abortion Bill House, Hr 3, Abortion Bill House, Boehner Abortion, Politics News

WASHINGTON - A closer look at a House bill marketed to the public as a "common-sense" ban on taxpayer-funded abortions reveals an aggressive, multi-pr...

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The FBI's Restrictive Definition Of Rape

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Stampler | Posted 06.30.2011

Read More: Chris Smith, Women, H.R. 3, Rape, Women's Issues, Fbi, Gob, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Rape Victims, Nibrs, Sexual Assault, Ucr, Male Rape Victims, Definition of Rape, Impact News

As April, which has been designated Sexual Assault Awareness month, winds down, numerous women’s rights advocates are calling attention to the FBI...

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How Many Committees Does it Take to Wage a War on Women?

Nancy Keenan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Naral Pro-Choice America, Chris Smith, House of Representatives, Family Planning, Small Business, Tax Increase, H.R. 3, Naral, Joe Pitts, House Ways and Means Committee, Planned Parenthood, h.r.3, House Judiciary Committee, House Energy and Commerce Committee, House, H.R. 358, Lobby Day, War on Women, Stupak on Steroids, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, Grover Norquist, Abortion-Rape-Incest, Title X, Politics News

Recent and ongoing attacks on women's freedom and privacy by the anti-choice House leadership are so far-reaching and so extreme that they've been dubbed the "War on Women."

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Republicans Drop the "Jobs" From "Job Creation"

Rep. Carolyn Maloney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Woman, H.R. 3, Anti-Women, House Republicans, Politics News

It isn't "job creation" that House Republicans care about, it's "creation" itself, controlling women's sexual and reproductive lives.

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Pro-Choice Advocates: GOP's Revised Abortion Bill Remains 'Extremely Harmful' To Women

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pro Choice, Abortion, Women's Rights, H.R. 3, Jessica Arons, Abortion Rights, Anti-Abortion, Carolyn Maloney Women Matter, Hr 3, Center for American Progress, Carolyn Maloney Women's Rights, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Politics, Women Matter, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, Rally for Women's Health, Pro-Choice, US News, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- After significant public controversy over H.R. 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, lawmakers quietly amended the legislation an...

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Acts of Outrage, Indifference and Arrogance

Rep. Carolyn Maloney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Republicans Abortion, Abortion Rights, Hr 358, Anti Abortion, Planned Parenthood Funding, Anti Abortion Legislation, Anti Choice, Planned Parenthood, Hr 3, Politics News

The current attack on women's personal liberties, our access to reproductive health services and our right to lifesaving medical care is stunning in its scope, appalling in its indifference, and outrageous in its arrogance.

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Legislating Abortion Stigma

Anu Kumar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: H.R. 358, H.R. 3, Reproductive Rights, U.S. Congress, Abortion Rights, Joe Pitts, Health Care Reform, Anti-Abortion, Reproductive Health, Catholic Bishops, House Republicans, Reproductive Justice, Ipas, Abortion, Abortion Bill, House Abortion, Gop Abortion Bill, Politics News

Last week, the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce heard three "experts" on abortion policy testify on the "Protect Life Act," one of several bills aimed at reducing access to legal abortion services.

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"A War on Women": Planned Parenthood Responds to House Republican Bills Targeting Reproductive Rights and Women's Health Services (VIDEO)

Democracy Now! | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: H.R. 358, House of Representatives, Hr 3, Planned Parenthood, Women's Health, Abortion Rights, Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act, H.R. 217, Home News

Since taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives last month, Republicans have introduced several major anti-abortion bills that women's right...

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Equality Is Choice

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Women's Health, Pro-Choice, Rep. Louise Slaughter, Anti Abortion Legislation, Hr 3, Hr 358, Politics News

The Republican Party would like you to think the debate over anti-choice legislation is about valuing life. Rest assured it is not; we all value life. It's about the belief that the rights of an individual should be valued above all else.

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GOP Facing Grassroots Pressure Over 'War On Contraception'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Naral Pro-Choice America, Hr 358, Women's Rights, Family Planning, H.R. 3, Naral, Hr 3, Mike Pence, Title X Family Planning, Steve King, Steve King Abortion, Mike Pence Title X, Steve Stivers, Continuing Resolution, h.r. 258, Nancy Pelosi, Mike Pence Family Planning, Title X, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Women's-rights activists are taking the fight to preserve family-planning funding outside the Beltway, calling on grassroots activists t...

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Nancy Pelosi: Women's Rights Facing Greatest Threat In Our Lifetime

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Abortion, Family Planning, No Taxpayer Funding on Abortion Act, Women's Issues, Diana DeGette, Nancy Pelosi, Cpac 2011, Title X, Hr 3, Chris Smith, Mike Pence, Planned Parenthood, Steve King, Cpac, H.R. 3, Steve King CPAC, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Women's reproductive rights are being seriously threatened by the Republican Party, according to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-C...

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'Forcible Rape' Language Remains In Bill To Restrict Abortion Funding

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Chris Smith, Women's Rights, Women, H.R. 3, Rape, Women's Issues, Abortion Rights, Jerrold Nadler, Anti-Abortion, Hr 3, Forcible Rape, Women's Health, Jerry Nadler, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- After significant public blowback, House Republicans last week promised to drop a controversial provision in their high-priority No Taxp...

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Steve King Offers Graphic Description Of 'Dismemberment'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, H.R. 3, Women's Issues, Abortion Rights, Hyde Amendment, Anti-Abortion, Hr 3, King, Steve King, Steve King Abortion, Video, Abortion Laws, Women's Health, Abortion Debate, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, Stupak Amendment, Politics News

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) took a new step Tuesday in his campaign to limit abortion access, asking a witness testifying at a House hearing on H.R. 3, t...

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House GOP Ramps Up Efforts To Restrict Abortion Access

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Despite campaigning on a platform of creating jobs and boosting the economy, some of the first pieces of legislation Republicans have ta...

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The Definition Of Rape, My Rage And Hindu Goddess Wisdom

Saumya Arya Haas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hindu, Eve Teasing, Hinduism, H.R. 3, Global Women's Issues, Vodou, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, India, Women's Issues, Forcible Rape, Divine Feminine, Erzuli Dantor, Goddess Kali, Religion News

What rape is and what rape isn't, can be precarious in our individual minds. As societies, we struggle to do right. It's hard to stand in the daylight and call it what it is

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How 173 Congressmen Are Trying to Redefine Rape

Asher Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, 111th Congress, Politics News, H.R. 3, Rape, Clothesline Project, Dan Lipinski, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, Sexual Assault, Abortion Laws, Abortion Rights, Medicaid, Politics News

The language of this bill is not only out of sync with legal precedent, but with common sense and common dignity.

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