Reproductive Choice

What Komen v. Planned Parenthood Teaches Us About Abortion Stigma

Anu Kumar | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Abortion, Komen for the Cure, Women's Health, Women's Rights, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Reproductive Choice, Reproductive Rights, Health Care Abortion, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Health, Anti-Abortion, Planned Parenthood, Komen Planned Parenthood, Reproductive Justice, Hyde Amendment, Helms Amendment, Politics News
Anu Kumar

Would so many individuals -- 'Racers for the Cure' and celebrities alike -- rise up in protest? My guess is no, they would not -- and this is the power of the stigma around abortion. When access to health care is limited by money or geography, we cannot afford to limit it further with politics.

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Empowering Women for Sustainability

Racheal Yeager | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Family Planning, Bsr, Reproductive Choice, Population Control, Danica May Camacho, 7 Billion People, BSR Conference 2011, The Philippines, 7 Billion World Population, Sustainability, San Francisco News
Racheal Yeager

In discussions about the seven billionth person, women's empowerment must be top of mind. Women's empowerment is important to both global population growth and social and environmental sustainability.

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On Abortion: Overturn Hyde

Ellen R. Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ellen R. Shaffer

Half of all pregnancies are unplanned. At least a third of U.S. women have abortions. Polls show that the majority of Americans -- over 60% by any mea...

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This Is Not Your Mother's Reproductive Rights Movement

Julie Burkhart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Feminists, Feminist, Feminism, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Dr. Tiller, Abortion, Human Rights, Reproductive Choice, Reproductive Justice, Pregnancy, Reproductive Health, Parenting, Home News
Julie Burkhart

The pro-choice movement in the United States is at a critical crossroads. A new reproductive justice movement is emerging from the hardships endured b...

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Honoring Elizabeth Edwards: Standing With Women And Families

Anu Kumar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Reproductive Choice, Reproductive Rights, Elizabeth Edwards, Abortion, Fred Phelps, Elizabeth Edwards Funeral, Abortion Rights, Westboro Baptist Church, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Religion News
Anu Kumar

It's worth acknowledging that what Fred Phelps does is just an extreme example of what society does to women on a daily basis. Any woman who shows independent agency in her childbearing decisions is open to questions and even vilification.

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Argentina's Slow Tango With Women's Lives

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Women's Rights, Sexual Health, Reproductive Choice, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Health, Anti-Abortion, Women's Sexuality, Human Rights Watch, Reproductive Justice, Argentina Human Rights, Pro-Choice, World News
Marianne Mollmann

Any law that labels abortion a crime, even if it allows for exceptions, in practice makes it complicated, if not impossible, to get access to health- and life-preserving abortions. This is the situation in Argentina.

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Kathleen Rice: Standing Out in New York

Sam Bennett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women in Politics, Long Island, Democratic Primary, Reproductive Choice, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Attorney General, Kathleen Rice, Glass Ceiling, Primary Elections, New York, Nassau County District Attorney, Politics News
Sam Bennett

Never mess with a woman from the Big Apple. Residents of Long Island learned this firsthand in 2005, when Kathleen Rice stunned the political world a...

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Beyond the Christianization of Abortion

John Shore | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Shore

When it comes to the issue of abortion, we Christians would do very well indeed to acknowledge that virtually everyone agrees that getting an abortion is never a desirable option -- it is a last resort.

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The Oxymoron of the Sarah Palin "Conservative Feminism" Brand

Sam Bennett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sam Bennett

True feminism means giving women choices. Anything else is silly putty feminism -- stretching the word far beyond all meaning and recognition.

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Women + Politics = Change

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marcia G. Yerman

Internationally, America is ranked 84th in the number of women serving in the national legislature, lagging behind Afghanistan and Cuba.

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Abortion and the Life of the Woman: When Hypothetical Ethics Debate Collides with Reality

Byron Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Margaret Mcbride, Reproductive Choice, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, Health, Thomas Olmsted, Sister Margaret McBride, Bishop Thomas Olmsted, Religion News
Byron Williams

The classes I enjoyed most during seminary were ethics courses which allowed us the luxury of debating our sense of morality without having to actually make a difficult decision. Sister of Mercy Margaret McBride was not so fortunate.

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An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Equality, National Review, Reproductive Choice, Dignity, Civil Rights, American Medical Association, Human Liberty, Twenty-First Century, Personal Choice, Death Panel, Politics News
Barbara Coombs Lee

End of life choice is the human liberty movement of the twenty-first century. This is the arena where dignity and liberty stride forward today. The struggle for end-of-life choices is a movement whose time has come.

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Anti-Choice Groups Raking in Dough by Promoting Civil Rights of Zygotes

Megan Carpentier | Posted 05.25.2011

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Megan Carpentier

If the anti-choice movement has its way, the moment one sperm eats its way through an egg's outer shell would be the last moment in human development that wouldn't be covered by the Constitution. Unsurprisingly, it's a rather lucrative racket.

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Obama Budget Ignores Healthcare Needs of Millions of Women

Nancy Northup | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nancy Northup

Abortion is the only medically necessary health service excluded from Medicaid coverage. Failure to provide that service -- a service that only women need -- is discrimination.

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John McCain's Wrong Answers to Working Women's Questions--Now Give Him Your Answer at the Ballot Box

Gloria Feldt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gloria Feldt

It's time for real straight talk on how your policies affect real women, Senator McCain.

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Prop 4 Threatens Teen Safety and Reproductive Rights

Judy Patrick | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judy Patrick

Prop 4 is part of a broader strategy by anti-choice activists to incrementally erode reproductive rights and access to quality reproductive healthcare.

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Sarah Palin May Solve McCain's Sizzle Problem

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

Many women do like Palin -- there will be a lot who will be drawn to her gutsy, take on Washington's vested interests style as well as to her womanhood.

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A Nod to Sarah Palin from Someone Who Will Never Vote for Her

Harold Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harold Pollack

Governor Palin's party opposes women's access to family planning services that prevent unwanted pregnancies and that give poor women the same reproductive choices she herself enjoys.

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