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Another GOP Swipe Against Women

Candace Straight | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Republcian Party, Social Conservatives, GOP Debate, Right Wing Extremism, 2010 Election, Republican Leadership, Woman's Rights, Senate GOP, Republcian Majority for Choice, 2010, Moderate Republican, Moderates, Candace Straight, Pro-Choice, Rmc, Politics News
Candace Straight

As a Republican, I favor limited government. But the Republican senators who voted against the anti-rape measure ignored common decency and basic human rights.

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Oklahoma Abortion Laws Forcing Women To Reveal Their Race And Relationships Spark Court Battles

AP | SEAN MURPHY | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Abortion Laws, Abortion Protests, Abortion Rights, Right to Choice, Anti-Abortion, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Abortion, New Abortion Laws, Pro-Life, Abortion Court Cases, Pro-Choice, Oklahoma Abortion Laws, Politics News

OKLAHOMA CITY — Abortion rights supporters have challenged two new Oklahoma laws that would give the state some of the strictest abortion laws i...

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Pro-Life Pretense

Cristina Page | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Family Research Council, Pro-Life, Common Ground, Pro-Choice, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Politics News
Cristina Page

Obama's still-to-be released common ground agenda in the abortion conflict is already having a profound and largely overlooked effect: it has exposed deep fault lines in the pro-life movement.

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Stepping Up the Pressure: The Archbishop Comes to the Abortion Clinic

Reproductive Justice | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Catholic Church, Archbishop, Louisville, Kentucky, Catholics for Choice, Anti-Choice, Pro-Life, Jon-Obrien, Pro-Choice, Living News
Reproductive Justice

Every woman has different life circumstances. Every pregnancy produces different challenges. Who is more able to assess the moral validity of every woman's abortion? I certainly don't think it's the Archbishop.

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6 Supreme Court Justices Attend Catholic Service Red Mass; Cardinal Pleads For Rights Of Unborn

AP | Posted 10.04.2009 | Home

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WASHINGTON — An American cardinal on Sunday issued a plea for the rights of the unborn at a church service that included Vice President Joe Bide...

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Irene Vilar: Self-described "Abortion Addict" Confesses To 15 Procedures

National Post | Mary Vallis | Posted 10.04.2009 | Books

Read More: Abortion, Irene Vilar, Impossible Motherhood, Books, Abortion Addict, Abortion Addiction, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, New Book, Vilar, Books News

Fifty one rejection letters -- that is the number Irene Vilar received before she finally found someone to publish a tale so extreme it would surely b...

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Is Contraception Murder?

Reproductive Justice | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Emergency Contraception, Contraception, Pro-Life, Condoms, Pro-Choice, Abortion Rights, Personhood, Politics News
Reproductive Justice

The protesters I spoke with in Wisconsin believe that "the morning-after pill" is the equivalent of murder. They even believe that the birth control pill is a form of murder.

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The Truth About the Capps Amendment

Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hyde Amendment, Abortion, Health Care Reform, Women's Health, Health Care, H. R. 3200, Lois Capps, Capps Abortion, Abortion Rights, Rep. Lois Capps, Capps Abortion Amendment, Pro-Choice, Choice, Health Care Reform Abortion, Politics News
Rep. Lois Capps

My amendment offers a common ground solution to a very challenging policy question -- namely how do we deal with abortion services in health reform legislation.

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Sebelius: No Public Abortion Funding In Health Care Bill

McClatchy | David Lightman | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius pledged Sunday that President Barack Obama will support barring public funding for...

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Choose Life: Was Moses Really Pro-Life or Pro-Abortion?

Bruce Feiler | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, New Jersey, Ronald Reagan, Boston, New York, Al Gore Nobel Prize, Choose Life License Plates, Al Gore, Moses, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Judaism, Politics News
Bruce Feiler

From the "Baby Moses Law" in Texas to a pitched battle over "Choose Life" on license plates, the Bible's leading prophet has become the latest touchstone in America's hottest hot-button issue.

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We Believe in Health Care Reform

Jon O'Brien | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Abortion, Catholics for Choice, Catholic, Healthcare Reform, Pro-Choice, Healthcare, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Politics News
Jon O'Brien

When men and women have access to high-quality sexual and reproductive health care, our country is healthier and stronger.

