Wanted: More White Babies
Kathryn Joyce & VideoNation : Feminism & Women
A look at a cynical Christian Conservative effort to export the U.S. culture wars.
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Cool Devastation
Stuart Klawans : Film Reviews
American movie-goers finally get to see Cristian Mungiu's stunning 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.
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The Mourning After
Sarah Blustain : Men
The antiabortion movement has found a new face to exploit for political gain. And it's male.
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Long 'Roe' to Hoe
Frances Kissling & Kate Michelman : Feminism & Women
Improving the sorry state of US reproductive health policy requires serious shifts within the women's movement and the abortion rights movement.
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Maternity Fashions, Junior Size
Katha Pollitt : Youth
Teens getting pregnant: bad. Teens having babies: good. If this makes no sense, wake up and smell the Enfamil: it's 2008!
2007
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ART in America
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow : Autobiography & Memoir
Two new books explore the possibilities and ethical complications of assisted reproductive technology.
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With Facts on Our Side
Faced with a choice between facts and theology, antichoicers choose the latter every time.
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A Challenge to Progressives on Choice
New reproductive technologies that could allow the rich to become genetically richer and the poor even more disadvantaged are challenging progressives to take a fresh look at core principles.
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Sanger vs. Sanger
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow : Feminism & Women
Demonized for decades by ideological foes on the right and left, the mother of the birth control movement is finally able to speak for herself.
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Winning the War of Words
Prochoice activists are taking a page from the right by applying a values-driven strategy designed to prevent abortions.
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Misjudging Women
In Gonzalez v. Carhart, Justice Anthony Kennedy has utterly changed the course of abortion jurisprudence.
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Regrets Only
The Supreme Court's recent antichoice decision shows how deeply disinformation has seeped into the abortion debate.
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Curbing Abortion Rights
Karen Houppert : Supreme Court
Newcomer Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito showed their true stripes by supporting a landmark late-term abortion ban.
2006
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A Win for Women
Liza Featherstone : South Dakota
Thanks to a thoughtful grassroots campaign, voters in South Dakota rejected a draconian abortion ban.
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Democracy Worked for SD Abortion Vote
Liza Featherstone : South Dakota
The electoral process worked for pro-choice advocates in South Dakota, overturning an abortion ban with a grassroots appeal to keep the government out of citizens' personal lives.
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Driving Planned Parenthood
Jennifer Baumgardner : Electoral Politics
Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood's new president, leads an organization searching for new national strategies, as a crucial vote in South Dakota tests its grassroots clout.
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Reproductive Rights on the Line in South Dakota
Kate Michelman : Electoral Politics
An initiative that seeks to overturn South Dakota's draconian ban on abortion will have implications in states across the country.
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Single-Issue Solipsism
Katha Pollitt : Democratic Party
NARAL ProChoice America wants its sisters in Connecticut to support Joe Lieberman. Are they out of their minds?
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Prairie Grass Roots
In South Dakota, prochoicers are fighting back with a bipartisan initiative challenging the abortion ban and a grassroots effort that has put progressive Native American women on the ballot.
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Anatomy of a Bad Law
Before the South Dakota legislature passed landmark legislation banning abortion, it commissioned an objective study of the issue. The result, a flawed and one-sided report, could fuel the fight to challenge the law in court.
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Unborn in the USA
In his captivating new book Absolute Convictions, Eyal Press explores the links between his hometown's post-Vietnam decline and its emergence as a battlefield in the national crusade against abortion.
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For Pro-Life Bloggers, a New Hubris
Relishing Samuel Alito's impact on the Supreme Court, pro-life bloggers are already laying strategies to win hearts and minds in a transformed legal landscape.
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Prochoice Puritans
Katha Pollitt : Feminism & Women
As prochoicers seek to reframe their arguments, injecting more moralism into the antiabortion debate will not keep abortion legal and accessible.
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A Is for Anti-Woman
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.
2005
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Ho-Ho-Holiday Donations, Early Edition
Katha Pollitt : Global Justice Movement
Tsunami. Hurricane. Earthquake. War. Poverty. Injustice. It's been a tough year, but here's a list of extraordinary groups who deserve a place on your holiday gift list.
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What Would Alito Do?
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.
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Genes, Genius, Genies
Patricia J. Williams : Conservatives & The American Right
The right has ushered in a moment of cult celebrity for the pre-born. But let's not be seduced by this idea of personhood. Remember the poor and not-so-perfect post-born children of America? Aren't they persons, too?
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Serious Questions for Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Questions for Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr.: What are the rights of an individual before the law? Are these rights any different from what Alito views as the rights of a corporation?
