Sharon Lerner

Sharon Lerner is the author of The War on Moms: On Life in a Family-Unfriendly Nation, which is due out early next year.

Where's the Birth Control?

October 30, 2009

Another complication in healthcare reform legislation has emerged: so far, it fails to require insurers to cover basic preventive services for women, including contraception.
Anti-Choice Amendments Fail in Senate Finance Committee

September 30, 2009

Two anti-choice amendments considered by the Senate Finance Committee today were soundly defeated.
Healthcare Reform--at the Price of Women's Health?

September 24, 2009

If Republicans don't have much hope of derailing healthcare reform, they still have a shot at seriously limiting women's access to affordable reproductive healthcare.
Why Women Need Healthcare Reform

August 21, 2009

Under the current healthcare system, many women have become a medical underclass. So why do so many oppose a healthcare overhaul?

2008

Senator, Let's Talk About Sex

September 12, 2008

With his deceptive ad linking Obama to condom ed for kindergartners, McCain broaches a topic he'd best avoid.

The Kids Aren't Alright

October 25, 2007

President Bush's neglect of government-sponsored childcare programs has a steep price. Children are paying.

A Is for Anti-Woman

January 19, 2006

What's at stake for women if Samuel Alito is confirmed to the US Supreme Court? Reproductive rights are only the tip of the iceberg.

What Would Alito Do?

November 10, 2005

If Samuel Alito is confirmed to the US Supreme Court, his impact on limiting reproductive rights would be certain and swift, due to his record and to two key abortion rights cases making their way to the Supreme Court.
Robbing the Poor

October 20, 2005

As House Republicans use the cost of recovery from Gulf Coast storms as an excuse to rip last-minute holes in the social safety net, it's not too late to change priorities.
Louisiana Purchase

August 11, 2005

A program in Louisiana that was founded to discourage teens from having sex encourages them to engage in politics.
Shameless in Colorado

February 24, 2005

Antichoice activists cross another line.
Post-Roe Postcard

January 20, 2005

Is Ole Miss Our Future?

Missouri's Female Trouble

September 30, 2004

Women may decide Kerry's fate.
Marriage on the Mind

June 17, 2004

The Bush Administration's misguided poverty cure.