For anyone who claims that reproductive rights aren’t an economic issue, try getting a job at 20 weeks’ pregnant.
The newest job numbers are a disappointment, but what’s more disappointing is how bad they could really get.
The media discussions over the inclusion, and then exclusion, of contraception funds in the stimulus package ignored actual experts. And the fact that family planning has profound economic benefits.
In a broken economy, do Americans realize that moralizing about sex doesn’t address people’s real needs?
The financial crisis is enormous but with a foreign policy debate upcoming, a debate where we’d love to hear where the candidates stand on funding crucial global health care programs, Senator McCain is stating he wants to postpone it.









