Reproductive Rights

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Female Mega-Donors Emerging This Election Year

Women Vote! drew more top-dollar donors in August.

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| Wed Sep. 26, 2012 1:27 PM PDT

Why Don't More American Women Use IUDs?

The modern IUD has a low failure rate, is safe, and is cheap in the long run. So why is it so hard for some women to get one?

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| Wed Sep. 26, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

"If Your Girlfriend Gets Pregnant, So Do You!": 13 Amazing Vintage Contraceptive Ads

40 years of blunt, simple, and often goofy contraception ads

Text by Hannah Levintova/Photos from National Library of Medicine

 | Wed Sep. 26, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Anti-Abortion Scholar: Restrictions Should Be Designed to Raise Costs for Women

At the Values Voter Summit, a leading abortion rights foe slips up.

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| Fri Sep. 21, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

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"You Don't Give a Shit About Women in Virginia!"

State board gives in to conservative pressure; vote could shut down all of state's abortion clinics

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| Fri Sep. 14, 2012 1:20 PM PDT

Karl Rove's Role in Komen's Planned Parenthood Flap

Abortion foes worry Rove isn't pro-life enough.

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| Tue Sep. 11, 2012 11:27 AM PDT
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Does the Dems' Big Tent Still Have Room for Abortion Foes?

Bart Stupak—who nearly derailed Obamacare over abortion—says Dems will never take back the House without people like him.

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| Thu Sep. 6, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

A Tennessee Case Study in Defunding Planned Parenthood

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| Wed Sep. 5, 2012 10:39 AM PDT

When Politicians Need Sex Ed

Don't be embarrassed, lawmakers. Throw your sexual health questions into the gym teacher's "question box."

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| Thu Aug. 30, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Paul Ryan Defends Redefinition of Rape as Just "Stock Language"

The VP contender is having a hard time convincing everyone that he believes "rape is rape."

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| Tue Aug. 28, 2012 8:41 AM PDT

Men Defining Rape: A History

Check out the forefathers of the Republicans' rape-redefining ringleaders.

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| Mon Aug. 27, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Imagine You Were Raped. Got Pregnant. Then Your Rapist Sought Custody.

It happens—and in many states there are no laws to keep rapists from terrorizing their victims all over again. Read on, Todd Akin.

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| Fri Aug. 24, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Romney: No Questions About Abortion or Akin

Denver reporter gets interview on stipulation that she not ask about those hot issues.

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| Thu Aug. 23, 2012 1:49 PM PDT

Christian Group Accuses GOP of "Political Gang Rape" Against Todd Akin

And you thought rape analogies were passé.

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| Wed Aug. 22, 2012 11:42 AM PDT

Flowchart: "Can I Get Pregnant?"

Learn the biology of your body, according to conservative male lawmakers.

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| Wed Aug. 22, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Paul Ryan Cosponsored All the Most Extreme Anti-Abortion Bills

We know the GOP vice presidential candidate is anti-abortion. But seriously: He's really, really anti-abortion.

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| Wed Aug. 22, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

After Akin, GOP Makes Extreme Abortion Policy Official

The party's platform endorses outlawing abortion under any circumstances, including rape and incest.

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| Tue Aug. 21, 2012 12:46 PM PDT

Can Todd Akin Survive in Missouri?

Prediction: This all blows over and Akin doesn't even lose much support.

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| Mon Aug. 20, 2012 8:12 AM PDT
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Wham, Bam, Sonogram!

From transvaginal ultrasounds to attacks on Planned Parenthood, the ladies of Americans United for Life are targeting reproductive rights.

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| Mon Aug. 20, 2012 3:01 AM PDT
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Rep. Todd Akin: Wrong, But Not Alone

The GOP Senate candidate says women can't get pregnant from rape. That's a fairly common belief on the fringe right.

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| Sun Aug. 19, 2012 6:21 PM PDT