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Meet the Babymakernew

How one same-sex couple turned its struggle to make a family into a mission
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Rodney Carmichael  |  03-07-2014  |  LGBT

Democratic challenger sets her sights on Tim Scott's seatnew

Assuming Tea Party favorite Tim Scott runs for re-election as Charleston’s U.S. representative in November, he will face a new challenger in the political arena: Bobbie Rose, a Democratic candidate and political novice who filed to run for the position on Tuesday.
Charleston City Paper  |  Paul Bowers  |  03-31-2012  |  Policy Issues

PA is Ground Zero for the Abortion Clashnew

As the GOP clown car gets ready to sputter eastward for the Pennsylvania primary amid an onslaught of attacks on women’s reproductive rights, it’s a good time to remember that our state has always been, and seemingly always will be, the nerve center of the national abortion debate.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Tara Murtha  |  03-14-2012  |  Civil Liberties

Abstinence Program Provided False and Misleading Information to Michigan Studentsnew

An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Michigan provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
The American Independent News Network  |  Todd Heywood  |  11-17-2011  |  LGBT

Personhood: A Pandora’s Boxnew

Mississippi's Personhood Initiative is short: "Should the term 'person' be defined to include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the equivalent thereof?" Legal and medical experts say the vague language could lead to chaos for women and families.
Jackson Free Press  |  Valerie Wells  |  11-03-2011  |  Policy Issues

Texas Right-to-Life Groups are Pushing Policies That May Lead to More Abortionsnew

In their lust to defund Planned Parenthood, Texas right-to-life groups and conservative lawmakers are pushing policies that -- in an ironic twist -- could lead to more abortions.
The Texas Observer  |  Alexa Garcia-Ditta  |  04-19-2011  |  The War on Women

The Battle Over a Woman's Right to Choose Rages Outside Louisville's Only Abortion Clinicnew

While the Stupak Amendment suggests there's a movement afoot in the nation's capital to scale back accessibility to abortion, Kentucky is already among a contingent of socially conservative states that make it especially difficult for a woman to terminate her pregnancy.
LEO Weekly  |  Farrah Johnson  |  11-18-2009  |  Sex

Abortion Wars Turn Deadly With the Murder of Dr. George Tillernew

I've been on the front lines of the choice wars in Los Angeles. We were very aware that we were putting our lives on the line with these wackos. "Baby Killers!" they'd yell at us as we protected family planning clinics.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Ellen Snortland  |  06-15-2009  |  Sex

Looking at the Implications of Colorado's Proposed Anti-Choice Amendmentnew

If voters pass Amendment 48 in November, the Colorado Constitution will be changed so that even a pronuclear embryo -- a single-celled, newly fertilized human egg -- will have the same rights and protections as a fully developed, living, breathing human being. The so-called "Personhood Amendment," an initiative placed on the ballot by anti-abortion extremists, would impact not only abortion, experts say, but also a broad range of issues pertaining to women's health from access to contraception to infertility treatment to the flexibility doctors have in treating pregnant women.
Boulder Weekly  |  Pamela White  |  08-04-2008  |  Sex

Choice, Before and Afternew

Vermont's first abortion providers give Roe v. Wade a check-up.
Seven Days  |  Amy Lilly  |  01-18-2008  |  Sex

Should Docs Snitch on Teenage Girls?new

A measure to notify parents when teens seek abortions might reduce state abortion rates, but probably not in the way its backers intended.
East Bay Express  |  Kara Platoni  |  07-11-2005  |  Science

Legislator Wants to Limit Access to "Morning After" Pillsnew

Frank Corte Jr., a San Antonio Republican, is the author of a bill in the Texas Legislature that would protect the jobs of pharmacists who refuse to fill prescriptions -- like the "morning after" pill -- on moral grounds.
Dallas Observer  |  Paul Kix and Patrick Williams  |  12-13-2004  |  Sex

Cell Dividenew

In the wake of the Bush administration's refusal to fund stem-cell research, a California ballot measure proposes the biggest state-funded effort yet. Christian conservatives aren't the only ones who oppose the proposition.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Tali Woodward  |  09-29-2004  |  Policy Issues

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