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Abortion Protesters, Aurora Cut Planned Parenthood Deal

The Beacon-News | ANDRE SALLES | Posted 11.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Eric Scheidler, Abortion, Aurora Abortion, Fox Valley Families Against Planned Parenthood, Aurora-Illinois, Planned Parenthood, Anti-Abortion Protesters, Aurora Planned Parenthood, Chicago News

Tonight, the City Council will have a chance to bring a two-year legal battle between the city and anti-abortion protesters to a close....

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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

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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New York Voters Send Right Wing Packing in 23rd Congressional District

M. Tracey Brooks | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Family Planning, Dede Scozzafava, Reproductive Rights, Bill Owens, Right Wing, Ny-23, Doug Hoffman, Planned Parenthood, New York News

The GOP failed to back its own candidate and allowed outside influences such as the Conservative Party and the Club for Growth to hijack the election. This is not good for the GOP or for women.

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Former Planned Parenthood Director's Holes In Story Revealed In Recent Radio Interview

Amie Newman | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, RH Reality Check, Birth Control, 40 Days for Life, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive Rights, Politics News

How did Ms. Johnson become the director of a Planned Parenthood center that provides abortions up to 14 weeks without having seen an ultrasound image?

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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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Ordinance Would Create 'Bubble' To Protect Abortion Patients, Providers From Protesters

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 09.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Vi Daley, George Tiller, Abortion, Chicago Abortion Ordinance, Abortion Rights, Abortion Protection Zone, Anti-Abortion Protesters, Planned Parenthood, Chicago News

Arguing that abortion protests have grown more "vicious" and "in-your-face" since the May 31 murder of a Wichita, Kan., doctor, a Chicago City Council...

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Anti-Abortion Group Politicizes Memorial of Slain Pro-Life Activist

Chris Savage | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Pouillon, Owosso, Abortion, Operation Rescue, Michigan, Harlan Drake, Planned Parenthood, George Tiller, Politics News

Although anti-abortion groups decried the "politicization" of the killing of Dr. George Tiller, it appears that they are perfectly happy to use this tragedy to their own political advantage.

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Lobbying The September 11 Day Of Service

Arthur Delaney | Posted 09.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Dave Levinthal, Congress, Lobbying, Sept. 11, Exxon Mobil, Habitat for Humanity, Planned Parenthood, Lobbyblog, Transparency, Business News

Dave Levinthal at the Center for Responsive Politics reminds us this morning that nothing in Congress goes unlobbied. The Edward M. Kennedy Serve Amer...

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Learning from Laura Ingraham, Believe it or Not

Tamar Abrams | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Liberals, Laura Ingraham, Daughters, Population Action International, Planned Parenthood, Huffington Post, Mothers, Amy Coen, Pai, Media News

I agreed to do the show because it was about moms and daughters, a topic on which there's no political epicenter, and because my daughter was participating in the interview.

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Virginia Women: Get Back in That Chastity Belt!

Cecile Richards | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bob Mcdonnell Thesis, Virginia Governors Race, Planned Parenthood, Women Voters, Politics News

Meet Bob McDonnell, Republican candidate for governor in the state of Virginia. He's a true believer -- railing against legalized birth control, public schools, childcare and, believe it, working women!

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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's Health Is Universal Health Care

Cecile Richards | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Health, Health Care Reform, Abortion, Contraception, Birth Control, Barack Obama, Planned Parenthood, Women's Rights, Politics News

Does anyone else see the irony in the U.S. bishops wanting to define universal health care as covering everything except for what they don't support?

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Misleading Attacks on Women's Health

Cecile Richards | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Birth Control, Reproductive Health, Health Care Reform, Women's Health, Cecile Richards, Family Research Council, Health Care, Choice, Planned Parenthood, Politics News

It was only a matter of time before the right-wing campaign against health care reform began to focus on abortion, and last week the Family Research Council pulled out all the stops.

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A Radical Notion: Women's Health Care as Mainstream

Cecile Richards | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Contraception, Planned Parenthood, Prevention, Cecile Richards, Politics News

Maybe one day we won't need a special campaign to support women's health. But until then, Planned Parenthood is here to make sure women aren't worse off after health care reform than before.

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Right-Wing Protesters: Birth Control Will Kill You

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Life League, National Organization for Women, Birth Control, Health, Thepillkills, Contraception, Now, Planned Parenthood, Kim Gandy, Birth-Control Protests, All, Politics News

Unable to turn the public against sex, the pro-life movement will be on the march Saturday trying to convince women that birth-control pills will kill...

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Protecting the Rights of Mother Earth

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Monsanto, Family Planning, Population Control, Earth Friendly, Overpopulation, Mother Earth, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Farming, Planned Parenthood, Green News

A Monsanto ad really set me off with their "sustainable agriculture" full pager in the New York Times last week. How about answering the Earth's ple...

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Why I Wear the Penny: A Planned Parenthood Clinic Escort's Reaction to the Tiller Murder

Jason Notte | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

My sister is a grown woman who, at some point, may need one of the many services Planned Parenthood has to offer. If she felt that someone might try to deny her access to these services, I would like her to know that her big brother will always be there to clear a path.

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An Open Letter to the Wichita Shooter Who Killed Abortion Provider Dr. George Tiller

Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Choice, Planned Parenthood, Dr. George Tiller, George Tiller Murder, Politics News

American women need to stand up loud and send a message we are in fact capable and qualified to make our own medical decisions, and we demand the right to do so under the law.

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My Abortion: It's Time to Tell

Tamar Abrams | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Violence Against Women, Roe v. Wade, Violence, Pregnancy, Pro-Life, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice, Dr. George Tiller, Living News

When a killer pointed a gun at Dr. Tiller on Sunday, he forced me to tell my story. I urge all women across the nation to tell their stories.

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Obama and Abortion: Escaping the Left/Right Divide

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Notre Dame, Abortion, Obama, Planned Parenthood, Polls, Women's Rights, Abortion Rights, Gop, Abc, Obama Abortion, Democrats, Politics News

The hate-filled morons of the Religious Right have deservedly lost the battle for the hearts and minds of America.

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Antiabortion Activist Takes on Planned Parenthood with Hidden Camera

Jeff Norman | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Lila Rose, Pro-Life, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice, Antiabortion, Hidden Camera, Politics News

Her own delay in reporting the crime she perceived to have occurred in Memphis is an especially perplexing mystery considering how much Rose proselytizes about the legal and moral obligation to protect children.

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The Top 10 Women's Health Achievements in Obama's First 100 Days

Cecile Richards | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Health, Abortion, Health Care Reform, Contraception, Birth Control, President Obama, Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, 100 Days, Politics News

We are off to an incredible start, though as everyone involved in improving the long-term health of our nation knows, it's not just about the first 100 days.

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Legislation with Legs: The Prevention First Act

Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pro-Choice, Connie Schultz, Planned Parenthood, Women, Prevention First Act, Ohio, Politics News

If the Ohio Prevention First bill doesn't have legs, then I am going to get out there and talk to people about it until it does, even if that means doing so while my own legs are up in stirrups.

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