Anti-Life—When It’s a Woman’s Life Anti-Life—When It’s a Woman’s Life
Rep. Joe Pitts has specifically designed a bill to value fetuses over living women.
Mar 4, 2011 / The Notion / Sharon Lerner
The Gray-Haired White Guys Deciding Your Reproductive Fate The Gray-Haired White Guys Deciding Your Reproductive Fate
On abortion and birth control, it's old men with red-ish neckties versus poor women of color.
Mar 3, 2011 / The Notion / Sharon Lerner
Piling on Against Planned Parenthood Piling on Against Planned Parenthood
A sting operation, plus movement on a bill to defund the healthcare provider? It's no coincidence that they're happening right at the same time.
Feb 2, 2011 / Sharon Lerner
Does Contraception Count as Prevention? Does Contraception Count as Prevention?
If an Institute of Medicine–appointed committee says yes, health insurance plans could be required to cover birth control free of charge for policyholders.
Jan 18, 2011 / Sharon Lerner
The Gender Equity Bubble Goes Pop! The Gender Equity Bubble Goes Pop!
Mothers are wonders. But they might prefer not to be giving quite so much—in fact, research suggests they're at the breaking point.
May 7, 2010 / Sharon Lerner
Nowhere to Hyde Nowhere to Hyde
The healthcare reform debate exposed the weakness of the prochoice movement. What now?
Apr 1, 2010 / Feature / Sharon Lerner
Tiller’s Killer Puts Abortion on Trial Tiller’s Killer Puts Abortion on Trial
Judge Warren Wilbert has ruled that Scott Roeder, confessed killer of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller, couldn't be considered for lesser crimes than first-degree murder. Tod...
Jan 29, 2010 / Feature / Sharon Lerner
Round Two: The Coming Battle Over Abortion Funding Round Two: The Coming Battle Over Abortion Funding
The prochoice movement stops playing nice in the fight for healthcare reform.
Nov 23, 2009 / Feature / Sharon Lerner
Where’s the Birth Control? Where’s the Birth Control?
Another complication in healthcare reform legislation has emerged: so far, it fails to require insurers to cover basic preventive services for women, including contraception.
Oct 30, 2009 / Editorial / Sharon Lerner
Anti-Choice Amendments Fail in Senate Finance Committee Anti-Choice Amendments Fail in Senate Finance Committee
Two anti-choice amendments considered by the Senate Finance Committee today were soundly defeated.
Sep 30, 2009 / Feature / Sharon Lerner