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Meet ALEC's Equally Despicable Anti-Choice Cousin -- AUL

Sarah Seltzer, Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. April 10, 2012.

Think the anti-choicers in statehouses around the country are coming up with abortion bans all by themselves? Think again.

Washington DC: Staging Ground for Ending Legal Access to Abortion?

Robin Marty, Jessica Mason Pieklo, AlterNet. February 27, 2012.

An attack on DC's women is also a stealth attack on abortion rights for the whole nation.

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.

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.

Charles Murray's New Book 'Coming Apart' Shamelessly Blames the Victims of Our Economic Collapse

June Carbone, Naomi Cahn, AlterNet. February 8, 2012.

The self-appointed moral Czar condemns working people for lack of character while ignoring economic realities.

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.

Children and Teddy Bears Used to Manipulate Ohio Senate on Heartbeat Ban

Robin Marty, RH Reality Check. January 14, 2012.

Anti-choicers brought some new props to the Statehouse: little children and teddy bears.

Why We Must Put Our Bodies on the Line to Fight Against the Right-Wing War on Women's Rights

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. December 26, 2011.

Is it time for a reproductive rights revolution? We've done it before; the climate may be right again for occupations and actions to save our bodies from state control.

Which State Is Winning the Race to the Bottom to Become the Worst Place for Women?

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. September 26, 2011.

The war on women remains in full swing. Which state has become the worst for reproductive rights?

Rick Perry: Selling Sixth-Grade Girls' Health to the Highest Bidder?

Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check. September 15, 2011.

Perry's mandate of an HPV vaccine for young girls is part of a larger pattern of doing favors for campaign contributors--risks and conservative principles be damned.

Pushback on Draconian Rick: Stay Out of Women's Sex Lives

Amanda Marcotte, Comment Is Free. September 1, 2011.

The Texas governor's ultra-invasive sonogram law was overturned by a court this week, providing an excellent opportunity to examine his awful record on women's rights.

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.

Imagine Being Harassed by Violent Right-Wing Lunatics Every Time You Go to Work -- Meet the Brave Doctors Who Risk Their Lives to Help Women

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. July 26, 2011.

The war on women has many fronts: one is being fought against doctors who are making a stand for women’s right to choose in the wake of Dr. Tiller's murder.

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.

The Constant, Crippling Pain Many Women Think They Have to Endure

Lauren Wolfe, AlterNet. June 2, 2011.

I suffer from endometriosis, a horrifically painful disease many women suffer without cure, or even diagnosis. Why do they endure this pain without asking questions?

Why The GOP's Plans To Cut Family Planning Will Cost Us All

Anna Clark, AlterNet. May 25, 2011.

A new study shows how dramatically costly an increase in unintended pregnancies is on the taxpayer. And yet the GOP cuts family planning in the name of "fiscal responsibility"

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.

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?

10 Great Things About America That Drive Conservatives and the Religious Right Insane

Rob Boston, AlterNet. May 15, 2011.

Religious Right groups and their allies in the Tea Party claim to respect American values, but much would change if they had their way.

The Heartless Way Conservatives Treat Young Women Who Choose to Have Babies

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. May 1, 2011.

If you get pregnant outside of their very narrow parameters of what's acceptable (middle class, married, white), conservatives simply want you to suffer for it.

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.

Why the Right-Wing's Insane Attacks on Women's Health May be Backfiring

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. March 4, 2011.

This grisly ad, and the war on Planned Parenthood, is just another example of conservative overreach. And it may just backfire.

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?

Will Draconian South Dakota Force Women to Visit Religious Pregnancy Centers Before Abortions?

Robin Marty, AlterNet. February 18, 2011.

The "justifiable homicide bill" is gone. But a new SD bill would force women to visit Christian counseling centers before seeking abortions. It's expected to pass.

The GOP Unleashes a Horrifying Attack on Women

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. February 8, 2011.

The Republicans' unprecedented attack on women's bodies must be thrown back at them.

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