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A National Day of Action to Stop Stupak

Rebecca Sive | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago


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.

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

Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


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.

Abortion Rights Groups Scramble In Stupak Amendment's Wake

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics


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

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

Catie Lazarus | Posted 11.18.2009 | Comedy


Catie Lazarus

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

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

Jane Hamsher | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


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.

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

The Colorado Independent | Joseph Boven | Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver


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 "...

An Open Letter to Mayor Moneybags

Alan Singer | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York


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.

Abortion Is New Front in Health Care Battle

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


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

Women Need a Plan B

Kelli Conlin | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics


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.

NARAL Endorses Sotomayor For Supreme Court

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 08.21.2009 | Home


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

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


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 ...

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

Kelli Conlin | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics


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.

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

Boston Globe | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics


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...

Talkin' About the Pope...and Hope

Tamar Abrams | Posted 04.21.2009 | World


Tamar Abrams

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

Frustrated With TV Ads? Run Your Own for $6

Ryan Kauffman | Posted 09.08.2008 | Media


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.

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


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?

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

Erin Kotecki Vest | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics


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.

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

Linda Hansen | Posted 05.23.2008 | Home


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.

Why NARAL Pro-Choice America Endorsed Barack Obama

Nancy Keenan | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics


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.

Sam Stein

NARAL Reaffirms Support For Obama Following Clinton Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


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...

Former NARAL Pres: Clinton "Playing The Victim"

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


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