Reproductive Rights

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More Than a Conference: Liberation, Leadership, and Liberia

Amy Coen | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

Read More: Development, Liberia, Women, Economic, HIV/AIDS, Leadership, Empowerment, Women's Health, Climate Change, Sex, Reproductive Rights, Africa, Environment, Colloquium, Peace, World News

Monrovia, Liberia, March 7, 2009. The "International Colloquium on Women's Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security 2009"...

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Top Ten Suggested Names for the Nadya Suleman Babies A to H (That's 80 Names Folks!)

Warren Holstein | Posted 03.14.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Angela Suleman, In Vitro Fertilization, Reproductive Rights, Science, Reproductive Health, California Octuplets, Nadya Suleman, Fertility, Pro-Life, Babies, Bioethics, Medicine, Suleman Octuplets, Names of the Octuplets, Octuplet Names, Octuplet Baby Names, Nadya Suleman Babies, Suleman Babies, Comedy News

1. Addendum 2. Another 3. Accident 4. Anomaly 5. Annoying 6. Afterbirth 7. ADHD 8. Appendage 9. Analogue 10. AdvertisingSpace

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Shut That Vagina Down: The Nadya Suleman Misconception(s)

Warren Holstein | Posted 03.07.2009 | Comedy

I mean its ridiculous. A baby momma 14 times over should not be living with her parents in a modest 3-bedroom house in Bellflower, California.

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The First Step in Protecting Women's Lives

Joan Malin | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Bush Administration, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, President Obama, Hhs, Global Gag Rule, Planned Parenthood, Women's Rights, Women, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Politics News

Thanks to President Obama, thousands of health care providers will once again be able to inform women of their full range of health care options, will be eligible for family planning funding.

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President Obama and the Future of Women's Health

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lily Ledbetter Act, Family Planning, Reproductive Rights, Paycheck Fairness Act, Sex Education, Barack Obama, Conscience Clause, Women's Health, Jan Schakowsky, Richard Nixon, The Prevention First Act, Teen Pregnancy, Breaking Politics News, Rosa DeLauro, Contraception, Women and the Economy, Title X, Politics News

With a president who understands and accepts a woman's right to reproductive justice, the focus will now entail a reexamination of the multitude of factors that are part of the larger picture.

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Meeting Women On Their Terms

Joan Malin | Posted 02.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Reproductive Health, Immigrants, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive Rights, Ppnyc, Health, Living News

The Dominican population in NY is unusual in that they're coming from a country where abortion is completely illegal. Yet, these women reported that they still consider abortion a part of the reality of their lives.

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HIV Activists Sentenced in Senegal: The Other Side of Rick Warren's "Humanitarian Issue"

Scott Swenson | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Gay, Africa, Rick Warren, Senegal Convicts Gays, Senegal Jails Homosexuals, Senegal Convicts Homosexuals, Reproductive Rights, Hiv, Reproductive Health, Senegal, HIV/AIDS Africa, World News

Christianity is a belief, a choice. Sexuality is gift from God, for believers. I am gay, I don't "believe" I'm gay, and I never had a choice, for which I thank God everyday.

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Madoff Swindle Does Significant Damage To Reproductive Rights Organizations

Salon | Nancy Goldstein | Posted 02.07.2009 | Style

Read More: JEHT Foundation, Reproductive Rights, Bernard Madoff, Madoff Scandal Hurts Reproductive Rights, Madoff Scandal, Picower Foundation, Style News

For all the ink that's been spilled on the Madoff investment scandal, I've read nothing about its impact on funding for progressive women's causes -- ...

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How the Madoff mess hits women

Nancy Goldstein | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Criminal Justice System, Reproductive Rights, Bernard Madoff, Criminal Justice, Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Drug Policy, Politics News

Cross posted from Salon's Broadsheet For all the ink that's been spilled on the Madoff investment scandal, I've read nothing about its impact on fund...

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26 Reasons Pro-Choice People Should Be Happy

Nancy Keenan | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: 111th Congress, Roe v Wade, Reproductive Rights, Abstinence-Only Programs, President-Elect Obama, Global Gag Rule, Pro-Choice, Sex Education, Politics News

Relish the feeling of hope and accomplishment that comes as every new pro-choice member of Congress recites his or her oath of office today.

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The Dissembler

Cristina Page | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Family Planning, Birth Control, Unfpa, Population Research Institute, Reproductive Rights, Steven Mosher, Contraception, United Nations, Pro-Life, UN Population Fund, Pro-Choice, Christian Fundamentalism, Politics News

Hopefully, with the arrival of the Obama administration, Steven Mosher's ability to force his extremist views on the rest of the world will soon be over.

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Waiting to Exhale: An Advocate Struggles with the Debate Over Warren

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Gay Rights, Reproductive Rights, Inauguration, Rick Warren, Religious Right, Rick Warren Obama Invocation, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Politics News

Most of the public debate on Obama's selection of Rick Warren for the inauguration has centered on his vocal opposition to gay rights and to some exte...

