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The World at 7 Billion People: How Much More Growth Can the Planet Support?

Robert Engelman, Yale Environment 360. July 20, 2011.

With global population expected to surpass 7 billion people this year, the staggering impact on an overtaxed planet is becoming more and more evident.

Twice Victimized: U.S. Policy Obstructs Care For War-Rape Victims

Michelle Goldberg, Conscience. May 16, 2011.

When rape is a weapon of war, denying abortion services compounds grave human rights abuses. So why does the Obama administration play by the right's rules?

After Budget Showdown, Women Under the Bus

Katha Pollitt, The Nation. April 18, 2011.

It's getting awfully crowded underneath that bus. You know, the metaphorical one women keep getting thrown under, along with their rights, their health and their money.

My Catholic Conscience Tells Me Congress Is Wrong to Take Family Planning From Poor Women

Jon O'Brien, The Revealer. April 8, 2011.

My Catholic conscience tells me that my pro-choice position is worth fighting for -- and that family planning shouldn’t be a point of contention at all.

Strange But True: How Soap Operas Might Save Us From Overpopulation

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. June 8, 2010.

Earth reached its human capacity in the 1980s. Our planet is in crisis, and Bill Ryerson is using media to change behaviors that contribute to global overpopulation.

Economist: We Can Procreate Our Way Out of Climate Catastrophe

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. September 25, 2009.

Get to it, folks -- innovation requires it.

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.

Republicans Throw Fit Over Family Planning Provisions in Stimulus Bill

Mary Jane Gallagher, Robin Summers, National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. January 31, 2009.

Let's take a moment to clear up some of the myths the GOP perpetuated this week about the provision it lobbied so hard to destroy.

Women Are Not 'Pork'

Women Are Not 'Pork'

Ruth Rosen, Religion Dispatches. January 30, 2009.

Dems struck a family planning provision from the stimulus bill. What happens to the economy when a woman has a child without the means to support it?

Obama's Other Family-Planning Move

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. January 25, 2009.

Indeed, this does more than just send a message; by restoring UNFPA funding, Obama is poised to save some lives.

On Roe v. Wade's Anniversary, Obama to Begin Mopping Up Bush's Misogynistic Mess

Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check. January 22, 2009.

The Obama administration has women's reproductive rights and health high on its agenda.

How to Restore America's Position as a Leader on Reproductive Rights

Nancy Northup, AlterNet. January 1, 2009.

The Obama administration must work toward a nation and world in which all women can live as equal members of society.

Good News and Bad News About Bush's Last-Minute War on Choice

Cara, Feministe AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. November 19, 2008.

I'm hugely pessimistic for the short-term, but optimistic about where this is going to go come January.

Access to Birth Control, Under the Next President

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. October 21, 2008.

What Obama and McCain's positions on contraception and health services would mean for Americans.

Obama vs. McCain: Progressive Voter Guide to Reproductive Justice and Gender

AlterNetOctober 14, 2008.

Find out how the candidates compare on the 10 most important reproductive justice and gender issues, from abortion to equal pay.

It's Time to Fix Bush's AIDS Policy

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check. July 10, 2008.

The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is tangled in ideological restrictions. Fixing the legislation would save millions more lives.

Demography is Not Destiny -- But it Can Influence Women's Rights

Gib Clarke, RH Reality Check. March 5, 2008.

Family planning is an issue of human rights, but its vast other benefits -- including security, education and health -- shouldn't be overlooked.

Are U.S. Policies Killing Women?

Michele Kort, Ms. Magazine. January 22, 2008.

In a word, yes. And what's Bush doing about it? These days, making it worse.

Bush Taps Birth-Control Opponent for Family Planning Office

Amanda Terkel, AlterNet: PEEK. October 17, 2007.

Amanda Terkel: Susan Orr was a senior director at the conservative Family Research Council and a professor at Pat Robertson's Regent University.

Contraception Saves Money and Marriages

Cristina Page, TomPaine.com. December 21, 2006.

Family planning has led to seismic change in our society, but not the kind of change the religious right would have you believe.

There They Go Again: House Republicans Propose Big Cuts in Sex Ed, Women’s Health, Title X, and More

Martha Kempner, December 31, 1969.


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