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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
Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff

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
Tamar Abrams

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
Frank Schaeffer

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
Jeff Norman

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
Cecile Richards

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
Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff

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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Porn on Campus

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 05.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Pirates II, University of Maryland, Planned Parenthood, Porn, Sex Education, Deep Throat, Andrew Harris, Media News
Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright

Outraged that their right to porn has been infringed upon, a group of students are moving ahead with plans to show the movie anyway.

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Let's Support Change We Can Believe In

Cecile Richards | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Birth Control, Hhs, President Obama, Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, Women's Health, Health, Reproductive Rights, Politics News
Cecile Richards

With a new tone in Washington, we can finally begin addressing the health care crisis in this country, and take the politics out of women's health.

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Outrageous Reallocation of Planned Parenthood Funding

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Abstinence Only, Women's Health, Teen Pregnancy, Planned Parenthood, Sex Education, Right to Life, Politics News
Danielle Cavallucci

Birth Choice Health Clinics, a staunch supporter of abstinence-only education for young women seeking sex education and abortion options within the Or...

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Talkin' About the Pope...and Hope

Tamar Abrams | Posted 04.21.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Abortion, Naral, Reproductive Rights, Africa, Pro-Life, Vatican, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice, Condoms, Pope Benedict XVI, World News
Tamar Abrams

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

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Palin, Forced Into A Corner, Names Pro-Choicer To Alaska Supreme Court

Washington Times | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Governor Palin, Alaska Supreme Court, Sarah Palin, Eric Smith, Pro-Life, Alaska Governor Palin, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice, Morgan Christen, Palin, Politics News

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had to make a tough choice in filling a vacant slot on her state's Supreme Court: Appoint a woman who once served on the board...

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Letter to The Supervisors Who Cut Planned Parenthood's Funding

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Religion, Women's Rights, Women's Health, Orange County, Funding, Supervisor, Planned Parenthood, Politics News
Danielle Cavallucci

You ought to be ashamed of operating under such a thin veneer of religious ideology without offering the women who patronize Planned Parenthood an alternative.

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Health Care Now: Women's Health Takes Center Stage

Cecile Richards | Posted 04.06.2009 | Home

Read More: Women's Health, Health Care Reform, Barack Obama, Cecile Richards, Birth Control Middle Schoolers, Reproductive Health, Planned Parenthood, Home News
Cecile Richards

If we as a nation are serious about controlling costs and increasing access to health care, we need to address the real health needs of women.

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Vitter Champions Family Values In Omnibus Debate

Talking Points Memo | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Omnibus Spending Bill, Family Planning, Omnibus, Planned Parenthood, David Vitter, Senator David Vitter, Politics News

Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), whose career became mired in the D.C. Madam prostitution scandal back in 2007, and is now headed into his 2010 re-election c...

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Playing Games with Women's Lives

Alex Horne | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Foreign Aid, Family Planning, Hiv, Ethiopia, Global Democracy Promotion Act, Zambia, Abortion Rights, President Obama, Mexico City Policy, Family Guidance Association, Planned Parenthood, US Congress, Womens Rights, Abortion Laws, Obama Abortion, Global Gag Rule, Condoms, Politics News
Alex Horne

The Global Gag Rule restricts U.S. foreign aid to non-US-based organizations that provide legal voluntary abortion services or advocate for less restrictive abortion laws within their country.

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Why Many Pro-Lifers Oppose Government-Financed Family Planning

Steven Waldman | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Family Planning, Abortion Rights, Planned Parenthood, Politics News
Steven Waldman

Anti-abortion groups are generally the biggest opponents of government-financed family planning. There are a few reasons for this, and each comes with its own moral dilemma.

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Planned Parenthood Rebukes Obama For Removing 'Family Planning' From Stimulus

Politico | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Family Planning, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Obama Stimulus, Gop, Economic Stimulus, Henry Waxman, Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, House Republicans, Barack Obama, Stimulus Package, Politics News

President Obama's only been in office for eight days and some of his friends are already steaming mad at him. The president of Planned Parenthood Ac...

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The First Step in Protecting Women's Lives

Joan Malin | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Bush Administration, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, President Obama, Hhs, Global Gag Rule, Planned Parenthood, Women's Rights, Women, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Politics News
Joan Malin

Thanks to President Obama, thousands of health care providers will once again be able to inform women of their full range of health care options, will be eligible for family planning funding.

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What's So Funny About Abortion?

Kirsten Moore | Posted 02.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Obama, Global Gag Rule, Humor, Roe v. Wade, Women's Rights, Women, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Health, Planned Parenthood, Living News
Kirsten Moore

On the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade I had to ask myself: why am I still invested professionally and personally in the policy, politics and practice of abortion after twenty years?

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Bush, Our Ex-Boyfriend

Cristina Page | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birth Control, Family Planning, Midnight Regulations, Conscience Objector, Leavitt, Contraception, Anti-Choice, Religious Objection, Hhs, Nfprha, Planned Parenthood, Aclu, Pro-Choice, Bush, George Bush, Politics News
Cristina Page

Bush is the ex-boyfriend we've finally gotten out of our life only to discover he left an unpleasant souvenir, like an STD. A particularly nasty strain too, in the form of new HHS regulations.

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Meeting Women On Their Terms

Joan Malin | Posted 02.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Reproductive Health, Immigrants, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive Rights, Ppnyc, Health, Living News
Joan Malin

The Dominican population in NY is unusual in that they're coming from a country where abortion is completely illegal. Yet, these women reported that they still consider abortion a part of the reality of their lives.

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Planned Parenthood Workers Harassed By Woman

STNG/CBS 2 | Posted 02.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Aurora Planned Parenthood Harassment, Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood Harassment, Aurora Planned Parenthood, Chicago News

Police in west suburban Aurora are looking for a woman who harassed and battered employees of the local Planned Parenthood in October. On Oct. 1, 200...

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Can You Hear Me Yet?

Cecile Richards | Posted 01.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Comprehensive Sex Education, Abstinence Until Marriage, Planned Parenthood, Virginity Pledges, Cecile Richards, Sex Education, Abstience Only, Home News
Cecile Richards

At this point, it's hard to imagine how much more data the government and Congress need to understand that just telling kids to not have sex isn't working.

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On Abortion, Pro-Choice is the Compromise Position

Sam Sedaei | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Abortion Rights, George W. Bush, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Abstinence Education, Joe Biden, Pro-Life, Planned Parenthood, Right of Conscious, Barack Obama, Politics News
Sam Sedaei

In order for one to be a child, one has to be a human being, and human beings are biologically independent and viable organisms, which fetuses are not.

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Happy Holidays, New York.

Joan Malin | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Rape, Holiday Season, George W. Bush, Pharmacies, Health Insurance, Rape Victims, Planned Parenthood, New York City, Planned Parenthood of New York City, Emergency Contraception, Health, Emergency Rooms, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Joan Malin

Thanks to one stroke of pen by George W. Bush, New Yorkers can no longer go to the Emergency Room and trust that a provider's sole motivation is to give the best care available.

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