Reproductive Rights

Abortion 'Endangers' Black Babies?

Anti-abortion activists still using race to get support from black Georgians.

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| Wed Jun. 2, 2010 2:35 PM PDT

The Enemy in Your Pants

The military’s decades-long war against STDs.

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| Sat May. 29, 2010 1:05 AM PDT

India's Girl Effect

Are microloans the best 21st century birth control device? A photo essay.

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| Thu May. 13, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Mollohan: A Danger Sign for Bart Stupak Dems?

The anti-abortion West Virginia congressman lost his primary after getting slammed on the campaign trail for supporting health reform.

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| Wed May. 12, 2010 8:29 AM PDT

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Kagan's Late-Term Abortion Memo: Pure Obamaism?

The Supreme Court nominee urged Clinton to support a ban on late-term abortions to avoid a worse outcome. Obama himself might have done the same thing.

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| Tue May. 11, 2010 11:27 AM PDT

Recession Ups Abortion

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| Mon May. 10, 2010 4:26 AM PDT

Not Quite Ready to Be a Mother? That's Ok Too.

The greatest hits in contraceptive history, from crocodile dung to KISS condoms.

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| Sat May. 8, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Oklahoma's Abortion Two-Step

A verbal gaffe by a top anti-choice attorney - and GOP congressional candidate - shows why the state can keep one of its two draconian new abortion laws, but not both.

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| Tue May. 4, 2010 2:22 PM PDT

Uzbekistan Gets Back Into Eugenics

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| Thu Apr. 29, 2010 9:37 AM PDT

Oklahoma: Pro-Life Nanny State

In their zeal to kill off "babykillers," Oklahoma legislators swapped private citizens' rights for a dishonest doctor's right to choose the course of your, and your child's, entire life.

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| Wed Apr. 28, 2010 11:15 AM PDT

John Brown's Jazz Opera

More than 150 years later, was the rebellious abolitionist a madman or a prophet? A San Francisco community theater skirts that question.

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| Mon Apr. 26, 2010 12:58 PM PDT

MTV's Little White Lies

"16 and Pregnant" contains some glaring omissions.

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| Wed Apr. 21, 2010 6:00 AM PDT

Breastfeeding "Non-Compliance" Costs US $13 Billion A Year

In other words, shame on you, mothers.

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| Fri Apr. 16, 2010 9:38 AM PDT

Ethics Award for MoJo Scribe

Scott Carney honored for his tale of a morally fraught international adoption.

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| Mon Apr. 12, 2010 12:00 PM PDT

Who Gets the Credit for Taking Out Bart Stupak?

Liberal advocates claim credit for speeding the anti-choice Democrat out of office--but so do their right-wing opponents.

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| Fri Apr. 9, 2010 1:59 PM PDT

Retirement Friday!

John Paul Stevens and Rep. Bart Stupak are both headed for the exit.

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| Fri Apr. 9, 2010 8:20 AM PDT

How the Vatican Almost Embraced Birth Control

A secret history of the papal commission that endorsed the pill

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| Thu Apr. 8, 2010 3:48 PM PDT

Inside India’s Rent-a-Womb Business

Gestational dormitories. Quintuple embryo implants. Brave New World? Nope, surrogacy tourism.

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| Thu Apr. 8, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Are 7 Billion Humans Too Many?

What unites the Vatican, lefties, conservatives, environmentalists, and scientists in a conspiracy of silence? Population.

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| Wed Apr. 7, 2010 4:03 PM PDT

Abortion, Health Insurance, and the States

Let's clear up some confusion.

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| Tue Apr. 6, 2010 10:25 AM PDT