Reproductive Rights

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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

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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
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The GOP's New Sneak Attack on Abortion Rights

Buried in a Republican bill to give states more say over health care funds is a provision that would restrict how they spend their own money on abortions.

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| Thu May. 3, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Obama Administration Backs Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Program

HHS promotes sex ed program that has "little or no impact" on teens' health decisions.

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| Tue May. 1, 2012 1:04 PM PDT
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Holding Birth Control Hostage

Doctors still require women to submit to cancer screenings and pelvic exams to get birth control pills. Scientists say that shouldn't happen.

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| Mon Apr. 30, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

The Bishops' War on Women, Nuns, and...Paul Ryan?

Republicans thought the US Conference of Catholic Bishops were their BFFs—until the group took aim at the GOP over the Ryan budget.

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| Tue Apr. 24, 2012 12:21 PM PDT

Sex and the Vatican City

How far are the bishops willing to go with their war on reproductive health? Just ask a teenage girl forced into prostitution.

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| Tue Apr. 24, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Arizona's Extra-Strict Abortion Ban Passes

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| Thu Apr. 12, 2012 3:21 PM PDT
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Anti-Abortion Groups on Mitt Romney: Sigh, He'll Have to Do

...and do their best to forget things Mitt Romney has said and done.

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| Thu Apr. 12, 2012 10:29 AM PDT

Pregnant? Put Down the Pesticide

New study links preterm births and low birth weights to pesticide exposure.

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| Fri Apr. 6, 2012 1:21 PM PDT

Mississippi Could Lose Its Only Abortion Clinic

New regulations designed to "make Mississippi abortion-free" could force the state's sole clinic to shut its doors.

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| Fri Apr. 6, 2012 10:50 AM PDT

Corn on "Hardball": Obama's Rise In Swing State Polls

MoJo DC bureau chief talks swing states and women's issues on MSNBC.

Tue Apr. 3, 2012 7:41 AM PDT

WATCH: What Santorum Meant to Say [Saunders Cartoon]

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| Tue Apr. 3, 2012 3:00 AM PDT