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The Root of the Conservative War on Contraception Comes From a Deep-seated Anxiety

Joan Walsh, Salon. April 4, 2012.

The new GOP code word this year is "dependency," and they're afraid of it for a few different reasons.

Black Market Birth Control? How Undocumented Immigrants Access Contraception Without Health Care

Valeria Fernández, New America Media. March 23, 2012.

Undocumented immigrant women must travel to Mexico, where no prescription is required, or buy them from the underground market in Phoenix, without seeing a doctor first.

How The War on Women Opens the Door for Politics in Your Doctor's Office

Tina Dupuy, AlterNet. March 20, 2012.

Both Arizona and Kansas are considering bills giving doctors the legal authority to withhold potentially crucial information about a woman's health, and in this case her child's.

How We're All Paying for Rush Limbaugh to Take Viagra (And Why it Costs a Lot More Than Contraception)

June Carbone, AlterNet. March 13, 2012.

No taxpayer money may ever cover the costs of a woman's contraception. But it may pay for Rush's Viagra.

How Republicans Are Trying to Force You to Pay for Others' Religious Beliefs

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. March 6, 2012.

We shouldn't have to subsidize the antiquated religious beliefs of a small minority.

Why Extreme Right-Wing Views on Contraception Will Backfire if Progressives Fight

June Carbone, Naomi Cahn, AlterNet. March 4, 2012.

Rush Limbaugh and the Christian right associate contraception with promiscuity, but that’s out of step with most of America.

Corseted Minds: Does Fear of Irrelevance Send Conservative Men Fleeing to the Victorian Age?

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. February 28, 2012.

If you focus on the utilitarian value of human beings, you may find yourself at some point nervously glancing in the mirror.

Are Conservatives Winning the War on Women? How the Religious Lobbying Industry Truly Threatens Our Rights

Sarah Posner, Salon. February 23, 2012.

Put aside opinion polls and the Komen and Virginia wins. The right's strategy is long-term and based in the courts.

6 People the Media Should Have Talked to About Birth Control That Aren't Catholic Men

David Ferguson, Raw Story. February 19, 2012.

Here are some suggestions for people the news media might reach out to next time questions of women and their access to contraception arise.

4 States Where Right-Wingers Are Promoting Shocking Measures to Keep Women Barefoot and Pregnant

Sarah Seltzer, Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. February 18, 2012.

The birth control skirmish is not the only regressive, anti-woman, anti-science battle being waged in this country.

10 Catholic Teachings Conservatives Reject While Obsessing About Birth Control

Juan Cole, JuanCole.com. February 13, 2012.

Santorum and Gingrich are both Catholics, and wear their faith on their sleeves, but they are hypocritical in picking and choosing when they wish to listen to the bishops.

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?

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