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How Zealous Clergy and Their Media Enablers Are Manufacturing a Controversy Over Birth Control Coverage

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. February 8, 2012.

The real opposition here isn't about conscience, it's about women and sex.

Knocked Up: Republican Presidential Candidates' Plan for American Women

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. February 7, 2012.

Birth control is under attack by all of the candidates competing for the Republican presidential nomination.

How the Sexual Revolution Changed America Forever

Nancy L. Cohen, Counterpoint Press. February 5, 2012.

With a little pharmaceutical ingenuity, the double standard relaxed its clawing grip on female humanity.

6 Things You Need To Know About the Komen Foundation/Planned Parenthood Controversy (Updated: Komen Reverses Decision)

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. February 2, 2012.

Whether Americans were suspicious of Komen to begin with or just fed up with the politicization of women's health, this feels like the last straw.

Why New Birth Control Benefits are the Right Choice and Why Religious Conservatives Have it Wrong

June Carbone, Naomi Cahn, AlterNet. January 29, 2012.

In a country of alarmingly high unplanned pregnancy, American women need access to affordable birth control for economic and health reasons.

Why Did a Supposedly Feminist Website Advocate Using Plan B as Regular Birth Control?

Collier Meyerson, Carefree White Girl. November 30, 2011.

Unraveling a baffling, dangerous, and irresponsible post by the health/beauty editor of women's site XO Jane.

How A Reproductive Justice Campaign in Mississippi Can Defeat the Anti-Sex Right and Save the Vote

Loretta Ross, RH Reality Check. October 31, 2011.

Fighting Mississippi's frightening fetal personhood law will require an intersectional campaign that also works against those trying to deny people of color the vote.

Why Are Religious Conservatives So Scared of Gay Sex?

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. September 29, 2011.

Anti-gay bigotry is just one piece of a larger picture of conservative fear and loathing of all forms of sexuality.

War on Women: Anti-Choice Movement Resorting to Shameless Tricks to Shutter Abortion Clinics

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. August 30, 2011.

Despite lawsuits and activism, women's health clinics are shutting their doors, thanks to "regulations" coming, in one case, from secret origins.

Russia's Anti-Choice Movement Begins to Mimic America's

Merle Hoffman, RH Reality Check. June 13, 2011.

Russia's anti-choice campaign touting the protection of "life" is a smoke screen for State/Church philosophies insuring power and control over women's bodies.

How Flawed Birth Control Options Sent Us Back to the Rhythm Method--Even Though We Should Know Better

Robin Marty, AlterNet. May 17, 2011.

After being finished with having kids, the author and her husband found themselves back in a tricky position regarding birth control methods: none of their options appealed.

Now the GOP Is Going After Sexual Health and the Pill -- And the Battle Is Just Beginning

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. April 13, 2011.

The war on contraception and general sexual health care is just heating up, and liberals best be prepared for more battles over contraception access and funding in the future.

10 States With the Most Shocking Anti-Woman Legislation

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. April 6, 2011.

Anti-choicers are trying to destroy Roe v. Wade by a death from a thousand cuts.

What's Next for Women's Health (And Rights) in Tunisia and Egypt?

Anna Clark, AlterNet. March 2, 2011.

Egypt and Tunisia actually had decent family planning under their dictatorships. Where might they move forward under Democratic government?

'He Got Me Pregnant to Trap Me': How to Help Women Escape Men Who Force Them into Pregnancy

Lynn Harris, AlterNet. September 6, 2010.

Reproductive coercion involves a complex interplay of violence, mental abuse, pregnancy and sexual assault -- fortunately, simple front-line intervention can make a difference.

The Dark Side of Birth Control: The Pill Still Has Many Adverse Affects Glossed Over By Big Pharma

Laura Eldridge, AlterNet. March 17, 2010.

On the 50th anniversary of the pill, we need to appreciate this remarkable innovation while also being honest about its limitations.

Unhappy With Your Birth Control? 10 Methods You May Want to Try

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. March 13, 2010.

Birth control can be a pain, but in this day and age every woman should love her method. Here are 10 you ought to consider.

How Birth Control Changed Everything

Liz Langley, SeXis Magazine. March 8, 2010.

Within seven years of its introduction 12.5 million women across the world were taking the pill. Forty years later, it was 100 million. It changed our world forever.

A Pro-Choice To-Do List For the New Decade

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check AlterNet: PEEK. January 5, 2010.

In the next decade, pro-choicers need to go on the offense, and stop just playing defense.

Wingnut: "Crushing Student Loan Debt" Doubles as Good Birth Control

Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check AlterNet: PEEK. December 15, 2009.

Allan Carlson, ever the anti-feminist, is at it again.

Hey Guys, Don't Want Kids? A Vasectomy Is Probably the Way to Go

Anna Clark, RH Reality Check. November 20, 2009.

Historically, the burden of family planning has almost always fallen on women. Isn't it about time for that to change?

Can Condoms Save Us from Climate Change?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. September 19, 2009.

The greenest technology available to us may not be solar panels, but instead contraception, according to a new report.

Anti-Choice Floridians Peddling Constitutional Amendment to Criminalize Birth Control Pill

Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. September 14, 2009.

The "Personhood Amendment" would define someone as a "person," regardless of age or health status, "from the beginning of the biological development of that human being."

Why My Vasectomy Will Help Save the Earth's Resources

Matt Leonard, Earth Island Journal. June 10, 2009.

"Any child I had would have been raised here and would consume (despite my best efforts) far more resources than I am comfortable accepting."

How Bush and Co. Broke the Law to Keep Women from Using Birth Control

Marie Cocco, Truthdig. March 27, 2009.

Political operatives and ideological helpmates of George W. Bush broke the law to keep birth control away from women -- particularly teenagers.

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