Is the Anti–Birth Control Mob Losing Its Grip on Congress? Is the Anti–Birth Control Mob Losing Its Grip on Congress?
Members of Congress—including some who oppose abortion—are beginning to see recent attempts to defund contraception for what they are: attacks on the American family.
Mar 14, 2011 / The Notion / Sharon Lerner
Censoring of Malawian Doctor Highlights Obama Administration’s Timidity on International Abortion Censoring of Malawian Doctor Highlights Obama Administration’s Timidity on International Abortion
Dr. Chisale Mhango wanted to present research on the harm illegal abortion does to Malawian women. USAID decided that ran afoul of the Helms Amendment.
Mar 11, 2011 / The Notion / Sharon Lerner
British Medical Group Suggests Women Seeking Abortion Be Told—Gasp!—the Truth British Medical Group Suggests Women Seeking Abortion Be Told—Gasp!—the Truth
Under the guidelines, patients would be told that women generally don’t suffer any psychological harm as a result of having an abortion.
Mar 9, 2011 / The Notion / Sharon Lerner
Marking 100 Years of International Women’s Day Marking 100 Years of International Women’s Day
With right-wing assaults on women’s rights and reproductive health growing fiercer by the day, we can all draw strength from the committed struggle women from around the worl...
Mar 8, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Mike Huckabee Is Wrong About Single Mothers Mike Huckabee Is Wrong About Single Mothers
Marriage as an institution might deserve closer scrutiny, Melissa Harris-Perry explains, but people simply making "different decisions" about their own lives deserve ...
Mar 8, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Mike Huckabee Is Wrong About Single Mothers Mike Huckabee Is Wrong About Single Mothers
Marriage as an institution might deserve closer scrutiny, Melissa Harris-Perry explains, but people simply making "different decisions" about their own lives deserve to be left alo...
Mar 7, 2011 / Video / Press Room
Meet the Ohio Woman Who Would Have Testified Against the ‘Heartbeat Bill’ Meet the Ohio Woman Who Would Have Testified Against the ‘Heartbeat Bill’
Fetuses are stealing the show from women.
Mar 7, 2011 / The Notion / Sharon Lerner
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
The GOP’s Campaign to Keep Women at Home The GOP’s Campaign to Keep Women at Home
Under the guise of deficit reduction, Republicans intend to not only nix family planning services but also steer women away from the workforce with compulsory motherhood.
Mar 3, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room