Reproductive rights

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  • Roe, 35 years later

    Salon asked leading feminists to talk about the court case that changed their lives, and why it matters more than ever.
  • The abortion doctor

    Susan Wicklund has received death threats and worn a bulletproof vest to work. But what really scares her, she writes in "This Common Secret," is the war on reproductive rights.
  • Senate defends abortion providers

    An amendment blocking federal funds for health clinics that provide abortions is rejected.
  • Dying to become mothers

    The half-million women who die annually while giving birth are simply not a political priority.
  • Catholic Charities' birth control battle

    The charity group tries to exclude contraceptives coverage for employees and fails, again.
  • Verizon: Abortion rights potentially "unsavory"

    The cellular carrier censors a NARAL Pro-Choice text-messaging program, then backpedals.
  • New York, where's the emergency contraception?

    A public health defender says the city's teens have poor access to E.C.
  • The politics of postpartum depression

    To pass a PPD research bill, a troubling clause is added about post-abortion depression.
  • Too young to tie your tubes?

    Most doctors refuse to perform the operation on women under 30, and some critics call this a "paternalistic" approach.
  • Why are teens putting off sex?

    Hint: It isn't abstinence-only education.
  • News flash: Americans support pregnancy prevention

    But conservatives are still fighting comprehensive sex ed, family planning and access to contraceptives.
  • The American Life League finally tells the truth

    The group believes good Christians should rally around the rights of unborn babies -- not the needs of the poor.
  • China's birth control disconnect

    School proposes mandatory tests to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Meanwhile, officials force abortion on rural women.
  • China's single women not worthy of sex ed?

    Rising numbers of unwed Chinese women are turning to abortion -- some as a birth control method.
  • Why I won't stay silent anymore

    By upholding the ban on "partial-birth" abortion, the Supreme Court has injected rigid Catholic teaching into law. That's a crime against the Constitution and women.
  • Pre-abortion ultrasound "review"

    Does a South Carolina bill intend for women to be forced to view their ultrasound image?
  • Mexico expected to legalize abortion

    Conservatives counterattack with new measure.
  • Antiabortion activists fight "black genocide"

    Pro-choice groups like "Klan Parenthood" are intent on killing off blacks, they say.
  • Costly contraceptive ruling

    Court says health plan's failure to cover birth control isn't discrimination.
  • Booyah, South Dakota!

    The sweeping South Dakota abortion ban is defeated.
  • No refills for you

    The New York Civil Liberties Union files a complaint against three pharmacists who refused to dispense refills of emergency contraception.
  • The children they gave away

    In the decades between World War II and Roe v. Wade, 1.5 million young women were secretly sent to homes for unwed mothers and coerced into giving their babies up for adoption. Now their stories are finally being told.
  • Roe for men?

    The National Center for Men filed suit to establish reproductive rights for men. Is a father's right to choose an idea worth debating, or just a distraction?
  • The last clinic standing in South Dakota

    This rural state has one abortion provider -- as long as Roe is upheld
  • A new debate over the abortion pill

    After four deaths in California, the FDA will reconsider the drug next year.
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