Some good news out of Washington: Congress voted last night to get rid of the Global Gag Rule, which denies funding to all international organizations that "perform abortions in cases other than a threat to the woman’s life, rape or incest; provide counseling and referral...
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Amanda - in a new gig at RH Reality Check - reminds us why we have got to get rid of abstinence only programs. I wish I could have the.
We have a sighting of that increasingly rare beast, the principled, internally consistent pro-lifer! In response to an Anna Quindlen column that produced the usual outpouring of comically transparent illogic.
This love for Liptak is becoming something of a weekly tradition. He's just been writing such damn good columns.Today - behind the TimesSelect curtain - Liptak takes on laws that require doctors to follow a certain script when they counsel women seeking abortions. There's a...
This column by Anna Quindlen has generated some discussion among the "pro-lifers" at The Corner. As I've been through in detail before, the idea that abortion can be a serious.
The title of this post sounds crazy, huh? Unfortunately, for some women around the country who are mourning their stillbirths or miscarriages it's all too applicable.There's news today that a.
One of the things that really gets under my skin is the notion that in the battle over rhetoric, the wingnuts have won the word "family." Since when is telling people that they can't get married, can't adopt kids, can't get the proper health services...
Via Jessica and Yglesias, a sad reminder of how far we haven't come. In fact, of how far we've regressed:
A bunch of months back, the a Republican-led panel of the Missouri state legislature released a report saying that abortion is to blame for the high numbers of undocumented immigrants.
Jumping off of my last post, here's an example of the collision between reproductive health and poverty, its potentially farreaching effects, and how the Republicans are trying to use poverty as a tool for trimming reproductive rights.From a SIECUS news alert: Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN)...
In the Gonzales v. Carhart opinion, certain Supreme Court justices seemed to be confusing their JD's with MD's. That move seems to have set a trend. From the Colorado Springs.
There's news today that use of Plan B (emergency contraception or the "morning-after pill") is way way up. According to a Washington Post article today, sales of Plan B have.