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Community-Based Doulas: An Investment in the Future
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At the End of Pride Month, a Historic Step Forward
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Indian High Court Decriminalizes Homosexuality
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Just the Facts, Sir: The False Dichotomy of Catholics vs. "Pro-choice" on Common Ground
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Abortions Declined in Minnesota Last Year
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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...
In a landmark Indian Supreme Court ruling today, Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah struck down Penal Code 377, overturning a colonial-era law criminalizing “carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal.” ...
Or: Common Ground as a competitive team sport. In a post on adoption today, Steve Waldman talks about adoption as a common ground position to which "pro-choice and pro-life" people can agree...
With thanks to our colleague Jill Zimon for passing along info on two important decisions by the Ohio Supreme Court...
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RH Reality Check's Laura Janoff spoke to Jessica Valenti about liberal parents, schoolgirl fetishes, and women's sexuality unleashed.
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As difficult as it has become in the US context to manage discussions exploring common ground in the abortion debate, in other places like the Philippines, even mustering a public discussion about contraception has become increasingly difficult in recent years.
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Dr. Tiller believed that "abortion is a matter of survival for women." It was for me.
During the election campaign of 1912, a mentally-unbalanced man fired a shot at Theodore Roosevelt, the candidate of the Bull Moose Party, at a rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
Disputes About White House Abortion Plan Preventing unwanted pregnancies and reducing the need for abortion are the two major components of the White House's attempt at finding common ground on reproductive health issues, according to Dan Gilgoff of US News...
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If we're going to do health care reform we need to do it right -- lest we expand the historic failure of government-provided healthcare for Native Americans nationwide.
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The more evidence shoved in our faces that marriage just doesn't work as well as we want, the more we bury our heads in the fantasy.
The Sex, Really blog opens to much mockery. Mike Huckabee shoots his mouth off about things he doesn't understand, and Cari Sietstra talks about the SRH concerns of Burmese refugees...
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LANSING — Citing state statistics showing that one in four teenagers has a sexually transmitted infection and the state has an “unacceptable” number of unplanned pregnancies, State Rep. Rebekah Warren, an Ann Arbor Democrat, and State Sen...
"Two men, No Uteruses" was the name given by Will Saletan and Steve Waldman to their June 22nd mutual-admiration-society blogging heads chat on "common ground," in what I suppose was an effort to be cute...
After months of negotiation and attempts at cooperation, North Carolina’s state assembly is finally taking a step in the right direction in regard to their policies on sexuality education...
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There are bisexual people in the world who find that they have fairly equal levels of attraction to people of all genders, but I'd say it's more common to find that we have differences in how we experience different genders and in different relationships.
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We need to consider the benefits beyond physical well-being to our society--and particularly for the women in it--of a secure social safety net.
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I have a sneaking suspicion that Nicholas Sarkozy's interest in the rights of Muslim women might actually be about something else besides a commitment to our liberation.
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Charging fallen politicians with hypocrisy fundamentally misses the point that has been in dispute during the culture wars.
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In talking about abortion, if inaccurate, misleading or ideologically-loaded language is being used, or myths are being held as truths, our communication and understanding is always going to be limited.
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During a press conference Tuesday, President Obama voiced support for government-administered health insurance for all who need it as a key component of healthcare reform.
Regardless of age or province of residence, all Spanish women will have access to the emergency contraception pill (EC) without a prescription. It will be in pharmacies by August...
The military is fond of parading tokens of femininity. They point to female mascots such as Molly Pitcher and Margaret Corbin. They like the idea of women's service...
Last week, pretty much every single blogger on the Internet who focuses on LGBT rights posted a link to a website called Obama's Plan For Gay Rights...
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Last Wednesday, the US released the 2009 Trafficking In Persons Report. The significant differences between ...
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This past March, I wrote an article for RH Reality Check entitled Looking for Common Ground on Abortion? You’re Standing on It. In it, I reviewed the evidence on abortion trends in the ...
Mousavi's Wife, a Feminist and Activist When asked if she thought of herself as Iran's Michelle Obama, Zahra Rahnavard, Iranian opposition leader Mir Houssein Mousavi's wife, said no...
Last Wednesday NewsBusters (Media Research Center's project for "documenting, exposing and neutralizing liberal media bias") ran a short piece on the alleged bias of PBS and their coverage of Bill O'Reilly's role in the George Tiller murder...
Last week, the Senate confirmed Dr. Eric Goosby as head of the Office of Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC). The good doctor could not arrive soon enough...
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Mousavi's Wife, a Feminist and Activist; Operation Rescue Hosts Memorial at Tiller's Clinic; Mike Huckabee Discusses Abortion on Daily Show
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A new report from SIECUS highlights just how severe the impact of recent U.S. HIV/AIDS prevention policy has been on Zambia, where an estimated 15 percent of the population is HIV-positive and where life expectancy has plummeted to less than 39 years
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As a Native woman, I am entitled to advocate for choice from within my culture, which has always valued women's choices and decision-making.
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Cartoonist Barry Deustch, a contributor to Dollars & Sense and the blog Alas, a Blog, addresses who has moral culpability for Dr. George Tiller's murder.
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Using withdrawal is better than nothing, but so far, you've been lucky not to get pregnant -- or a sexually transmitted infection.
Even anti-choicers know this doesn't have a chance in hell of passing.