Reproductive Choice

An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics


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.

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

Megan Carpentier | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics


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.

Obama Budget Ignores Healthcare Needs of Millions of Women

Nancy Northup | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics


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.

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

Gloria Feldt | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics


Gloria Feldt

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

Prop 4 Threatens Teen Safety and Reproductive Rights

Judy Patrick | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics


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.

Sarah Palin May Solve McCain's Sizzle Problem

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics


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.

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

Harold Pollack | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics


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.