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Ultrasounds

An Oklahoma law that would force women to have an ultrasound before having an abortion... more

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McCain Mocks Women's Health In Abortion Issue

"Clearly, in all his debate prep, no one thought to coach McCain not to go to the... more

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Max: one young man's story about HIV and failed abstinence-only programs

Max Siegel is a 24-year-old gay man living with HIV. Max contracted HIV from his first... more

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Reality Check: Emergency Contraception | Reproductive Health | RHRealityCheck.org

The truth about the Pro-Life Agenda. It's called wanting people to stop having... more

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Anti-Choice Stereotypes

You've heard them before. Abortion is "convenient" and "allows... more

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Elderly with Dementia have a "Duty to Die"?

By Hilary White LONDON, September 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In an interview,... more

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Prop 4 hearing

Proposition 4 hearing at the California capital building in Sacramento,CA.

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Palin's barbaric record on killing America's 'protected' wildlife

We’re getting the word out to voters about Governor Sarah Palin’s barbaric... more

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3 Alarming Facts About John McCain's Record Every Woman Should Know

Three Facts About John McCain's Extreme Position on Choice: John McCain is... more

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The Palin Project

Okay, the video and sound are crappy (shot on my RCA EZ201, so what're ya gonna... more

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McCain, Palin, and the meaning of "choice"

In the news release, the McCain campaign made sure to state that:

Bristol Palin made the decision on her own to keep the baby, McCain aides said.

While it's obvious why they made this statement to assure the public that Bristol was not coerced into keeping the baby (after all, she does have a parent who is a staunch opponent of the right to choose and is currently on the Republican presidential ticket), as my significant other pointed out, there's some serious hypocrisy at play here. I mean, John McCain and Sarah Palin don't believe women have a right to choose. It's absolutely absurd for the campaign to emphasize the fact that Bristol "made this decision," and then push for policies that take away that choice.

In reality, Bristol's actual "choice" was probably not whether to terminate the pregnancy or carry it to term, but whether raise the child herself or put it up for adoption. But the reason that the McCain campaign chose to emphasize Bristol's agency in this decision was to reassure the public that this pregnancy is not coercive. They know the public wants to feel secure in the knowledge that it was Bristol's choice to keep the pregnancy. And coming from the McCain campaign, which opposes a woman's right to choose, that statement is disgusting. As Kate Sheppard wrote in In These Times recently, during the 2000 primary McCain said that if his daughter got pregnant it would be a "family decision":

"The final decision would be made by Meghan with our advice and counsel," McCain said, referring to himself and his wife, Cindy. When reporters suggested that this view made him, in fact, pro-choice, McCain became irritated. "I don't think it is the pro-choice position to say that my daughter and my wife and I will discuss something that is a family matter that we have to decide."

In other words: My family and my daughter deserve a choice, but no other woman can be trusted with this decision. This fits nicely with the narrative on both Palin's decision to carry her Down's syndrome child to term and her daughter's decision to carry her own pregnancy to term. Their decisions are seen by the antichoice Republican base as affirmation that Palin shares their values. But the underlying message that each woman had a choice is a validation of pro-choice values.In the news release, the McCain campaign made sure to state that: Bristol Palin... more

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Catholic school denies theology position to pro-choice professor

"A Catholic university has refused to restore a prestigious teaching position to... more

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Conservatives upset over abortion rights VP contenders

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Speculation that Sen. John McCain is considering as a running mate... more

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Abortions Up in Connecticut

Figures show that while the number of abortions is decreasing nationally, they have... more

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Menthol is used to hook young smokers

I smoke so this is important to me. I don't endorse smoking, but I support the... more

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Obama Walks The Abortion Minefield

For the past week, some activists in the abortion rights community have been trying to figure out why Barack Obama, a Democrat praised for his strong defense of reproductive rights, appeared to be turning soft.

Those who work on the front lines of the abortion debate couldn’t quite believe what they were hearing: Obama, in an interview with a Christian magazine, seemed to reject a mental health exception to the ban on late-term abortions. They feared that Obama, like Democrat John Kerry in 2004, was adopting a view favored by abortion opponents to appeal to conservatives.

After days of examining his initial comments and a subsequent clarification that he supports a mental health exception — as long as the woman suffers a diagnosed illness and is not just “feeling blue” — some activists are satisfied, while others are far from it or just plain confused.

“That kind of statement really feeds into the wingnut argument that women have abortions because they are frivolous about that decision, because we are having a bad hair day,” Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women, said in an interview Wednesday. “There seems to be an information gap there.”

The confusion comes at a politically sensitive juncture for Obama, as he attempts to build credibility and a comfort level with women voters and institutional advocacy groups, including some that supported Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. The timing exacerbated the concerns of these groups, some of which are still awaiting a personal meeting with the presumptive Democratic nominee: It followed a major push by Obama to court religious voters who hold positions at odds with these advocacy groups.

As he faces criticism from some on the left, Obama is also taking hits from the right over abortion. The Christian Defense Coalition began running print ads this week calling Obama “the abortion president.” And Republican John McCain, an opponent of abortion rights, took a dig at Obama during an Ohio town hall meeting on Wednesday, criticizing his vote against a ban on late-term abortion as an Illinois state senator.

The reaction to Obama’s statement revealed a divide in the abortion rights community, one that closely tracks the allegiances formed during the Democratic Party’s protracted primary election fight. While NOW and the Feminist Majority voiced concern over Obama's abortion remarks, two of the largest organizations dedicated to reproductive rights took a different tack and backed up Obama.

NARAL Pro-Choice America, which endorsed Obama in early May, issued a statement of support after Relevant magazine published the interview last week, saying he was a strong supporter of Roe v. Wade and his views were consistent with the landmark ruling establishing the right to an abortion. The Planned Parenthood Action Fund, which stayed neutral in the primary, announced its formal support of Obama on Tuesday.

Kate Michelman, a prominent women’s rights advocate who endorsed Obama in February, said Obama was not softening his long-standing support of Roe, but rather articulating his understanding that abortions in the second and third trimesters should be rare and necessitated by serious health issues.

“He was very deliberately speaking to those people who over the past 35 years have made the case that the exception to protect women’s health is a big loophole through which women can leap when they are feeling blue,” said Michelman, who headed NARAL for nearly 20 years until 2004. “Obama was making it clear that he doesn’t believe that is what women do and what the law allows.”

For the past week, some activists in the abortion rights community have been trying to... more

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Obama talks about late term abortions

from The Huffington Post ....... Barack Obama says "mental distress"... more

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ProChoice.com Is Not What You Think It Is

You know, no matter where you stand on the abortion debate, toying with women’s... more

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Thousands of women have four abortions by age 30

Figures uncovered by the Telegraph show that almost 4,000 women have had at least four... more

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Abortion: Can it be Regulated?

I am asked if abortion was banned could it be regulated.

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