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A National Day of Action to Stop Stupak

Rebecca Sive | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Nancy Keenan, New York Times, Congress, Rep. Stupak, Naral, National-Day-of-Action, Chicago, Abortion, Bart Stupak, Abortion Rights, Health Care Reform, Stupak Amendment, Chicago News
Rebecca Sive

Today I feel like I'm still 18, in the fall of 1968, gathering nickels, dimes and dollars for a friend to take the bus to Rapid City, South Dakota to get an (illegal) abortion.

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A Woman Scorned: The Betrayal and Backlash of the Stupak/Pitts Anti-Abortion Amendment

Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Abortion, Bart Stupak, Women, Pitts, Stupak, Naral, Democratic Party, Jill Miller-Zimon, Rachael Maddow, Stupak Amendment, Stupak Pitts, Healthcare Reform, Gloria Feldt, Health Care, Politics News
Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff

The health care bill is so important, we can't let this amendment get in the way of its passage. But don't mistake that to mean its O.K. to ask the ladies to "take one for the team," not this time.

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Abortion Rights Groups Scramble In Stupak Amendment's Wake

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Abortion, Women's Rights, Congress, Naral, Public Option, Roe v Wade, Nancy Pelosi, Hyde Amendment, Pelosi, Obama, Roe Wade, Choice, Planned Parenthood, House, Senate, Rahm Emanuel, Center for Reproductive Rights, Health Insurance, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Bart Stupak, Anti-Choice, Medicine, Pro-Choice, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passe...

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Top 10 Reasons This Woman Can't Write for Late Night Comedy Shows

Catie Lazarus | Posted 11.18.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Abortion, Sexual Violence, Rape, Naral, Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair, Pay Parity, Feminism, Seth MacFarlane, Gilda Radner, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Late Night Shows, Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes, The Late Show, Sarah Palin, Sexism, The Late Show With David Letterman, Craig Ferguson, Chelsea Handler, Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Lizz Winstead, Nell-Scovell, Women's Rights, Catie Lazarus, Immigration, Women, Xenophobia, Lou Dobbs, Cnn, Comedienne, Bill Carter, Female, Comedians, Wage Disparity, Comedy News
Catie Lazarus

My lady sensibility is limited to menstruation (hilarious), babies (adorable), and unicorns mating (adorably hilarious).

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NARAL and Planned Parenthood: Ineffectiveness Anti-Choice Democrats Can Rely On

Jane Hamsher | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Anna Eshoo, Bart Stupak, Nancy Keenan, Catholic Bishops, Public Option, Naral, Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

Democrats in Congress have just proudly signed a deal that allows a bunch of old men who have spent the better part of the last century avoiding their own sexual issues to dictate access to abortion services.

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2010 Colorado Personhood Initiative Will Define Life Even Earlier Than 2008 Initiative

The Colorado Independent | Joseph Boven | Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Life Definitions, Colorado Amendment 48, Case Western University, Colorado Right to Life, Naral, Abortion Rights, Colorado Personhood, Personhood, Wendy Norris, Personhood USA, Planned Parenthood, Denver News

A version of the anti-abortion initiative soundly defeated by Colorado voters in 2008 is making its way to the 2010 ballot, this time reworked as an "...

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An Open Letter to Mayor Moneybags

Alan Singer | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Mayoral Election, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Naral, Bill Thompson, Bloomberg Campaign Contributions, Reverend Al Sharpton, New York Republicans, New York News
Alan Singer

Dear Mayor Bloomberg: For $10,00, cash or personal check, I will vote for you, pure and simple. For $50,000 plus expenses, I will have my car (a 2001 Toyota Echo) painted with your picture.

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Abortion Is New Front in Health Care Battle

Wall Street Journal | FAWN JOHNSON and LAURA MECKLER | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, National Organization for Women, Naral, Death Panels, Reproductive Health, Pro-Life, Now, Planned Parenthood, Town Hall, Roe v. Wade, Health Care Reform, Birth Control, National Right to Life Committee, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life Democrats, The Family Research Council, Health Care, Politics News

Most versions of the Democratic health plan would create subsidies for lower-income people to buy private health insurance. If that insurance includes...

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Women Need a Plan B

Kelli Conlin | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Emergency Contraception, Reproductive Health, Plan B, Birth Control, Naral, Reproductive Rights, Health, Politics News
Kelli Conlin

Heightened awareness is critical to increasing use of Plan B: a safe, effective back up method of birth control. Nearly 40 percent of women 18-30 remain unaware of this valuable medication.

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NARAL Endorses Sotomayor For Supreme Court

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 08.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Naral, Supreme Court Justice Confirmation, NARAL Prochoice America, Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, Home News

WASHINGTON — The abortion rights group NARAL ProChoice America says it's endorsing Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. NARAL says Sotomayor'...