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Unconscionable Policies, Dangerous Politics

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Provider Rights, HIV and AIDS, Conscience Clauses, Social Contract, Patient Rights, Health, Reproductive Rights, Health Care Reform, Politics News

It's one thing for private practitioners to decide not to offer certain services, birth control, for example. It's another to use tax dollars to impose religious principals that deny a specific service.

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Bush Just Couldn't Leave Quietly

Nancy Northup | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Reproductive Rights, President Obama, Reproductive Health, Hhs Contraceptives, Obama Administration, Hhs, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, President Bush, Politics News

New HHS regulations only serve to exacerbate existing problems and achieve nothing at all. Obama should take immediate action and stop the damage to women's health before it starts.

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Christy Turlington To Obama: End Global Gag Rule That Harms Women

Marie Claire | Posted 01.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: President Obama, Global Gag Rule, Reproductive Rights, Christy Turlington Burns, The Giving Life, Christy Turlington, Entertainment News

As we gear up for the new year ahead and new leadership in the White House, the fate and well-being of hundreds of thousands of women around the world...

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Ready or Not: Obama Transition Team Publishes Reproductive Health Community's Agenda

Emily Douglas | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Heather Mills, Transition, Obama Transition, Unfpa, Prevention First Act, Online Media, Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health, Politics News

Dozens of transition documents drafted for the transition team by advocacy groups... are now up on the change.gov website.

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W's Parting Gifts to Women

Martha Burk | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

It's not new that outgoing Presidents try to change national policy at the last minute through rule changes. But W is set to set a record.

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Women's Human Rights and the Hope of Hillary Clinton

Nancy Northup | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Reproductive Rights, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Reproductive Health, Hillary Clinton, International Relations, Politics News

Hillary understands that the mere recognition of rights is not enough: they must improve the lives and health of women.

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In Their Own Beds: HIV and Marriage

Amy Coen | Posted 01.09.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Women, Kenya, Women's Health, Sex, Reproductive Rights, Africa, World News

Most people believe that if a woman makes it to marriage without contracting HIV, she is safe. One woman profiled found out she was HIV-positive while she was pregnant with her fourth child.

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Past Time for Change: Securing Women's Health and Rights

Adrienne Germain | Posted 01.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Rights, Violence Against Women, Women Health Care, Convention for the Elimination of the Discrimination Against Women, Women Mortality Rate, Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Reproductive Rights, Eleanor Roosevelt, United Nations, Cedaw, Obama Administration, Hillary Clinton Women's Rights, US Ratification of CEDAW, Human Rights, CEDAW Ratification, UN Prosecution of Human Rights Offenders, Obama Foriegn Policy, Us World Image, Undhr, Living News

Based on decades of international work, we know that there will be no global peace or security until we secure every woman's right to a just and healthy life.

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Unearthing Common Ground: Why Reducing Abortions is Not the Goal

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, Obama Presidency, Unintended Pregnancies, Religion and Politics, Obama Abortion, 2008 Election Reproductive Rights, Evangelicals, Women's Health, Health, Politics News

The call to reduce unintended pregnancies is the right one. What we must focus on now are the means: sex education (not abstinence-only) and universal access to contraceptive services.

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Bush Administration Still Can't Get Health Care Policy Right

Rep. Diana DeGette | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hhs Contraceptives, Birth Control, Hhs, Health Care Policy, Health Care, Reproductive Rights, George W. Bush, Politics News

The Bush Administration's 11th hour attempt to restrict access to reproductive health care is not only abusive, but also threatens everyone's access to other vital health care services.

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Will Tom Daschle Be What The Reproductive Rights Community Wants?

Amie Newman | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Rights, Roe v. Wade, Tom Daschle, RH Reality Check, Election 2008, Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Barack Obama, Sex Education, President Elect Obama, Obama HIV/AIDS Policy, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, Bush Administration Sex Education, Pro-Choice, Bush Administrations Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Politics News

The former S. Dakota senator may please some inside-the-Beltway Democrats, but the reaction of reproductive and sexual health advocates working on the ground will be interesting to gauge.

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HHS Has "Failed Entirely" With Conscience Proposal, Says Planned Parenthood and ACLU

Amie Newman | Posted 12.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Women, Conscience, Women's Health, Health, Reproductive Rights, George W. Bush, Contraception, Reproductive Health, Hhs, Birth Control, Living News

The Bush administration quickly released proposed regulations that would have disastrous effects on health care consumers, in particular women seeking contraception.

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A Quick Sigh of Relief, Now Let's Get to Work Rebuilding Reproductive Rights

Nancy Northup | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Global Gag Rule, Abortion, Election Reaction, Human Rights, Reproductive Rights, President Obama, Election '08, President-Elect Obama, Politics News

Now that a pro-choice administration is about to move into the White House, it may be tempting to think that we no longer have to "worry" about women's reproductive rights. We must resist that temptation.

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