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Laura Bassett

Kermit Gosnell Trial Is 'Peek Into The World Before Roe v. Wade'

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 04.14.2013 | Politics

Abortion rights opponents are drawing the wrong lesson from the horrific case of Kermit Gosnell, Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, s...

Laura Bassett

NARAL's New President To Push For 'Bill of Women's Rights'

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 02.15.2013 | Politics

Ilyse Hogue, the newly tapped president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, is in some ways an unlikely pick for the role. Instead of working her way up thro...

Pro-Choice Group's New Leader Speaks Out

The Huffington Post | Mollie Reilly | Posted 02.02.2013 | Politics

NARAL Pro-Choice America's new president Ilyse Hogue appeared on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" on Friday evening to discuss her new role and how he...

Laura Bassett

NARAL Pro-Choice America Selects New President

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 01.14.2013 | Politics

NARAL Pro-Choice America announced on Monday that Ilyse Hogue has been chosen to replace Nancy Keenan as president of the organization. Hogue is th...

Laura Bassett

Anti-Abortion Group Attempting New 'Sting' Of Women's Advocacy Groups

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 10.16.2012 | Politics

An anti-abortion activist group notorious for its undercover "sting" operations on Planned Parenthood is currently attempting a similar secret investi...

PSA: When it Comes to Sex Ed, Less Isn't More!

Rupert Russell | Posted 12.09.2012 | Comedy
Rupert Russell

Education matters. That's why a group of us came together and decided to make a Public Service Announcement on the importance of comprehensive sex education in America's schools.

Scott Brown 'Lying' About Abortion Stance?

Posted 09.20.2012 | Politics

The Following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. var addthis_product = 'wpp-261'; var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};An abort...

NARAL Breaks With EMILY's List In Senate Endorsement

The Huffington Post | Amanda Terkel | Posted 08.09.2012 | Politics

The U.S. Senate race in Connecticut has caused a split between two prominent pro-choice groups, which are now backing different Democratic candidates ...

Are There Any Responsible Republicans Out There?

Peter Dreier | Posted 07.11.2012 | Politics
Peter Dreier

The defeat Tuesday of Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana in the Republican primary -- trounced by a Tea-Partier -- is one more nail in the coffin of the...

Three Videos Everyone Should See Before Voting

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 06.05.2012 | Politics
Soraya Chemaly

"Personhood" for zygotes cruelly subverts the very idea of a culture of life and potentially criminalizes every pregnant woman. Are you really cool with that? Even if you personally would not chose an abortion?

John Celock

GOP Lawmaker To Constituent: 'You're Kidding Right?'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.23.2012 | Politics

The Arizona resident, whose routine email to her legislator resulted in a reply later called a "hodgepodge of crazy" by another lawmaker, said she is ...

I'm Pro-Choice Because I Love My Kids

Shannon Bradley-Colleary | Posted 05.08.2012 | Politics
Shannon Bradley-Colleary

Every child deserves to be wanted, safe and loved. I don't deny there are damaged women out there who use abortion as a means of birth control. A former friend had five abortions. Those pregnancies were her cry for help. But I can't help thinking those babies were better off not being in her care.

Laura Bassett

Susan B. Anthony List Says Rick Santorum Boosted By Birth Control Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 03.07.2012 | Politics

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum had a stronger than expected showing on Super Tuesday, defeating frontrunner Mitt Romney in Tennessee,...

Woman-the-Barricades: We Need a Reinvigorated Women's Movement

Peter D. Rosenstein | Posted 05.02.2012 | Politics
Peter D. Rosenstein

One must legitimately ask where this assault on women will stop. What will conservative Republicans think they can get away with next if there isn't an uprising saying, "We will not accept this attack on women!"

The Decline of Women in America?

Nomiki Konst | Posted 04.21.2012 | Politics
Nomiki Konst

We are mothers, sisters and daughters. We are multi-taskers, leaders and advocates. We are care-takers, Governors and executives. We are 51% of the population. Yet still, in 2012, women are seeing vicious attacks on basic rights. How did this happen?

The Women's Issues You Won't Hear Discussed in South Carolina

Deborah Stambler | Posted 03.21.2012 | Women
Deborah Stambler

The candidates have boiled women's existence down to their ability to bear children.

Laura Bassett

Virginia Tells Abortion Clinics Where To Set The Thermostat

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 10.25.2011 | Women

The Virginia Department of Health will release proposed clinic regulations on Friday that target abortion providers and could potentially shut many of...

Missouri Senate Passes Bill Putting Restrictions On Late-Term Abortions

Reuters | Posted 06.07.2011 | Politics

April 7, 2011 10:55:27 PM KANSAS CITY, April 7 (Reuters) - The Missouri Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would put further restrictions on...

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

Nancy Keenan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Nancy Keenan

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."

Obama Reverses Bush Birth Control Rules

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

WASHINGTON -- (AP) The government has replaced a Bush-era rule that became a flash point in the debate over abortions, clarifying that doctors and nur...

Amanda Terkel

GOP Facing Grassroots Pressure Over 'War On Contraception'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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

The People Behind the "Let Women Die" Act

Elizabeth Shipp | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Elizabeth Shipp

Elections have consequence,s and for American women, that can't be made any more painfully clear than by the recent actions by newly elected anti-choice members of Congress.

Abortion Foes Don't Care About Women's Rights or Civil Rights

David A. Love | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
David A. Love

Those who invoke race and slavery when denying a woman's right to choose are trying to obfuscate and change the subject. Their policies are hurting poor women of color.

What Every Woman Needs to Know About the Office of State Attorney General

Christine Bronstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Christine Bronstein

Until recently I had no idea how much control the Attorney General has over my uterus. As Attorney General, Kamala Harris will make choice a priority in her administration.

After criticism, radio hosts Rosen and Pfaff address McInnis lapses

Jason Salzman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Jason Salzman

Some say I'm beating my head against the church wall by critiquing conservative talk radio, no matter how reasonable my criticism is. But KOA's Mike Rosen and KLZ's Jim Pfaff, both conservative radio hosts, recently responded on the air to issues raised in this blog.