AltWeeklies Wire
Dakota Bluesnew
A longtime columnist talks about why she's pro-choice -- and her own experience with abortion.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Liz Spikol |
03-03-2006 |
Sex
The Newest Birth Control Battlenew
Religious conservatives are moving the anti-choice fight beyond the abortion clinic and into the pharmacy. Anti-choice pharmacists opposed to all forms of artificial contraception are seeking the power to mess with women's everyday lives.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
05-05-2005 |
The War on Women
Tags: Life, for, contraception, Abortion, international, morning-after, pill, emergency, Pharmacists
Bishops' Pastoral Letter on Election Alienates Catholicsnew
Steve and Shayla King left their parish of 30 years because they were offended by a missive suggesting Catholics might endanger their eternal salvation if they didn't vote for a candidate who would protect innocent life. The letter issued in their diocese was intimidation, Steve King says.
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
Pro-Choice Advocates Face the Fetal Frontiernew
Pro-choice activist Frances Kissling has penned a provocative article in the current issue of Conscience, the journal of Catholics for a Free Choice, encouraging fellow advocates to acknowledge the moral and emotional complexity of abortion.
The Village Voice |
Sharon Lerner |
12-09-2004 |
Sex
Tags: George W. Bush, Abortion, John Kerry, Planned Parenthood, Gloria Steinem, Amy Richards, C-sections, Ellie Smeal, executive director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women, Feminist Majority Foundation, fetal pain, Laci's Law, Lynn Paltrow, Rosalind Petchesky, selective reduction, triplets, Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act
Last Choicenew
In the wake of Bush's re-election, a triumphant right is planning its assault on reproductive rights.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
11-29-2004 |
Sex
Psychologist's Theory to Bring Peace Could Turn Soldiers Into Better Killersnew
Rachel MacNair argues that in war, the major stressor that causes post-traumatic stress disorder isn't watching a buddy die or coming under heavy fire from enemies. Instead, she believes, the key factor is killing someone else.
The Pitch |
Ben Paynter |
10-26-2004 |
International
Tags: Abortion, a member of PeaceWorks who has worked with the War Resisters League, battle fatigue, Lynn Cheatum, morality of killing, National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study, Perpetration Induced Traumatic Stress, Ph.D. candidate in psychology and sociology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, shell shock, the American Friends Service Committee and the Kansas City Interfaith Peace Alliance, international
