This legislation and debate isn't really about Planned Parenthood. It isn't really about abortion. It isn't about even birth control. It has always been about controlling women.
Right now, in the halls of Congress and in states around the country, there is a calculated and cynical attempt underway to force the women of America to march in lockstep back to the 19th century.
I grew up in Schenectady, a small city in upstate New York. Sex education was an embarrassing night with my younger brother in the school cafeteria w...
WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of protesters rallied at the Indiana statehouse on Tuesday in opposition to restrictive abortion measures that would, among oth...
WASHINGTON -- While Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) continues to wait out the state's Senate Democrats on his budget bill that would strip collective ...
Unfortunately it's no shock that America's big insurance companies make huge amounts of money and then spend millions to own the Republican Party, which then protects their ability to make excessive profits and pay bloated CEO salaries.
Reproductive rights and women's health are at very real risk, and it is time for us to stand up. That's why I'll be joining Planned Parenthood and a wide range other groups to stand up for women's health.
Nothing says "sanctity of life" better than cervical cancer, breast cancer, and HIV!
The current attack on women's personal liberties, our access to reproductive health services and our right to lifesaving medical care is stunning in its scope, appalling in its indifference, and outrageous in its arrogance.
From deep within my apoplexy, I ask: What in the name of God and goodness is Congress thinking? My reluctant and puzzled conclusion: Congress is moralizing about sex.
The GOP's latest efforts appear to be focused on attacking women with no particular rationale. Let's do a quick legislative roundup of the misogynistic free-for-all that our government has devolved into.
I want anybody that cares about what a woman is allowed to do with her body to do one simple thing. Do not let ANYBODY use the term pro-life, ever. If...
As the conservative right steps up their attacks, New Yorkers should lead the fight to protect women and Planned Parenthood.
My first encounter with Planned Parenthood was in 1978 as a college freshman. I recall three things from that long-ago visit.
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans voted on Friday to strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood, cutting money for contraceptives, HIV tests, cancer ...
Thirty-eight years after Roe gave America's women the right to plan for their families and control their reproductive health, this tenet of modern American rights is under assault.
