reproductive rights
Audio: Texas abortion law sure to face court challenge
July 24, 2013After weeks of bitter fighting, Texas conservatives claim a significant victory in the fight over who controls women's health in Texas.
Read moreTexas “women power” blocks anti-abortion bill
June 28, 2013AUSTIN, Texas - A severe anti-abortion bill went down to defeat June 25 thanks in part to a 10-hour filibuster by state Senator Wendy Davis of Fort Worth.
Read moreAkin, Ryan, rape and Republican hypocrisy
August 21, 2012Fierce opposition to women's reproductive rights, including the right to decide whether or not to bear a child, has been the agenda of the Republican Party for quite some time now.
Read moreKomen vs. Planned Parenthood: another attack on women
February 2, 2012It's disturbing that the Komen Foundation has bowed to the Republican right in pulling its funding for Planned Parenthood's breast cancer prevention services.
Read moreRepublicans drop “forcible rape” but war on women continues
February 8, 2011Republicans have backed off their effort to redefine rape as "forcible rape" (is there another kind?) but they have not given up their war on women's reproductive rights.
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