Womens Reproductive Rights

What PRENDA Would Mean to Women

Miriam Yeung | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Women's Reproductive Rights, Prenatal-Nondiscrimination, Congress, Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, Women's Health, Reproductive Rights, Prenda, Pregnancy, Politics News

Known as "PRENDA," the latest version of this bill would ban abortions performed on the basis of sex. If itbecomes law, a doctor or nurse who suspects that a patient is seeking a sex-selective abortion would be required to report her to authorities.

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"The War On Women": A Teen's Perspective

Laela Zaidi | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Contraception, War on Women, Feminism, Griswold v Connecticut, Matthew-Hill-Abortion-Bill, Life-Defense-Act, Abortion Rights, Texas-Planned-Parenthood, Womens-Reproductive-Rights, Planned Parenthood, Teen News

As a female member of a younger generation, it is not only discouraging, but frightening, to see what's happening across the nation. I hope to grow up in a society that recognizes and upholds the reproductive rights of women.

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How I Failed My Granddaughter

Karin Kasdin | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Birth Control, Fifty, Feminism, Grandparenting, Reproductive Rights, Women's Reproductive Rights, Women's Rights, Rush Limbaugh, Rick Santorum, Fifty News

Your mother's most sacred private space, her body, is even less safe from political interference than your grandmother's was. And now here you are, a tiny pink bundle of trust, and I am left with nothing to say but "I'm sorry."

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Rush Thinks We're All Sluts

Hayley Rose Horzepa | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Women's Reproductive Rights, Women, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, Women's Health, War on Women, Politics News

After Rush Limbaugh's recent explosion over birth control it is clear that Rush Limbaugh thinks we're all sluts. The controversy that caused the explo...

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Rough Language and Real Politics Jeopardize Women's Health

Dr. Elaine Schattner | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Birth Control, Women's Health, Contraception, Pregnancy, Choice, Reproductive Rights, Roe v. Wade, Women's Reproductive Rights, Rush Limbaugh Birth Control, Politics News

Last week I realized that I've taken women's health, or what's really at issue -- women's access to needed care -- for granted. That's changed now.

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Why It Sucks to Be a Woman Today

Jen M.L. | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Women's Voices, Women's Reproductive Rights, Women's Rights, Birth Control Controversy, Birth Control, Birth Control Catholic Church, Politics News

Don't let these men make laws that affect your bodies without at least speaking up -- for or against. Let them know how you feel and let them know what you want.

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If Men Had Periods, Women Would Know All About It

Yashar Ali | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Women's Reproductive Rights, Periods, Oprah Winfrey, Menstruation, Menopause, Jim Thome, If Men Had Periods, Video, Women News

Why is our culture so intent on protecting men from hearing about or discussing a woman's reproductive health?

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Another Look at the Seven Billion

Mary Anne Mercer | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women's Reproductive Rights, World Population Growth, Global Population Growth, International-Family-Planning, Women's Education, World News

There are still millions of women like Vishnu Maya all over the world. If those women had genuine options in their childbearing and in their lives, we would not be facing the seven billionth birth this month.

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Texas Planned Parenthood Clinic Attacked With Molotov Cocktail

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Women's Reproductive Rights, Abortion, Texas, Free Clinic, Family Planning, Molotov Cocktail, Women's Health, Reproductive Rights, Anti-Abortion-Violence, Reproductive Health, Planned-Parenthood-Texas, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Contraception, Planned Parenthood, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Politics News

A McKinney, Texas, Planned Parenthood clinic that does not provide abortions was attacked with a Molotov cocktail late Tuesday night, causing a small ...

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100,000+ Protest Across America, 3,000 in Denver

Nancy Cronk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Reproductive Rights, Collective Bargaining, Signs, Workers, Solidarity, Colorado, Denver, Labor Unions, Protesters, Crowd, Wisconsin, Protest, Rally, Teachers, Pro-Choice, Union, Washington, Dennis Kucinich, Chicago, Oregon, Illinois, Boston, Madison, New York, Indiana, Ma, New Mexico, Ca, Albany, Oakland, Denver News

Rallies were held at state capitols in all fifty states on Saturday, bringing out hundreds of thousands of Americans to stand in solidarity with workers in Wisconsin.

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A Question of Values: The Real Abortion Debate

June Carbone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rates, Abortion, Reproductive Health, Abortion Rights, Unintended Pregnancies, Politics News

Abortion, as we know from the health care debate, is about having the right values. Contraception is about women's real needs. It is time we change the subject back.

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Day of Action for Women's Health 1/13/2010

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Women (and men) who believe that women's health care should be "safe, fair, and covered," have the opportunity to make their voices heard today by joi...

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Wichita: Murder, in the Name of Life

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Pro-Life Movement, Women's Reproductive Rights, Women's Rights, Women's Health Care Services, Late-Term Abortion, George R. Tiller, Abortion Clinics, George Tiller, Troy Newman, Operation Rescue, Wichita, George Tiller Murder, Leroy Carhart, Women's Health, Wichita Clinic, Politics News

Just two more murdered doctors, you're thinking, and it will have to stop...

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Hell's Belles! NARAL Enrages The Clinton-Or-Die Contingent

Linda Hansen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Reproductive Rights, Nancy Keenan, West Virginia Women, Naral, Pro-Choice Vote, Obama Endorsement, Hillary Clinton, Feminists, Barack Obama, Clinton Blowback, Home News

The Clinton-Or-Else bloc is canceling their memberships to the women's advocacy group in droves. Online there are packs of she-wolves, fangs bared, howling at the moon.

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