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Mary Alice Carr, NARAL Rep: Why I'll Never Again Appear On Bill O'Reilly's Show

Washington Post | Mary Alice Carr | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media

Read More: O'reilly Tiller, Mary Alice Carr, Naral, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

I made a personal pledge to no longer sit across from him after he called for people to converge on Tiller's clinic. I realized that appearing on the ...

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More Uncomfortable News for the Right: Decades of Work by Anti-Choicers Does Nothing to Decrease Abortions

Kelli Conlin | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kelli Conlin, Abortion, Access, Naral, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Abortion Restrictions, Guttmacher Institute, Politics News
Kelli Conlin

If anti-choice activists are really interested in reducing abortions, then they would be wise to take the statistics into account before pressing forward with further barriers to women's access.

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NARAL Slams Tim Kaine For Supporting "Anti-Choice Organizations"

Boston Globe | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Dnc Chairman Tim Kaine, Naral, Tim Kaine, Abortion Rights, Tim Kaine Abortion, Dnc Chief, Democratic Party, Politics News

The abortion-rights wing of the Democratic Party is none too happy today with a top leader. Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia, President Obama's hand-pi...

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Talkin' About the Pope...and Hope

Tamar Abrams | Posted 04.21.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Abortion, Naral, Reproductive Rights, Africa, Pro-Life, Vatican, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice, Condoms, Pope Benedict XVI, World News
Tamar Abrams

Is it too much to hope that Pope Benedict XVI might see the light?

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Frustrated With TV Ads? Run Your Own for $6

Ryan Kauffman | Posted 09.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Naral, Cnbc, Espn, Free Speech, Surveillance, Human Rights Campaign, Media, Facebook, Television, Internet, Social Networks, Advertising, Activism, Mybarackobama, Telecommunications, Fox News, Youtube, Community Organizing, Fisa, Technology, Media News
Ryan Kauffman

Instead of having content generated in studios, financed with giant bankrolls, and distributed to the masses on a limited number of channels, SaysMe is encouraging you to attack the media world asymmetrically.

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Question for NARAL Pro Choice America: Please Explain Your Tortured Defense of Obama's Flop on Abortion Rights

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Relevant, Barack Obama, Naral, Late Term Abortions, Abortion Rights, Supreme Court, Conservative Republicans, Christian Fundamentalists, Presidency, Naral Pro-Choice America, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

You have done an unconscionable political somersault to rationalize his back flip on abortion rights. Why is it so difficult for NARAL to publicly express disappointment with Obama?

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I'll See Your GrassRoots FISA Problem and Raise You Some Pissed Off Women

Erin Kotecki Vest | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, Queenofspain, Blogher, Obama, Erin Kotecki Vest, Pro-Choice, Barack Obama, Voting, Momocrats, Obama NARAL, Naral, Politics News
Erin Kotecki Vest

Upon reading Barack's late term abortion remark, I had to process what was being said before I cried into my Women for Obama t-shirt.

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Hell's Belles! NARAL Enrages The Clinton-Or-Die Contingent

Linda Hansen | Posted 05.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Women's Reproductive Rights, Nancy Keenan, West Virginia Women, Naral, Pro-Choice Vote, Obama Endorsement, Hillary Clinton, Feminists, Barack Obama, Clinton Blowback, Home News
Linda Hansen

The Clinton-Or-Else bloc is canceling their memberships to the women's advocacy group in droves. Online there are packs of she-wolves, fangs bared, howling at the moon.

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Why NARAL Pro-Choice America Endorsed Barack Obama

Nancy Keenan | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Naral Pro-Choice America, Naral, Barack Obama, Naral Endorses Obama, Obama NARAL, Obama Endorsement, Politics News
Nancy Keenan

We want to let women know that, no doubt about it, we have trust and confidence in Obama's ability and willingness to fight for a woman's right to choose.

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Sam Stein

NARAL Reaffirms Support For Obama Following Clinton Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion Record, Iowa Caucus, Mailing, Naral, New Hampshire, Democratic Primary, Hillary Clinton, Voting Record, 2008 Election, Pro-Choice, Barack Obama, Illinois State Legislature, Politics News

One of the country's leading pro-choice organizations reaffirmed its support for Sen. Barack Obama Sunday, a day after Sen. Hillary Clinton's presiden...

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Former NARAL Pres: Clinton "Playing The Victim"

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Naral, Kate MIchelman, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Gender, John Edwards, 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton, Democrats, Politics News

John Edwards campaign advisor Kate Michelman--former NARAL president-- is attacking frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton--the first female with a real c...

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