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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?

5 Important Lessons from the Komen/Planned Parenthood Fiasco (Don't Mess With Women's Health)

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. February 4, 2012.

The big win here is that an anti-choice power play failed in the court of public opinion.

Breasts Yes, Vaginas No? How to Fight Back Against Komen "Race for the Cure" Foundation's Bizarre Capitulation to Right-Wingers

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. February 1, 2012.

How the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation put their corporation-friendly image before women’s actual health concerns.

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

Jodi L. Jacobson, RH Reality Check. February 1, 2012.

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

As Attacks on Planned Parenthood Aim for Sex-Ed Funding, Let's Remember How Bad Religious-Backed Abstinence Only Programs Are

Andy Kopsa, AlterNet. October 16, 2011.

Live Action and Lila Rose want to replace Planned Parenthood's sex-ed funding with false information and religious fundamentalist preaching.

How Right-Wing Attacks on Reproductive Health Care Force Poor Women Into More Unwanted Pregnancies

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. August 25, 2011.

A new study finds that right-wing attacks on family planning services are landing squarely on poor women and their families.

Scott Walker's All-Out War on Wisconsin Women

Michelle Chen, AlterNet. July 7, 2011.

Scott Walker's budget is the latest to slash health funding for women--showing that the war on workers and the war on women are intertwined.

Pro-Choice Activists: How to Fight the Newest Wave of Racist Billboards Targeting Latinas

Steph Herold, RH Reality Check. June 15, 2011.

If you don't speak out about this racist propaganda, the anti-choice zealots will target you next.

Republicans Continue Their Assault on Planned Parenthood

Cecile Richards, AlterNet. April 14, 2011.

Last week, the most powerful nation on the planet nearly went out of business because a few fringe members of Congress wanted to show off their spite for Planned Parenthood.

Sorry GOP, My Cancer Screenings Are More Important Than Your Religious Beliefs

Andrea Grimes, RH Reality Check. April 10, 2011.

An anti-choice Texas Representative bent on defunding Planned Parenthood scoffed when I told him that I have high risk HPV and rely on Planned Parenthood for cancer screenings.

Female Sexuality Still Terrifying to Conservative Lawmakers

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. March 8, 2011.

The dusty old argument that female sexuality is a subversive force that needs to be strictly controlled is alive and well in the GOP.

Why the Right Attacked Unions, ACORN and Planned Parenthood -- Institutions That Help Bridge Politics and Daily Life

Ilyse Hogue, The Nation. March 1, 2011.

Their attacks are all carefully aimed at the same critical juncture: institutions that work for people in their daily lives and in the political arena.

Will the GOP Blackmail Dems into Defunding Planned Parenthood?

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. February 23, 2011.

Republicans hate the organized pro-choice world so much because they believe pro-choicers have the power to win elections.

Three Feminist Media Principles: Envisioning a Path to a Less Violent, More Truthful Media

Ariel Dougherty, AlterNet. February 11, 2011.

Three feminist media principles described by Dr. Donna Allen in the 1970s provide a framework and inspiration for helping America move beyond our current media landscape.

Anti-Choice Campaign Aims to Undermine Support for Reproductive Rights by Falsely Claiming 'Black Genocide'

Michelle Goldberg, Religion Dispatches. March 16, 2010.

The anti-abortion movement is making a push to enlist African Americans in their cause by framing abortion as a tool of eugenics and genocide.

Utah Governor Signs Controversial Law Charging Women and Girls With Murder for Miscarriages

Rose Aguilar, AlterNet. March 9, 2010.

Critics are worried the law will open up a Pandora's box of unintended legal consequences.

US Military Spied on Planned Parenthood, Civilian Phone Calls

John Byrne, Raw Story. February 26, 2010.

Military intelligence spied on Planned Parenthood and other domestic groups as part of US security preparations for the 2002 winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Planned Parenthood Posts Pro-Woman Ad, Putting the Pressure on CBS

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. February 4, 2010.

With Super Bowl Sunday only a few days away, the fight over Focus on the Family's overtly anti-choice ad featuring University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow is raging.

Anti-Abortion Group to Protest Palin

Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones Online. November 18, 2009.

To liberals, she epitomizes the anti-choice far right of the GOP. But to American Right to Life, Sarah Palin is not pure enough.

Will the Senate Stand Against Anti-Choice Stupak Amendment?

Emily Douglas, The Nation AlterNet: Politics. November 13, 2009.

As the fight for health-care reform moves to the Senate, will Harry Reid stave off the anti-choice forces who mucked up the House bill?

Are 'Birthers' and Anti-Choicers One and the Same?

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check AlterNet: PEEK. August 3, 2009.

There's a great deal of overlap between anti-choice nuts and birther conspiracy theorists.

Palin Raises Money ... for the Left?

Josh Orton, MyDD.com AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. September 29, 2008.

Get ready for a bunch of emails in your inbox after Thursday's debate -- this trend will certainly catch on.

Planned Parenthood Rips into McCain for Sex-Ed Smear Campaign

Brave New Films, Planned Parenthood Federation of America AlterNet: Video. September 13, 2008.

Fighting back against the McCain campaign's latest distortions.

Planned Parenthood Reaches Out to Teens, Angers Adults

Simcha, The Frisky. September 2, 2008.

Planned Parenthood's "Take Care Down There" is being attacked by conservatives as too glib.

Planned Parenthood's Bush-McCain Challenge

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. June 16, 2008.

McCain is far from moderate when it comes to reproductive rights.