To Induce Or Not To Induce - Is That The Question?
Are there "good" reasons for inducing labor through medical intervention? It's a loaded question for which different providers may give you different answers.
Are there "good" reasons for inducing labor through medical intervention? It's a loaded question for which different providers may give you different answers.
Reproductive Justice | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living
Belmont Abbey College argued in court that it was a secular institution in order to receive state funds, but then removed birth control from its employee health care plan. Their reason? The Catholic Church.
Joanne Bamberger | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
I was more worried about Justices Scalia and Thomas, and now it turns out I should have been focusing on some Congressman from Michigan. The short, non-wonky version of where we are? We're screwed.
Linda Bergthold | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
The Stupak-Pitts amendment takes me back to the days when abortion was not legal and the shame of an abortion was very much like wearing a big red letter A on your forehead.
Sam Hoyt | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York
While Dr. Tiller's work and his unflappable defense of a woman's right to choose abortion was extremely high profile, many physicians and abortion center staff face serious harassment.
Rebecca Sive | Posted 11.05.2009 | Chicago
Chicago Mayor Harold Washington never did move away from his people; he stuck with them; he delivered for them. The result: They stuck with him.
M. Tracey Brooks | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York
The GOP failed to back its own candidate and allowed outside influences such as the Conservative Party and the Club for Growth to hijack the election. This is not good for the GOP or for women.
Amie Newman | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
How did Ms. Johnson become the director of a Planned Parenthood center that provides abortions up to 14 weeks without having seen an ultrasound image?
Reproductive Justice | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics
South Carolina, like a number of states in the Southeastern region, is being devastated by a silent enemy that hasn't attracted a lot of media attention lately: HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Amie Newman | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics
Is the fact that women experience gender discrimination in health care even debatable? Many insurance companies even regard a C-section as a pre-existing condition. This must stop.
Joyce McFadden | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media
While reading Barbara Berg's Sexism in America: Alive, Well, and Ruining our Future, I felt energized and eager to be a part of this third wave of feminism.
Reproductive Justice | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics
Most mothers behind bars are restrained during labor, delivery and post-delivery as a matter of routine practice in our nation's jails and prisons.
Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green
Increasing population pressure in many nations is destroying, directly or indirectly, vitally important carbon storage systems on our planet.
AP | Posted 09.18.2009 | World
LONDON — Giving contraceptives to people in developing countries could help fight climate change by slowing population growth, experts said Frid...
Amie Newman | Posted 09.16.2009 | Living
The Today Show presents homebirth as an option to be feared, but that's only because the unknown is often a scary venture. If you listen to women's experiences, It doesn't have to be that way.
Steven Waldman | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics
Bishops say they would gladly support health care reform if only they could be assured it doesn't cover abortion. We may soon see if that's true.
Gauri van Gulik | Posted 09.26.2009 | World
The family planning debate affects people far from the halls of Brussels -- people like Lisa, who was raped by a family member then told to by a local "doctor" to swallow acid and rub it all over her genital area.
Chris Korzen | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics
Both sides of the abortion debate supported health care reform that preserved current policies for federal support. But how do we define abortion neutrality where federal precedent doesn't exist?
Amie Newman | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living
Breastfeeding is not simply a "choice" women make. It is a decision women make based on a tremendous variety of social and medical factors.
Kelli Conlin | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics
Heightened awareness is critical to increasing use of Plan B: a safe, effective back up method of birth control. Nearly 40 percent of women 18-30 remain unaware of this valuable medication.
Vicky Shorr | Posted 08.16.2009 | World
The Church in Brazil is manned by the likes of the Archbishop of Recife, whose latest idea of social activism was to ex-communicate the mother of a nine-year-old rape victim, who got the child an abortion.
Carol Peasley | Posted 08.10.2009 | World
The early international family planning movement was dominated by "population control" advocates who too often forgot that women should be at the center of their thinking.
Huffington Post | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living
A while back, we asked women to tell us about their experiences getting an abortion. We'd like to thank everyone who contributed for their honesty. ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.14.2009 | Media
Joan Walsh went on the O'Reilly Factor Friday night having publicly vowed to be well-prepared to defend the reproductive rights of women and the legality of Dr. Tiller's clinical practice, and truly doled out some major ownage.
Norm Stamper | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics
There's an axiom in police circles: if someone is determined to kill another there's not a whole lot you can do about it. Hogwash.
Amie Newman | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living