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The Sneaky, Unexpected Ways Anti-Choice Right-Wingers Are Chipping Away at Women's Rights

Jessica Arons, Alexandra Cawthorne, RH Reality Check. June 14, 2010.

Since Roe v. Wade passed, anti-choice groups have been waging a war on abortion rights. This year it's been even worse.

Is the Senate Health Care Bill a Step Backward for Women's Health Care?

Maya Schenwar, TruthOut.org. March 8, 2010.

It's time for Congress and the president to stop ignoring the bill's consequences for women's health coverage -- and start discussing options for averting them.

10 Defining Feminist Moments of 2009

Mikki Halpin, AlterNet. December 30, 2009.

A look back on the times in 2009 when feminists asserted ourselves and our belief in equality, often in the face of powerful opposition.

Sen. Ben Nelson Asks Bishops' Blessing on His Anti-Choice Health-Care Amendment

Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. December 4, 2009.

Nelson won't offer his amendment to the Senate's health-care reform legislation until the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops has time to review it.

Ben Nelson Will Introduce Stupak-Like Amendment, Threatens Filibuster

mcjoan, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. December 3, 2009.

Reconciliation, anyone?

The Stupak Speech Senate Dems (and Stupak Himself) Need to Hear

Rebecca Sive, RH Reality Check AlterNet: PEEK. November 25, 2009.

We can't let health reform expunge constitutional rights.

The Future of the Stupak Amendment

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. November 16, 2009.

What will happen to the terrible amendment to the health care bill?

Catholic Bishops Put Sex Obsession Ahead of Mission to the Sick and the Poor

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. November 16, 2009.

First they threatened to take down health-care reform over abortion coverage. Now they're threatening services to the sick and poor of Washington, D.C., over same-sex marriage.

How Catholic Bishops Threw the Health Care Debate into Turmoil with Anti-Abortion Maneuver

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. November 12, 2009.

It took a virulently anti-choice measure to pass the House's health care reform legislation. Progressives are strategizing how to keep it from the final bill.

How Anti-Choice Dems and Mike Huckabee Could Team Up to Screw Over America's Women

Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant AlterNet: PEEK. November 11, 2009.

Half of America wants to see 'President Huck' in 2012. Because of him and conservative Democrats, women have a tough fight ahead.

Could the Stupak Amendment Get the Boot in The Senate?

mcjoan, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. November 10, 2009.

Sens. Barbara Boxer and Max Baucus seem to think so. But how ConservaDems will react is still unclear.

President Obama Has Refused to Stand Up for Women, Plain and Simple

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. November 10, 2009.

The president's "toe the line" approach is not acceptable this time.

Meet the 28 (Male) Anti-Choice Dems Who Are Stalling Health Reform

mcjoan, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. November 3, 2009.

Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) claims he's recruited over 40 anti-choice Dems to sabotage the current bill.