Reproductive Rights

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Virginia Poised to Impose Country's "Most Restrictive" Abortion Rules

20 clinics face closure, severely limiting legal abortion access and reproductive health care for women across the state.

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| Fri Jun. 15, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

House GOP Blocking Abortion Access for Raped Soldiers

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) wants to expand access to abortion for servicewomen who are raped. Only a few Republicans are willing to help.

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| Wed Jun. 13, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Supporters of Abortion Rights Should Fear a Supreme Court Shaped by Romney

"It's just immeasurable how bad it would be" in terms of safe, legal abortion, says Planned Parenthood's president.

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| Tue Jun. 12, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Michigan Looks to Pass Nation's Most Anti-Abortion Law

Sorry Arizona and Kansas, Michigan is giving you a run for your money.

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| Fri Jun. 8, 2012 8:09 PM PDT

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The Morning-After Pill Does Not Cause Abortions

After a decade of scientific evidence to the contrary, anti-abortion activists are still claiming that emergency contraception is a form of abortion.

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| Thu Jun. 7, 2012 10:10 AM PDT
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Timeline: Female Hysteria and the Sex Toys Used to Treat It

Vibrators, douches, and pelvic massage: Curing crazy ladies for centuries—one "hysterical paroxysm" at a time.

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| Fri Jun. 1, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Mother of All Wars: The Battle to Breastfeed in Uniform

Conservatives have opened a new front in the offensive against women: an attack on nursing military moms.

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| Fri Jun. 1, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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House GOP's 'Prenatal Nondiscrimination' Bill Fails

The House GOP failed to pass its latest effort to curb abortion rights.

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| Thu May. 31, 2012 12:36 PM PDT

Occupy the Pews

US Catholic bishops are preparing for a "massive campaign of civil disobedience" against the Obama administration this summer.

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| Wed May. 30, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Senate Panel Advances Measure To Broaden Military Access to Abortion

Measure would allow for abortions in the case of rape or incest.

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| Fri May. 25, 2012 2:26 PM PDT
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Many "Pro-Life" Americans Don't Want to Outlaw Abortion

Americans are confused about the labels they give themselves when it comes to abortion.

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| Wed May. 23, 2012 8:50 AM PDT
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American Airlines Boots Woman With Pro-Choice T-Shirt From Flight

The airline says it was the F-bomb, not the womb stuff, that it didn't like.

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| Wed May. 23, 2012 8:09 AM PDT

The Catholic Legal Assault on the Contraception Mandate

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has launched a major legal assault on the Obama administration over the contraceptive mandate in the new health care reform law. But they will probably lose.

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| Tue May. 22, 2012 1:16 PM PDT

DC Becomes the Next Front in Abortion Fight

Republicans seek to impose ban on abortions after 20 weeks in the capital.

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| Fri May. 18, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Lizz Winstead Has an Opinion on That!

"The Daily Show" co-creator on her new memoir, our worthless media, and how people keep trying to mess with her "crazy-ass uterus."

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| Fri May. 18, 2012 12:46 AM PDT

Catholic School Drops Student Health Care to Protest Contraception Coverage

Birth control mandate prompts university to drop all health insurance for students.

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| Tue May. 15, 2012 2:24 PM PDT

MAP: Which States Are Best for Working Moms?

You probably won't be surprised to learn that most states failed.

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| Tue May. 15, 2012 9:33 AM PDT
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GOP Rep. Introduces Totally Sane Abortion Bill

That's not even sarcastic.

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| Thu May. 10, 2012 12:51 PM PDT

Raped at 14, Then Sterilized by the State

Between 1929 and 1974, North Carolina sterilized more than 7,500 residents for being "feebleminded" and unfit to reproduce.

Photographs by Andy McMillan / Text by Maya Dusenbery

 | Wed May. 9, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Roe v. Wade Is Not a Gateway to an Islamist Takeover

No matter what a self-described "ex-terrorist" tells you.

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| Mon May. 7, 2012 9:20 AM PDT