by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

June 10, 2013 - 4:38 pm

State Rep. Larry Ahern is hoping that with a new name and help from the woman whose boyfriend allegedly tricked her into taking medication that caused her to have an early abortion, 2014 may be the year his anti-choice bill finally passes.

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

March 5, 2013 - 8:53 pm

Mississippi wants to take granting legal rights to fertilized eggs back to the voters, even though the voters already resoundingly said no.

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

November 4, 2012 - 8:35 pm

The development of a potential human life requires conception as a first step. But that is not the same as either pregnancy or personhood. You can’t reduce complex reality to a slogan, and when you try to do so, you actually minimize the personhood of women.

by Jessica Mason Pieklo, Senior Legal Analyst, RH Reality Check

October 29, 2012 - 4:33 pm

The high court turned back the anti-abortion group’s plea to put the issue of personhood on the Oklahoma ballot without comment.

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

August 22, 2012 - 5:23 pm

When it comes to personhood/human life laws, either Mitt Romney is very confused and does not understand the grave implications for women of the laws for which he is espousing support, or he is lying, or both. The media should not be helping him out.

by Jason Salzman, BigMedia.Org

August 9, 2012 - 6:35 pm

Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) has supported Colorado personhood amendments, which would ban all abortions and some common forms of birth control. Now, he’s announced he will not endorse a personhood measure this year. Why not?

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

August 7, 2012 - 3:21 pm

Colorado’s third attempt to force voters to reject personhood is on its way.

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

June 26, 2012 - 4:22 pm

The senate is having a hard time passing flood insurance bill due to a senator’s insistance on tagging a fertilized egg amendment onto it.

by Lon Newman, Family Planning Health Services

June 25, 2012 - 1:01 pm

With the rejection of the “Personhood Amendment” in Mississippi and the rejection of Measure 3 in North Dakota, we see proof that Americans have a profound respect for religious freedom as the founders intended it.

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

May 22, 2012 - 1:23 pm

Bei Bei Shuai was released on bail today after more than a year in an Indianapolis jail for being so depressed during pregnancy that she attempted suicide. She survived the suicide attempt but lost her baby — and her ordeal is not over yet.