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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

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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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Dr. Carhart, Under Threat From "Domestic Terrorist Network," Abandoned by Federal Marshalls

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dr. Carhart, Extremists, Anti-Choice, Domestic Terrorism, Late Abortions, Pro-Choice, Clinic Violence, Dr. Tiller, Abortion Rights, Anti-Abortion Protesters, Antiabortion, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

Dr. Carhart lost his federal marshal protection two weeks ago, much to the alarm of pro-choice leaders, leaving him vulnerable at a time when anti-choice violence has been escalating.

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The Moral of My Abortion Story

Aspen Baker | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Conversation, Salon.com, Pro-Choice, Well-Being, Pro-Voice, Frances Kissling, Living News
Aspen Baker

It's a shame that so many pro-choice people want to shut down any conversation about abortion's morality, or ethics, because when they do, they shut down women.

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How to Resolve the Abortion Conflict

Aspen Baker | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Pro-Voice, War, President Obama, Breaking Politics News, Pro-Life, Common Ground, Pro-Choice, Peace, Politics News
Aspen Baker

A just and lasting peace between pro-choice and pro-life people is possible, but it lies in the history of those who have fought over this issue, not in the tired rhetoric of "common ground."

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Just the Facts, Sir: The False Dichotomy of Catholics vs. "Pro-choice" on Common Ground

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

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Jodi Jacobson

The assertion that unless Obama bows to the most conservative Catholic position he will lose widespread support is a scare tactic of the right.

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Pro-Life Dems Warn Pelosi: No Support Unless Reform "Explicitly Excludes" Abortion Funding

U.S. News & World Reports | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

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The Family Research Council isn't usually in the business of praising Democrats. But it's giving props to 19 House Dems for writing to Speaker Nancy P...

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Waldman: Still Not Getting It...

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unintended Pregnancy, Prevention, Contraception, Steven Waldman, Anti-Choice, Pro-Life, Common Ground, Beliefnet, Pro-Choice, Belief, Adoption, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

If women have true choices, increased access to and support for adoption services will not dramatically affect the rate of abortions.

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Common Ground on Abortion

Aspen Baker | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Counseling, Melissa Harris Lacewell, Mental Health, Abortion, Mike Huckabee, Pro-Voice, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, Common Ground, John Stewart, Barack Obama, National Institutes of Health, Politics News
Aspen Baker

The desire for the emotional well-being of women doesn't require compromise of human rights or moral values and it doesn't require the sacrifice of dearly held beliefs.

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Waldman and Saletan: Oh, What a Fine Bromance!

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Will Saletan, Steven Waldman, Contraception, Anti-Choice, Pro-Life, Common Ground, Pro-Choice, Adoption, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

Waldman suggests we set up a Presidential commission to study the "sacredness of sex" and that the President start to talk about this as part of his platform. If I want the government to tell me how and what to think about sex, I'll buy a plane ticket to Afghanistan and live under the original Taliban.

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The Case for an Anti-Abortion Violence Registry

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Domestic Terrorists, Women, Politics, Sex-Offender-Registration, Abortion Laws, Crime, Women's Health, Terrorism, Abortion Rights, Pro-Life, Domestic Terrorism, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

Much as we do not permit convicted pedophiles to teach kindergarten, those who have been imprisoned for plotting violence against abortion clinics should never again be permitted anywhere near such facilities.

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Common Ground: What Does the Far Right Get? Or, Who Wins and Who Loses?

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Contraception, Anti-Choice, Bipartisanship, Common Ground, Pro-Choice, Pepfar, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

What women need is both access to contraception that addresses their changing needs throughout their lifecycle and access to safe abortion services.

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Are the Culture Wars Back?

Rachel Laser | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Hate Crimes, Culture Wars, Notre Dame, Progressives, Progressive Movement, Common Ground, Barack Obama, George Tiller, Gay Equality, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Sonia Sotomayor, New Hampshire, Pro-Choice, Third Way, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Rachel Laser

An overwhelmingly popular President and a rising chorus of Americans are imploring policymakers to replace the culture wars with culture discussions. In this new moment, engaging in partisan warfare seems simply passé.

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"Anonymous" Republican Senator Obstructs Resolution to Condemn Clinic Violence

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Tiller, Anti-Choice, Pro-Choice, Reproductive Health, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

Yesterday, a Republican Senator used his power to put a "hold" on a Senate Resolution originally condemning violence against women's health providers, thereby blocking any vote on the resolution.

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Huckabee, Jon Stewart Debate Abortion (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Gay Rights, Pro-Life, Mike Huckabee, John Stewart, Pro-Choice, Gay Marriage, Politics News

Mike Huckabee went on John Stewart last night to debate another controversial topic: abortion. Huckabee's last appearance on the late-night show mad...

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