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The Abortion Pill: Under Threat
The war against women is overrun with hostile combatants and legislative weapons of every form, and certain anti-choice measures naturally grab more spotlight than others. An increasing majority of the public has voiced their anger [...]
The Real-Life Consequences of a Personhood Measure
Here we go again. Anti-choice extremists in Oklahoma are shooting for the pinnacle of reproductive rights rollbacks—a personhood amendment to the state constitution that would send reproductive rights back to the very dark days before [...]
Demeaning Oklahoma Ultrasound Law Defeated
When it comes to fighting for reproductive rights, there’s often no sweeter word than “unconstitutional.” It’s sounding especially sweet today: A district court just struck down Oklahoma’s demeaning and invasive mandatory ultrasound law for being [...]
Next Stop in the Battle to End the Bait-and-Switch of Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Every year, tens of thousands of women are lured to crisis pregnancy centers in the U.S. They go having made a difficult decision to have an abortion, believing they will get the help they need. [...]
The Fight for Contraception Rages On
The new federal requirement that private health insurance cover the cost of birth control has generated much heated controversy these last few weeks: Congressional hearings, proposed legislation to unwind it, multiple legal actions. But the [...]
Advocacy in Action: Senate Defeats Blunt Amendment
Moments ago, the U.S. Senate voted 51 to 48 to block the Blunt amendment—an extreme legislative effort to allow any employer to refuse coverage of any service required under the new U.S. health care law [...]
The Contraception Controversy: A Comprehensive Reply (1 of 7)
1) Religious liberty and the right of an individual to live according to his or her own religious conscience are supported, not threatened, by this policy. The [...]
The Contraception Controversy: A Comprehensive Reply
The Obama Administration's recently announced policy to require insurers to cover contraception as women's preventive health care has prompted many over-heated op-eds, editorials on both sides and even a thoroughly one-sided Congressional hearing. The controversy [...]
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Standing Behind Science…And Not in the Way
On January 20, the Obama Administration demonstrated that it wouldn’t allow religiously affiliated organizations to dodge their responsibility for the reproductive health of the women working for them. Those organizations—not churches, synagogues, and mosques, but [...]
In North Dakota, A Fight for Access, A Fight for Common Sense
In North Dakota, A Fight for Access, A Fight for Common Sense The women who come to the Red River Women’s Clinic, in Fargo, N.D., arrive with a range of reasons for choosing medication that [...]
2011: A Look Back
Every year, anti-choice state legislators propose hundreds of measures intended to erode women’s rights to abortion and reproductive health care. Some of these aim to restrict access by imposing mandatory waiting periods, ideologically biased counseling [...]
They Took Away Reproductive Rights in Texas
Utterly disappointing news came out of Texas last week: A federal appeals court decided that women can't be trusted with decisions about their reproductive health and future. In an unprecedented ruling, the court gave the [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
