Naral Pro Choice America

Gender Armageddon and the Broken Women's Movement

Amy Siskind | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Naral Pro-Choice America, Second Wave Feminism, National Girlfriends Networking Day, Mentoring, Abortion Rights, Sex and the City, The New Agenda, Women in Leadership, HBO Girls, Kirsten Gillibrand, Networking, Politics News

I'll own it. The reason I'm mesmerized by the girls in Girls -- the hapless, aimless, tragic victims -- is because of guilt. We've let these young women down.

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EXCLUSIVE: NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC Endorses Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.15.2012

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NARAL Pro-Choice America's political action committee became the first reproductive rights group to endorse President Barack Obama's reelection effort...

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President Of Major Pro-Choice Group Stepping Down

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.10.2012

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Nancy Keenan, president of the advocacy group NARAL Pro-Choice America, announced on Thursday that she plans to step down from her leadership position...

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

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Abortion, Naral Pro-Choice America, Chad Campbell, Video, Matt Heinz, Naral, Adena Bank Lees, Abortion Rights, Chad Campbell Arizona, Terri Proud, Matt Heinz Arizona, Anti-Abortion, Arizona Politics, Arizona-Abortion-Bill, Terri Proud Arizona, Politics News

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 ...

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 03.07.2012

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

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The Dairy Farmer Who Is Taking On Scott Walker

Ruth Conniff | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Naral Pro-Choice America, Scott Walker Recall, Wisconsin Recall Elections, Wisconsin, Kathleen Vinehout, offthebus2012, Offthebus, Video, Politics News

"Divisions are deep and anger is strong and we need a candidate who is going to help heal the state, not make the divisions deeper." Is Wisconsin Sen. Kathleen Vinehout the one?

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Why Apple Needs to Fix Siri

Nancy Keenan | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Emergency Contraception, Abortion, Iphone, Naral Pro-Choice America, Siri, Apple Iphone, Apple, Cpc, Iphone 4s, Contraception, Birth Control, iPhone Apps, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Siri Abortion, Siri Problems, Tim Cook Siri, Technology News

NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation will make sure that Apple follws through—and that Siri learns to recognize the difference between a comprehensive, women's health center and an anti-choice CPC.

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The Perry Problem: What Would Happen if States Could Outlaw Abortion?

Nancy Keenan | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Abortion, Naral Pro-Choice America, Abortion Ban, 2012 Election, Roe v. Wade, Pro-Choice, Rick Perry, Republicans, Women News

Rick Perry invites charges of hypocrisy when he speaks so glowingly of so-called "states' rights" while at the same time vowing to use the powers of the federal government to erode women's freedom.

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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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Obama Reverses Bush Birth Control Rules

Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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GOP Facing Grassroots Pressure Over 'War On Contraception'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Roe v. Wade v. Silence

Jenna Henry Hansen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, Roe v. Wade, Reproductive Health, Anti-Abortion, Abortion Clinics, Roe vs Wade, Silver-Ribbon, Dr. Tiller, Naral Pro-Choice America, National Organization for Women, Politics News

I live in a country where it is OK to distribute "WANTED" posters that not only display photos of abortion service medical providers, but include their names and addresses.

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Blocked Content Puts Focus on Corporate Power

Hans Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cell Phones, Naral Pro-Choice America, First Amendment, Sprint Nextel, Verizon Wireless, Catholic Relief Services, Same-Sex Marriage, British Petroleum, Gulf Oil Spill, Net Neutrality, Lgbt, Freedom of Speech, Transgender, Khadija Tribble, Federal Communications Commission, Verizon Censoring, David Vitter, Technology News

A new day has dawned at the FCC. The bipartisan, grassroots movement that rose up in 2003 is stirring again around broadband access and consumer safeguards in wireless networks.

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Abortion will NOT be a deal breaker

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stupak Amendment, Abortion, Hr 3200, HR 3962, National Health Reform, Jane Hamsher, Naral Pro-Choice America, Planned Parenthood, Politics News

If you only watched TV or surfed the net, you would think health reform hangs by a thread over abortion. It does not. The media would like to pump t...

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Where Does NARAL Pro-Choice America Stand on the Tebow Commercial?

Nancy Keenan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Proposition 8, Pam Tebow, Super Bowl Ads, Naral Pro-Choice America, Personhood Amendments, Tim Tebow, Colorado, Focus on the Family, Cbs, Super Bowl, Sports News

Anti-choice politics have no place in the Super Bowl, so when the ad runs, focus on something else -- anything else -- besides Focus on the Family, which wants to take choices away from women.

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NARAL: Mark Kirk No Longer Pro-Choice After Stupak Vote

Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nancy Keenan, Naral Pro-Choice America, Mark Kirk, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Mark Kirk Abortion, Health Care, Chicago News

A leading abortion rights group delivered a rebuke to Republican U.S. Senate contender Mark Kirk today for supporting an amendment to the House-passed...

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Mr. Stupak: I Can Stand the Heat

Nancy Keenan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Naral Pro-Choice America, Amendment, Montana, Insurance, Health, Rep.Bart Stupak, Democratic Party, Copper Smelter, Health Care, Anaconda, Politics News

The pundits say that on abortion, the Democrats have to choose between the economically liberal wing of its party and the socially progressive one. I strongly disagree with this premise.

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Don't Give the Right Wing a Win on Obama's Nominees

Nancy Keenan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Naral Pro-Choice America, Anti-Choice, Obama, Pro-Choice, Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Dawn Johnsen, Obama Nominees, David Hamilton, Politics News

The right wing has made these nominees their test case on how to derail President Obama's efforts to put qualified persons in key posts. Our goal is to make sure they fail this test.

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The Pro-Choice Future Caught on Video: What is free.will.power?

Nancy Keenan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Young Voters, Naral Pro-Choice America, DJ Spooky, Roe v. Wade, Freedom, Obama, Birth Control, Voting, Video, Politics News

While our values are consistent, these changes in technology -- and in the circumstances that shape women's experiences -- call on us to change the ways in which we engage the public.

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Pro-Choice Victories in the 2008 Election

Nancy Keenan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last night, while standing just a few feet from the podium from which our next pro-choice president spoke, I was overcome with pride and emotion.

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Mocking Women's Health and Losing Their Votes (with "Air Quotes")

Nancy Keenan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Naral Pro-Choice America, Women's Rights, John McCain, Right to Choose, Pro-Choice, Politics News

The same woman who wants a president to address the difficulty of paying to put gas in the car while other bills pile up also wants a president who respects her ability to make personal decisions.

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Obama Plays Offense Asserting Pro-Education, Pro-Prevention, Pro-Choice Values

Scott Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Politically, Obama's embrace of the education and prevention agenda long encompassed in the phrase "pro-choice" represents a shift away from abortion politics as usual.

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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 05.25.2011

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

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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Coming to a Screen Near You: John McCain and His Sidekicks, Dumb and Dumber

Elizabeth Shipp | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Politics, Naral Pro-Choice America, Family Research Council, John McCain, Hypocrisy, James Dobson, National Right to Life, Birth Control, Focus on the Family, Tony Perkins, Title X, Politics News

James Dobson and Tony Perkins, and John McCain don't have the guts to stand up and speak the truth about their radical, out-of-the-mainstream views.

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Is 'Choice' The Magic Bullet for Barack Obama?

Amie Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Naral Pro-Choice America, Abortion, RH Reality Check, John McCain, Planned Parenthood, Barack Obama, Politics News

The choice issue has real potential to move female voters to Barack Obama -- there is a clear cut distinction between him and McCain and women are now listening.

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