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Feminists for (Fetal) Life
Feminists for Life fails to acknowledge women as moral agents. And in that sense, they aren't feminists at all.
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Roberts and Roe
Kate Michelman : Supreme Court
Whether or not Roberts would overturn Roe, his judicial conservatism provides ample cause for concern.
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Should 'Roe' Go?
Katha Pollitt : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
Should pro-choicers just give up and let Roe go?
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If the Frame Fits...
Katha Pollitt : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
Reframing abortion takes the issue out of its real-life context, which is the experience of women.
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Sam Brownback's Blind Ambition Tour
Max Blumenthal : Catholicism & Catholics
The Kansas senator has been grandstanding for the right for years, and now he has his sights set on the White House.
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Stiffed
Katha Pollitt : Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Thanks to the wonders of reproductive science, you too can have a virgin birth.
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Good Cop, Bad Cop
Max Blumenthal : Conservatives & The American Right
In 1992, Tony Perkins violated his oath to uphold the law. Now he lectures Democrats on the constitution.
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A Note on the Cover Story
An article likely to stir controversies of various kinds.
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Virginity or Death!
Is the threat of cervical cancer at age 60 really keeping teenage girls virgins?
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Dr. Hager's Family Values
Ayelish McGarvey : Conservatives & The American Right
Should Dr. David Hager be advising President Bush on women's health?
2004
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Stop Crying, Start Working
Katha Pollitt : Feminism & Women
How long did it take Republicans to write their thank-you note to the Christian right? About five minutes.
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Sex and the Clergy
The religious left needs to deal with gender, sex and reproduction.
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Follow the Money
Esther Kaplan : Conservatives & The American Right
The Christian right's comeback has been fueled by Bush Administration grants.
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Marching for Women's Lives
Hillary Frey : Feminism & Women
Anyone who thinks the contemporary women's movement is dying, over or simply irrelevant will have to think again.
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Racism and Reproductive Rights
Ginger Adams Otis : Anti-Racism Activism
The March for Women's Lives is paying considerable attention to issues of concern to minority women.
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Down and Out in Texas
Katha Pollitt : Feminism & Women
Did you know that since January 1, women in Texas have not been able to obtain abortions from the sixteenth week of pregnancy on?
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Take Back Our Rights
The sleeping pro-choice electoral giant is waking up--and not a moment too soon.
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Pregnant and Dangerous
Katha Pollitt : Feminism & Women
This is what we've come to in America: failure to produce a live, healthy, non-drug-exposed baby can land you in prison.
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We're Not Sorry, Charlie
Jennifer Baumgardner : Feminism & Women
If abortion were connected to actual women perhaps the mounting restrictions wouldn't pass so handily.
2003
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Abortion Distortion
Lawmakers who passed the so-called partial birth abortion ban are far removed from women's lives.
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Criminalizing Motherhood
Silja J.A. Talvi : Drug Policy/Drug War
More than 275 women have faced charges relating to drug use during their pregnancies.
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Freedom of Choice Talking Points
Now, more than ever, it is essential to voice your opposition to the rollbacks of Roe v. Wade.
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In the Waiting Room
The smoke and mirrors of "partial-birth abortion" language may be used to limit many common abortion procedures.
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'Roe' in Rough Waters
Jennifer Baumgardner : Birth Control
Abortion's political terrain is more complicated than ever.
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Christian Soldiers on the March
Jennifer Block : George W. Bush
Bush's international policies on reproductive health and rights have been a Christian fundamentalist's dream.
2002
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Making 34 Million Friends
The night the Bush Administration refused to grant the UN Population Fund an already-promised $34 million dollars, Jane Roberts was so outraged she couldn't sleep.
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Join the EC E-mail Campaign
Katha Pollitt : Feminism & Women
The main barrier to EC use is that most women don't know what it is.
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Reproductive Freedom
Dr. James Scott Pendergraft is now back at work in his Florida abortion clinics after successfully appealing a trumped-up charge of extortion.
2001
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Fighting the Global Gag Rule
Isabelle Lindenmayer : Foreign Affairs
The global gag rule dramatically affects developing nations such as Nepal, where six women die every day from unsafe abortions.
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The Doctor Killers
Bruce Shapiro : Attorney General
The arrest in France of James Kopp could not have come at a worse time for the Bush Administration.
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No Olive Branch
Katha Pollitt : George W. Bush
Now is the time to be passionate, clever, original and urgent.
2000
This week: Will racism or sexism win the day? Plus: Esther Kaplan on workplace safety and Steven Greenhouse on the struggle facing younger workers. (13mb mp3)
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