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Congresswomen defend birth control for all
February 9, 2012Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and three other congresswomen attended a special news conference, reacting to Republican Speaker John Boehner's harsh attack on the Obama administration's birth control policy.
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Birth control is not attack on religion
February 7, 2012The Obama administration made the right move when it mandated that all employers be required to offer free family planning services to women through their insurance plans.
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Guatemala dictator to stand trial
February 6, 2012Guatemalan prosecutors announced Jan. 26 that 85-year-old Efraín Ríos Montt, military dictator in 1982-1983, was going to trial in March.
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Komen 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.
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All eyes on 2012 elections at AFL-CIO King holiday observance
January 13, 2012"It's a new day, a new labor movement," and "victory can come to the 99 percent if we stand united," said AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker.
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