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Meet the Group That Gives Addicts Drug Money to Get Sterilized -- and the Right-Wingers That Fund Them

Jed Bickman, The Fix. May 3, 2012.

For years, Project Prevention has been paying poor, addicted women not to procreate -- now, with money from the far right, it's going global.

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.

5 Reasons the GOP's Attack on Birth Control Screws Men

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. March 20, 2012.

How can straight men not see their own interests in this fight?

30 Signs You're a Slut

Valerie Tarico, March 14, 2012.

Tens of millions of American women are sluts, according to right-wing patriarchs. Take this easy quiz to find out if you qualify.

Offensive Is Nothing New: Rush Limbaugh's 5 Worst Remarks

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. March 6, 2012.

Limbaugh is losing advertisers fast after calling law student Sandra Fluke a "slut"--but bad behavior is nothing new for Rush. Here are five of his worst moments.

Gay Judge Refuses to Marry Straight People? 4 Ways Sane Lawmakers Are Fighting Back in the Culture Wars

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. February 24, 2012.

Ordinary citizens aren't the only ones protesting the GOP's anti-gay, anti-woman measures -- several lawmakers and a judge recently did too.

Agenda for the Dark Ages: GOP Frontrunner Rick Santorum's 5 Most Extremist Themes

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. February 22, 2012.

If Santorum gets to bear the standard for the GOP, the party moves even further to the right. Here's a taste of what's on that plate.

Why Right-Wingers' Hatred of Modern Women Is Going to Cost Them the Birth Control Battle (and a Whole Lot of Votes)

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. February 21, 2012.

Conservatives are going wildly off-message when it comes to the fight over contraception.

Where Were the Catholic Bishops when Troy Davis Died?

Dante Atkins, Daily Kos. February 19, 2012.

The Catholic Church officially opposes capital punishment. So why wasn't the Conference of Catholic Bishops outraged over Davis's execution?

Moyers: Why Religion Should Not Dictate Our Politics

Bill Moyers, BillMoyers.com. February 16, 2012.

Obama's contraception compromise is a rare practical solution to America's perennial church-state tensions.

300 Reasons Why the Media's Messing Up the Birth Control Story

Zachary Pleat, Leslie Rosenberg, Kevin Zieber, Media Matters for America. February 16, 2012.

Cable news channels hosted only one expert on public health last week to talk about contraception. By contrast, they had 300 politicians or religious authorities.

Has Obama Exposed the Powerlessness of the US Bishops?

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. February 15, 2012.

With Catholic leaders and churchgoers turning their backs on the bishops, the men who rule the church are watching their political power wane.

Why Patriarchal Men Are Utterly Petrified of Birth Control -- And Why We'll Still Be Fighting About it 100 Years From Now

Sara Robinson, AlterNet. February 15, 2012.

Conservative bishops and Congressmen are fighting a rear-guard action against one of the most revolutionary changes in human history.

Do Conservatives Understand How the Female Body Works? The Myth Fueling the Right-Wing Freak-Out Over Birth Control

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. February 14, 2012.

The Republicans' chosen narrative about Obama's contraceptive coverage betrays a total lack of understanding of the most basic realities of human reproduction.

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.

Contrived Catholic Contraception Controversy Boils Down to Workers' Rights

Roger Bybee, In These Times. February 12, 2012.

Republicans would have had no opportunity to raise this issue if America had a single-payer healthcare system instead of the current employer-based structure.

5 Big Lies About the Phony 'War on Religion'

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. February 8, 2012.

Right-wingers claim Obama and Democrats across the country are waging a war on religion -- and of course, conservatives are the civilian casualties.

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.

Busting Through the Media Firestorm: 6 Essential Facts About the Komen Controversy

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. February 7, 2012.

How many of the rumors are inflated, and how many get at the real heart of why people responded to this decision with so much outrage?

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.

Obama's Woman Problem

Rebecca Traister, Salon. December 11, 2011.

The president shamefully uses his daughters to justify limiting the healthcare options of America's young women.

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

Jodi L. Jacobson, RH Reality Check. November 23, 2011.

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.

"Letting Jesus Pick Your Birth Control?" Conservatives All Over the Country Fighting to Deprive Women of Contraception

Katha Pollitt, The Nation. October 7, 2011.

Right-Wing politicians at the federal and state levels have launched an attack on contraception.

Anti-Choice Zealots Go After Clinic Owner's Children -- Here's How He's Fighting Back

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. September 12, 2011.

When creepy anti-choice activists targeted a clinic owner too close to home, he gathered volunteers to give them a friendly ring back.

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