Obama and Sex Education

Barack Obama was recently criticized for his support of comprehensive sex education in an attack ad. The ad suggests that Obama wants to teach sex to kindergartners. In fact, Obama was supporting legislation that allowed schools to teach "age-appropriate" sex education to kindergartners such as…

Bush Administration’s Parting Gift

Working to ensure its anti-choice legacy, the Bush administration has proposed Health and Human Services regulations that could dramatically expand the legal right of health care providers, both institutions and individuals, to refuse to provide patients with services, information and referrals specifically regarding health care.…

The Kindness of Strangers

John McCain’s favorite female literary character must be Blanch DuBois in Tennessee Williams’ A Street Car Named Desire as she epitomizes his entire economic plan for women. McCain does not believe in legislation to protect women’s rights. Instead, as his record shows, he asks all…

McCain is no friend of choice

McCain's moderate reputation and choice of a female running-mate doesn't mean that he is a friend of choice. His record in the Senate leaves no doubt. The National Right to Life Committee has supported McCain in every one of his Senate races. Nancy Keenan, president…

Bush Administration Attempts to Redefine Forms of Contraception as a of Abortion

From the New York Times The Bush administration is developing a regulation that would define abortion as "any of the various procedures -- including the prescription, dispensing and administration of any drug or the performance of any procedure or any other action -- that results…

Anti-Abortion Protesters in Atlanta

There are some major anti-abortion protests happening in Atlanta right now, in an effort to shut down clinics in the area.  The Feminist Majority Foundation is seeking support to help keep the clinics open and help protect choice for women all over the country.

Late Term Abortion is NOT a Crime

We blogged about this back in February, and now the supreme court in Kansas has reached a decision.  Late term abortions do not violate any laws.  You can read this story over at ABC News: A Kansas grand jury declined Wednesday to indict one of…

The Gloucester Pregnancy Pact

Many people have now heard the story of the teenagers in Gloucester, MA who made a pact with one another to get pregnant and raise their children together. There's a lot of judgment surrounding this situation and these girls, and people have been labeling them…

Defining the Fetus

One of the most detrimental things to the pro-choice groups is the incessant need of the anti-choice groups to define, redefine, and define again when, exactly, life begins.  This happens on large and small scales all over the country, all the time, and it's happening…

McCain (not) Speaking About Abortion

While speaking about the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Republican Presidential Nominee and Arizona State Senator failed to mention abortion or Roe Vs. Wade in his speech. Read the article below from the Daily Women's Health Policy Report: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) failed to mention Roe…