Iowa’s Low Income Women Seeking Abortions Now Required To Gain Governor’s...
The United States has seen a backwards slide of a woman’s right to choose what she does with her body. Many states have adopted waiting periods before a woman can legally get an abortion. Many are...
View ArticleCatholic Bishop Attacks ‘Pro-Life’ Groups For Being Only ‘Anti-Abortion’
Bishop Robert Lynch is sick and tired of the attacks by so-called pro-life groups on the humanitarian work of the Catholic Church. He's firing back. The post Catholic Bishop Attacks ‘Pro-Life’ Groups...
View ArticleStudy Shows Education’s Surprising (NOT) Result On Pregnancy Rates
Would you ever consider handing the keys of a shiny new car over to your 16 year old without first giving them some extensive lessons on safety and basic operation of a vehicle? Of course you wouldn’t....
View ArticleThe Problem With The Right Wing And Contraception
We can all agree that the right wing has a few problems understanding contraception. And conception. And women all around. But, did you know we can prove it? Over the past few years, right wing...
View ArticleAbortion Rates Lower Under Obama Than Reagan Or Bush
A recently released Guttmacher Institute study finds that the abortion rate in the United States has dropped to its lowest rate since 1973. Citing improved access to contraception, the research found...
View ArticleDemocrats Introduce Bill That Would Close Hobby Lobby Loophole
The Supreme Court’s decision to allow Hobby Lobby and other closely-held companies to duck out of Obamacare mandates that supposedly violate their religious beliefs–such as providing emergency...
View ArticleSenate Republicans Block Bill That Would Reverse Hobby Lobby Decision
Senate Republicans block a bill designed to make for-profit corporations include contraception in earned healthcare benefits--will it hurt them them in November? The post Senate Republicans Block Bill...
View ArticleWhy You Should Not Be Fooled By GOP Support For OTC Contraception
Republicans have a terrible record with women these days. They know it, and the general public knows it. They lost big with women in 2012, and a poll recently conducted by their own conservative side...
View Article15 States Have Failed Women, Turning Their Backs On Reproductive Rights
As the new Republican majority congress settles in, they are making quick work to push more reproductive rights regulation with five new bills that would do things like defund Planned Parenthood and...
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View ArticleTexas AG Seeks To Block Birth Control Coverage For Women At Religious Nonprofits
The recently-indicted Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, has filed a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court which would deny insurance coverage to women if the policy pays for...
View ArticleDeadlocked SCOTUS Tries A Compromise In Birth Control Case
In one of the more bizarre occurrences during an already unusual Supreme Court term, the justices have requested that both sides in the well-publicized birth control case Zubik v. Burwell file...
View ArticleAs If She Couldn’t Get Any More Awesome… Hillary Clinton Had A Role In Making...
Back in 2008, the now Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, helped to get emergency contraception available over the counter. Susan Wood, a former assistant commissioner for women’s health...
View ArticleGood News, Ladies! These Companies Want To Help You Get Birth Control (VIDEO)
Welp, we now have a new President. Donald Trump was sworn in just a couple of hours ago. During the entire campaign, he has been preaching many things against women. Planned Parenthood and other birth...
View ArticleMore Alternative Facts: Trump’s Latest Appointee Says ‘Contraception Doesn’t...
President Donald Trump just appointed Teresa Manning, an anti-abortion activist, to oversee the nation’s only federal family planning program for low-income people. What is worse is this woman spreads...
View ArticleNewest Attack On Women’s Health: Ending The Birth Control Mandate (VIDEO)
One of the key components of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was the guarantee that women would be able to obtain contraceptive care without having to pay for it. Recognizing that pregnancy and birth...
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