McCain Says Women's Health is "Extreme"
The debate last night was just the most vivid example of what we've known all along: John McCain is out of touch on women's health.
The debate last night was just the most vivid example of what we've known all along: John McCain is out of touch on women's health.
Steven Waldman | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics
McCain won the battle to most thrill the activists but Obama got the bigger prize: he defined himself as a reasonable seeker of the common ground.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics
Governor Sarah Palin launched a harsh, frontal attack against Barack Obama on Saturday for the Senator's position on abortion rights. Appearing in Pe...
Steven Waldman | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics
This anti-Obama ad featuring Gianna Jessen, the survivor of a botched abortion, is powerful and moving. The one thing it does not prove is its central political claim.
AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Democrat Barack Obama is airing a new ad in New Mexico and Ohio that defends his abortion rights record and says Republican rival J...
Al Meyerhoff | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics
If the coming election is lost, to put the matter bluntly, women will come full circle. Overruling Roe would return choice to the states.
AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican John McCain, an abortion rights opponent with a conservative Senate record on the issue, seems content with the public's...
AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A sudden surge in advertising by outside groups is filling the airwaves and cable channels with unflattering portrayals of Democrat...
James Heffernan | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics
Calling for laws against abortion is the easiest and cheapest way of appearing to support "life" while taking no other steps to do so -- even while promoting an agenda of death.
Rusty Russell | Posted 10.10.2008 | Home
Nearly every admonishment of Obama these days includes some call for the candidate to cut to the chase. Simplify the speeches, they say. Chop down the answers into blurbs. But what all these freelance campaign managers miss is this: Barack doesn't think that way. He's not a refrigerator magnet guy.
Politico | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama has launched a broadside against John McCain's opposition to abortion rights and moved one of the most divisive issues in modern American...
The Politico | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics
An unsigned 1990 article unearthed by Politico offers a glimpse at Obama's views on abortion policy and the law during his student days. As president...
Drew Westen | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics
If Democrats continue to parry Republican war cries of "baby killer" or continue to couch the debate in terms of life vs. choice, they do indeed have something to worry about.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics
A few weeks ago, the Huffington Post's Seth Colter Walls reported that Republican officials and outside groups were set to launch a smear campaign aga...
The Huffington Post | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics
CBN News' David Brody interviewed Barack Obama after Saturday night's Saddleback forum. He says: It seems like Barack Obama's heated answer about Th...
Zack Exley | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics
If Obama can boldly articulate a pro-life platform to reduce abortion, care for children and families, reduce arms and prevent war then he could bring about a seismic shift in electoral politics.
Steven Waldman | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics
Obama must tell the pro-choice community: I'm with you on legal restrictions, but you need to accept that I'm going to campaign against abortion.
ABC News | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
The Christian Defense Coalition held their anti-Obama press conference today -- "An Appeal to Catholics Regarding the 2008 Presidential Election" -- c...
Joanne Bamberger | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
Obama is walking a dangerous road -- especially with women Democratic voters -- by saying things about reproductive rights that make him look more Republican than John McCain.
Politico | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
After announcing a few weeks ago that they would hold off backing Obama until each local chapter had signed on, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund end...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics
Does Sen. Barack Obama really mean to say he supports new restrictions on late-term abortions that would effectively weaken Roe v Wade? That's the hu...
Washington Post | Matthew Mosk | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
A national women's rights group supporting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) distributed an e-mail yesterday accusing Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) of...
AP | Nedra Pickler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton criticizes rival Barack Obama's record on abortion rights in a mailing sent to New Hampshire voters _ her first direct...
Cecile Richards | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics