Reproductive Rights

40 Years Later, an "Infallible" Ban on Modern Birth Control

Robert Engelman | Posted 07.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Population, Catholic Church, Birth Control Pill, Family Planning, Reproductive Rights, Contraception, Reproductive Health, Birth Control, Fertility, Sex, Living News
Robert Engelman

The Church's policy paradoxically has made it harder for people of every faith to use safe and effective contraception, especially if they are young, unmarried, and poor.

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George Bush Launches Attack on Access to Contraceptives

Jeff Merkley | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health and Human Services, George Bush, Contraceptives, Google, Health, Reproductive Rights, Morning After Pill, Contraception, Politics News
Jeff Merkley

By redefining abortion to include the most common and effective methods of birth control, the Bush administration is attempting to deprive basic contraceptive services to women around the country.

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De-Regulation and Choice

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Election Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Rights, Gender, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

As a society, we're willing to immunize cheats, liars, war criminals, and law breakers, but prosecute any physician who acknowledges a woman's constitutional right to seek remedy from an unwanted pregnancy.

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For the First Time in My Life, I Might Not Vote

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Election and Abortion, Abortion, Reproductive Rights, Women Voters, 2008 Election, Voting, Barack Obama Abortion, Obama Abortion, Barack Obama Women's Vote, Politics News
Joanne Bamberger

Obama is walking a dangerous road -- especially with women Democratic voters -- by saying things about reproductive rights that make him look more Republican than John McCain.

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McCain's Record ... of Flip-Flops

Ira Forman | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tax Cuts, Religious Right, John McCain, 2008 Election, Pro-Choice, Mccain Flip-Flop, Reproductive Rights, Offshore Drilling, Straight Talk Express, Politics News
Ira Forman

The gall of McCain's 'straight talk' is breathtaking and the flip-flops here ought to finally put the myth of McCain's maverick moderate image to rest.

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Cashiers for Life

Cristina Page | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pharmacist Refusals, Birth Control, Conscience Objector, Anti-Contraception, Reproductive Rights, Will Saletan, Pharmacists for Life, Contraception, Pro-Life, Slate, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Cristina Page

William Saletan, the Slate columnist whose made a career of claiming to be pro-choice while justifying attacks on reproductive rights, has had yet another epiphany.

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What Goes on Inside "McCain's Clinic"?

ZP Heller | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Roe v. Wade, Brave New Films, John McCain, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, John McCain Reproductive Rights, 2008 Election Reproductive Rights, Politics News
ZP Heller

It's surprising that more women aren't backing Obama given McCain's abysmal reproductive rights record.

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Why Do Women Give McCain a Zero?

Robert Greenwald | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Roe v. Wade, Abortion, Women's Rights, Women, John McCain, Brave New Films, Naral, Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

2008-06-10-mccainclinic.jpgWe've created McCain's Clinic, a sneak peek at what a women's health clinic could look like if McCain were elected.

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Unmasking McCain: His Reactionary Record on Reproductive Rights

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Women, John McCain Abortion, Reproductive Rights, Women Voters, Abortion Rights, Planned Parenthood, Roe vs Wade, 2008 Election and Gender, Choice, Gender, Abortion Laws, Women's Health, Anti-Choice, Mitt Romney Abortion, John McCain Supreme Court, Naral, Naral Obama, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

Many women who are avowed Hillary Clinton supporters are declaring they won't vote for Obama in the fall. I get the anger and the disappointment. But to quote SNL's Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers: Really?

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Swine Song

Cristina Page | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Family Research Council, Anti-Contraception, Reproductive Rights, Contraception, Religious Right, Planned Parenthood, Bush, Title X, Politics News
Cristina Page

As the Bush presidency nears its end, the Christian Right is bellying up to the trough for a final feeding. They are hoping to get one more shot at their arch nemesis: the Planned Family.

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Pass It On: 75% of Pro-Choice Voters Need to Know the Truth -- John McCain Does Not Support a Woman's Right to Choose

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics

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Morra Aarons-Mele

McCain's record is really, really anti-choice. Not only anti-choice, but anti-sex ed, anti-emergency contraception, and anti-women.

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Late-Night Wins for Pro-Choice Americans

Nancy Keenan | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Wayne Allard, Fetus, Reproductive Rights, Pro-Choice Movement, Pro-Life, Pro-Lifers, Fetus SCHIP, Choice, Embryos, John Ensign, Child Custody Protection Act, Anti-Choice, Pro-Choice, Fetus Personhood, Schip, Politics News
Nancy Keenan

Last night, the Senate rejected two anti-choice amendments, but the razor-thin margin by which we won these votes is a reminder of why elections matter.

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The McModerate

Cristina Page | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Contraception, Tom Coburn, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Reproductive Rights, John McCain Abortion, John McCain, John McCain Reproductive Rights, Abstinence, Pro-Lifers, 2008 Election, Sexuality, 2008 Election and Abortion, John McCain Tom Coburn, Abstinence Education, Anti-Choice, Condoms, Politics News
Cristina Page

Iraq is not the only unpopular war Bush started that McCain hopes to continue. The war on Americans' sex lives is another and McCain has already proven himself a good, loyal general.

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The Best Candidate for Choice

Frances Kissling | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics

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Frances Kissling

I fully expect that whichever of the two, Obama or Clinton, become president, I will be fighting with them for more on reproductive rights than either is ready to give.

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Why I'm Pro-life and Pro-Obama

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 02.07.2008 | Politics

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Frank Schaeffer

If our highest aspiration is to be a consumer with no thought or care for our neighbor, we will remain a culture in which abortion is not only inevitable but logical.

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Why Hillary Is The Right Choice For Women

Martha Burk | Posted 02.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Emergency Contraception, Abortion, 2008 Election and Abortion, Family Planning, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, Morning After Pill, Hillary Clinton Endorsements, Roe vs Wade, Family and Medical Leave Act, 2008 Election, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Martha Burk

As a pro-choice president, Hillary Clinton will make Supreme Court appointments and decisions ensuring women's reproductive rights in this country.

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A Woman's Right to Choose...a President

Karen Mulhauser | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Abortion, Abortion, Ellen Malcolm, Naral, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Illinois Planned Parenthood, Anti-Choice, Ellen Malcolm EMILY's List, Roe vs Wade, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice, Barack Obama, Roe vs Wade 35 Anniversary, Politics News
Karen Mulhauser

What women do not need now is a divisive fight within the Democratic Party over which candidate is better on women's issues such as choice.

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A Vote for Obama is a Vote for Women

Tracy Fischman | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, 2008 Election Reproductive Rights, Womens Health, Reproductive Rights, Barack Obama, Politics News
Tracy Fischman

Obama's present votes on abortion-related bills were part of a broader pro-choice strategy designed to defeat dangerous legislation that would have compromised the health of Illinois women.

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Have We Come a Long Way, Baby?

Jenna Henry Hansen | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Abortion Global Gag Rule, Abortion Laws, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Mexico City Policy, Global Gag Rule, Pro-Life, Roe vs Wade, Pro-Lifers, Pro-Choice, Roe vs Wade 35 Anniversary, Politics News
Jenna Henry Hansen

Planning your family -- or planning not to have a family. Whose choice is it?

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Roe v. Wade Awakening

Marissa Miley | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Juno, Suffrage, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Teen Pregnancy, Contraception, Pro-Life, Roe vs Wade, Pro-Lifers, Pro-Choice, Roe IQ Test, Roe vs Wade 35 Anniversary, Roeiqtest, Politics News
Marissa Miley

Noticeably absent from the RoeIQtest.com survey are questions about women's health, quality of life, and privacy -- all things that Roe vs. Wade ensured.

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How Can the Richest Country in the World Deal With the Issue of Teen Pregnancy?

Maria Kefalas | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jamie Lynn Spears, Teen Pregnancy Rate, Jamie Lynn Spears Pregnant, Condoms, Frank Furstenberg, Reproductive Rights, Abstinence, Pregnancy, Pro-Life, Roe vs Wade, Sexuality, Sex Education, Destinies of the Disadvantaged, Juno, Abstinence Only, Sex, Teen Pregnancy, Abstinence Education, Contraception, Pro-Choice, Roe vs Wade 35 Anniversary, Politics News
Maria Kefalas

When you look at the rest of the world where teenage childbearing has become a problem of another time, it is maddening to see policymakers in the U.S. so perplexed.

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10 Reasons to Support Reproductive Justice on Roe Day

Jill Filipovic | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Illegal Abortions, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Morning After Pill, Contraception, Birth Control, Pro-Life, Roe vs Wade, Pro-Lifers, Pro-Choice, Roe vs Wade 35 Anniversary, Politics News
Jill Filipovic

Roe at 35 is in bad shape. But there are plenty of forward-looking, positive steps to be taken.

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Family Planning is Family Values

Cristina Page | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Family Planning, Abortion Laws, Family Values, Sex, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, Contraception, Religious Right, Anti-Choice, Birth Control, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Anti-Choice Movement, Politics News
Cristina Page

Sadly, if most Americans credit the pro-choice birth control movement for anything, it's for the dubious honor of protecting vice.

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The Dog Whistlers: The One Question the "Pro-life" Presidential Candidates Don't Want You to Ask

Cristina Page | Posted 12.09.2007 | Politics

Read More: Republican Presidential Candidate, Abortion, Reproductive Rights, Pro-Life, Roe vs Wade, Pro-Lifers, 2008 Election Reproductive Rights, 2008 Election, Birth Control Pill, 2008 Election and Abortion, Abortion Laws, Republican Debates, Contraception, Anti-Choice, Birth Control, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life Republicans, Republicans, Politics News
Cristina Page

The most pro-life thing a president can do is support the right to use contraception and make it widely available.

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Mitt Romney = Hypocrisy

Paul Krassner | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Religion, Pandering, Mitt Romney Pro-Choice, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Mitt Romney, Religion and Politics, 2008 Election Reproductive Rights, 2008 Election, Mitt Romney Pro-Life, Mitt Romney Abortion, Politics News
Paul Krassner

Romney wants to overturn Roe vs. Wade. Yet when he was running for the Senate, he came out in favor of choice for women. Pandering triumphs over religious belief.

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