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The Palin Pregnancy Circus And Better Sex Ed For Kids

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

April 19, 2009 - 10:20pm

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The Palin teenage pregnancy circus continues. Also, women get hurt worse by health care premiums, and Robie Harris talks about age-appropriate sex education for children.

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The Fate Of Gay Marriage, Notre Dame, And The World

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

April 12, 2009 - 10:14pm

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Michelle Goldberg on women's rights, reproduction, and the fate of the world. Also, gay marriage hits the heartland and Notre Dame's reputation is assailed by anti-choicers.

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If You Want To Contracept, Put A Ring On It

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

March 2, 2009 - 12:42am

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A San Antonio doctor explains why she denies birth control to single women. Also, fighting against maternal mortality, and how our sex lives are affected by the recession.

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Informed consent

Reader diary posted by Alison Cole

July 3, 2009 - 2:04pm

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I challenge every health care provider to provide the informed consent of two marginalized, but essential, areas of women's health care: abortion and midwifery.

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Is Adoption Reform Common Ground on Abortion?

By Gloria Feldt, www.GloriaFeldt.com

July 3, 2009 - 8:00am

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Those who support a woman's right to choose and those who oppose it should be able to work together to forge common ground for policies that make adoption a genuine choice.


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State-level Anti-Choice Efforts Target Pharmacies and Provider Conscience Laws

By Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check

July 3, 2009 - 8:00am

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Conscience clauses are becoming an increasingly popular mode of anti-choice legislation. While a bill in Louisiana represents a compromise position, bills pending in other states are more restrictive.

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The Common Ground Honor Code

By Malika Saada Saar, Rebecca Project for Human Rights

July 3, 2009 - 7:00am

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Despite its worthy mission, the White House common ground agenda needs some serious tweaking. There is a need to reframe the agenda in a larger discourse of honoring motherhood and honoring the sacredness of women and girls’ lives.

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Just the Facts, Sir: The False Dichotomy of Catholics vs. "Pro-choice" on Common Ground

By Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check

July 2, 2009 - 10:30am

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As the anticipated release by the White House of a "common ground" proposal on abortion draws near, numerous members of the male pontificator commentariat are trying to spark anxiety by claiming that Obama will have to make a choice betwen "the Catholic vote," and "the pro-choice community."  Nothing could be further from the truth. To get past this, the Administration just has to stick to the facts.


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Abortions Declined in Minnesota Last Year

By Andy Birkey, New Journalist Fellow

July 2, 2009 - 8:00am

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Abortions declined in Minnesota in 2008 for the second straight year. Reproductive health advocates point to expanded access to birth control as the reasons for the decline.

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USCCB on Common Ground: No Need for Abortion, No Need to Reduce the Need For It

By Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check

July 1, 2009 - 6:00pm

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USCCB on common ground: No need to "reduce the need for abortion" because there is "no need for abortion" in the first place.

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