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Komen Foundation Exploits Breast Cancer Mission to Make War on Planned Parenthood

Posted on Feb 1, 2012, Source: RH Reality Check

The Komen Foundation has been infiltrated by right-wing ideologues who saw to the withdrawal of support for breast exams at Planned Parenthood clinics.

New Look at Mitt Romney's Time as Mormon Leader Shows He's Always Been Bad for Women

Posted on Jan 16, 2012, Source: RH Reality Check

While Romney is widely derided for his constantly changing political positions, it seems he is clear on one thing: Patriarchal order.

Will Obama's Thanksgiving Gift to Catholic Bishops Be a Tax on Women's Health Care?

Posted on Nov 23, 2011, Source: RH Reality Check

As early as this weekend, Obama may cave to demands by Catholic bishops that they not be required to cover contraception under health-care plans for women employees.

The South Dakota Bill That Could Legitimize Murder of Abortion Providers

Posted on Feb 16, 2011, Source: RH Reality Check

If you had any doubt that we are moving toward a hate-filled, vigilante society, you now have an unequivocal answer.

Pelosi's Opposition: C Street Dem Who's Anti-Choice

Posted on Nov 5, 2010, Source: RH Reality Check

The next election that matters: the battle for who will lead House Democrats. The outcome will show just how far to the right Democrats are willing to move.

Corporate Cash Secretly Funneled to Extremist Tea Party Candidates Who Want to Outlaw Abortion -- Even Contraception

Posted on Oct 16, 2010, Source: RH Reality Check

Thanks to the disastrous Citizens United decision, corporate interests are funding candidates that support ultra-right wing causes without having to disclose.

The Tea Party Candidates Are Religious Extremists Obsessed With Sex, Abortion, Religion -- Why Doesn't the Media Get That?

Posted on Oct 5, 2010, Source: RH Reality Check

Why doesn't the media understand that the Tea Parties are not just about "fiscal responsibility?"

Abortion in the Senate Health-Care Bill: What the Nelson Compromise Will Cost Women

Posted on Dec 22, 2009, Source: RH Reality Check

To win his vote -- needed to bring the health-care bill to the Senate floor -- Sen. Ben Nelson got an anti-choice measure put into the bill. Here's the break-down.

Federal Marshals Abandon Doctor Targeted by Anti-Abortion Extremists

Posted on Aug 8, 2009, Source: RH Reality Check

One of the few doctors in the country who performs late-term abortions just lost his federal protection.

Bristol Palin Says to Teens: Don't Get Pregnant

Posted on Jan 6, 2009, Source: RH Reality Check

Bristol Palin may be way ahead of her mom when it comes to one of the country's most controversial issues.
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