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Study: Americans are less opposed to gay and reproductive rights than ever before
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Study: Americans are less opposed to gay and reproductive rights than ever before

Congrats, America! You're less reactionary than ever before. According to a new study by the Pew Research Center, more Americans support gay… Jessica Gentile   |   03.4.2011   |   Comments (0)
Fetus to "testify" at abortion hearing
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Fetus to "testify" at abortion hearing

Supporters of an Ohio bill that would ban abortions in cases where a fetus' heartbeat could be detected (around 18 days after conception) are… Jeff Mills   |   03.1.2011   |   Comments (13)
Sex Advice From Pro-Choice Protesters
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Sex Advice From Pro-Choice Protesters

Q: Why are pro-choice women better in bed? A: We go wild, because we’re protected! Amanda Green   |   03.1.2011   |   Comments (78)
Crafty pro-lifers trick Google into linking abortion with murder
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Crafty pro-lifers trick Google into linking abortion with murder

Crafty and pro-life: who thought those two would ever wind up in a sentence together? But it's true, today pro-lifers got clever and… Lina Canney   |   02.25.2011   |   Comments (25)
See: Ten ridiculous anti-abortion billboards
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See: Ten ridiculous anti-abortion billboards

On the heels of yesterday's news about the African American-targeting billboard in New York, the internet has sprung into action and… Ray Rahman   |   02.24.2011   |   Comments (9)
Anti-abortion billboard in NYC targeting African-Americans
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Anti-abortion billboard in NYC targeting African-Americans

As part of a national campaign, anti-abortion group Life Always recently unveiled a huge billboard in the Soho district of New York, featuring a… Jeff Mills   |   02.23.2011   |   Comments (26)
Links: "Wisconsin 14" flee the state to avoid union bill vote
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Links: "Wisconsin 14" flee the state to avoid union bill vote

Fourteen Democrats in Wisconsin have officially fled the state to delay a vote on a bill that President Obama is calling "an assault on… Ben Reininga   |   02.18.2011   |   Comments (24)
CA Congresswoman gives amazing speech about her own abortion to the Senate
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CA Congresswoman gives amazing speech about her own abortion to the Senate

Democratic, Californian Congresswoman Jackie Speier, well, how to put it? She kicked some serious ass on the Senate floor yesterday while discussing… Lina Canney   |   02.18.2011   |   Comments (42)
Iowa bill would ban all abortions
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Iowa bill would ban all abortions

By most experts' estimations, a bill in the Iowa House of Representatives that would ban all abortions from conception onward will never… Jessica Gentile   |   02.16.2011   |   Comments (10)
Links: South Dakota might amend bill to allow for the murder of abortion doctors
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Links: South Dakota might amend bill to allow for the murder of abortion doctors

Lots of serious news today: South Dakota is reviewing a bill that would amend the state's "Justifiable Homicide" laws such… Ben Reininga   |   02.15.2011   |   Comments (5)
Are birth control pills responsible for a fertility crisis?
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Are birth control pills responsible for a fertility crisis?

There are a lot of ways one could define the pill, depending on your perspective: magical, life-saving, life-preventing... you get the idea. But… Virginia Smith   |   11.30.2010   |   Comments (10)
Couple to base abortion decision on internet poll
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Couple to base abortion decision on internet poll

Unfortunately, no, that headline isn't a joke. Minneapolis' own Pete and Alisha Arnold, two people who have somehow managed to… Virginia Smith   |   11.18.2010   |   Comments (18)
Girl Scouts breed "pro-abortion" lesbians, says Republican
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Girl Scouts breed "pro-abortion" lesbians, says Republican

Sometimes you can actually hear Republicans think to themselves, "Fuck it, I'm going to go for it." That's what Hans Zeiger, a… Ray Rahman   |   09.9.2010   |   Comments (140)