Tag: NARAL

RH Reality Check reports that Sarah Palin's nomination has reenergized conservatives wishing to outlaw abortion and has the potential to again polarize the healthy discussion that has developed about working together to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies.

The RH Reality Check commentary also calls out a Wall Street Journal report on double-standard employed by the Catholic church which grills Catholics like Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden about their faith and voting records, while failing to examine John McCain and Sarah Palin's anti-choice credentials.

NARAL Pro-Choice America has launched its first video in a planned series showing just how extreme and radical the McCain-Palin ticket is when it comes to a woman's right to choose. The video showcases the candidates' own remarks on choice, including their opposition to Roe v. Wade.

RH Reality Check reports that Sarah Palin's nomination has reenergized conservatives wishing to outlaw abortion and has the potential to again polarize the healthy discussion that has developed about working together to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies.

The RH Reality Check commentary also calls out a Wall Street Journal report on double-standard employed by the Catholic church which grills Catholics like Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden about their faith and voting records, while failing to examine John McCain and Sarah Palin's anti-choice credentials.

NARAL Pro-Choice America has launched its first video in a planned series showing just how extreme and radical the McCain-Palin ticket is when it comes to a woman's right to choose. The video showcases the candidates' own remarks on choice, including their opposition to Roe v. Wade.

Karen Cooper, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Washington, issued a statement on the selection noting that Senator Biden has consistently expressed support for a woman's right to choose and has a strong record of opposing judicial nominees with hostile anti-choice records.

The Seattle Times editorializes against the Bush administration's HHS proposal, saying that it is an unnecessary change that "isn't solving a problem as much as it is taking an 11th-hour stand against choice".  

Norman Gant, executive director of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology has publicly released his organization's response to the HHS proposal, noting that it seems that the HHS is willfully misinterpreting ABOG certification rules in order to justify the new regulations.

An anonymous author has started blogging about the process of terminating her pregnancy, after searching the Web for abortion blogs and finding only anti-choice propaganda.  

Broadsheet comments that, given that abortion is still taboo in pop culture, it's not surprising that bloggers have previously avoided the subject and commends the author for opening this dialogue.  

ABC News reports on new studies by Gynuity and Ibis Reproductive Health to research how many women undergo non-medically supervised abortions and why, highlighting the need to improve communication of reproductive rights and address barriers to reproductive health care.

Women's eNews reports on the increased role of women at the Democratic National Convention.

The New York Times reports on the difficulties faced by Mexico City's government in increasing access to abortion services in a country with obstructive conscience clauses, which may foreshadow future problems in United States as refusal rules such as those recently proposed by the HHS are implemented.

The New York Times' Judith Warner agrees, saying that abortion opponents who hoped to gain ground with the Democrats are frustrated that the Platform does not provide additional ammunition for a moral debate.  

Nancy Keenan, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, responds to John McCain's comments that he has not ruled out a pro-choice vice president, noting that the president is the one who sets policy and will nominate a Supreme Court justice (via Huffington Post)

A new study from the Guttmacher Institute says that the percentage of U.S. women using contraception has increased from 36% in 1995 to 41% in 2002, with one quarter of them obtaining contraceptive services used publicly funded clinics (via Washington Post).

RH Reality Check analyzes McCain's latest ads which seeks to portray Obama's popularity with young female voters as a negative, commenting that McCain's stance on reproductive rights was already dismissive of young women and his latest ads assume that he has already lost their vote.

Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm is expected to veto a late-term abortion ban passed earlier this week by the state Senate (via RH Reality Check).

An abstinence-only organization whose founder and owner is a close personal friend of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's chief administrator, has received a federal grant of over a million dollars - twice what it had requested - despite ranking lower than competing organizations and refusing to participate in a congressionally mandated study (via abc News).  

Analysts point out the likelihood of the next president appointing a Supreme Court justice, noting that both Obama and McCain most frequently address the issue of judicial appointments in the context of abortion rights (via Seattle Post-Intelligencer).

Columnist Ellen Goodman tells disappointed Clinton supporters not to `get mad, to get even' and support Obama while working on leveling the field for the next female candidate by boycotting misogynistic mainstream media, supporting female candidates at the local level, and making complacent candidates work for women's votes (via The Seattle Times).

RH Reality Check reports that Californians will vote, for the third time, on a parental notification measure approved for the November ballot.  

NARAL Pro-Choice New York and its coalition partners have produced an excellent video explaining the importance of New York's Reproductive Health Act which would protect women's reproductive health rights no matter what happens with Roe (via Daily Kos).  

Consumer complaints claim that some insurers deny individual health coverage to women who have had caesarean sections because they believe these women are likely to undergo the procedure if they become pregnant again (via New York Times).

The Arizona Board of Nursing has approved a recommendation that nurse practitioners with special training be permitted to perform abortions up to the 13th week of pregnancy, however anti-choice lawmakers are proposing legislation that may negate the Board's ruling (via The Arizona Star).

Beginning in 2009, states will have to pay for "Jane Doe" rape kits, which remain anonymous and sealed unless the victim decides to press charges. Currently most states refuse to cover the cost of a forensic rape exam unless the victim files a police report, deterring many victims from coming forward (via Associated Press).

This action flies in the face of sanity in that the pro-choice movement is seen as stabbing its friends in the back...a friend named Hillary Clinton.

Their action created a firestorm last night on the NARAL Blog and many others have come forward to disagree vehemently with NARAL's ill-chosen action.

Abortion providers have alot to thank the Clintons for, as the Clinton administration did everything it their power to protect abortion rights and use their Justice Department under Janet Reno to protect the lives of providers.

While RH Reality Check exposes McCain's shrouded threats to criminalize contraception.

Pro-choice activists warn that a proposed Colorado ballot initiative that would define a fertilized embryo as a person could lead to disastrous consequences for reproductive health in the state, such as banning non-barrier methods of birth control or establishing a legal basis for the government to investigate a woman and her doctor for a miscarriage (via Denver Post).  

Prominent evangelicals urge Christian conservatives to distance themselves from single-issue politics, angering leaders on the religious right who have close ties to the Republican Party (via Seattle Times).  

NARAL could possibly support a "pro-choice" Guiliani.  I don't think so.  Get your collective heads out of the sand NARAL.  

Abortions worldwide are just as available in countries where they are outlawed...just not as safe.  Surprise, surprise, surprise.

It seems that size does matter when it comes to condoms...and I guess gloves and shoes too.  You wouldn't want a loosey goosey condom, too tight shoes and gloves that are too big, eh?

Blue Cross Blue Shield is refusing to pay for a woman's devastating miscarriage in an ER at midnight, claiming instead that she had an ELECTIVE abortion not covered by her policy.  An analysis of this is also at DailyKos.

Abortion rights for women in prison are discussed at "Locking Down Women's Rights" from RHRealityCheck.org.

A Pitiless Plan:  Denying Plan B Emergency Contraception to Victims of Rape.

Students focus cameras on Birmingham and the controversy in front of an abortion clinic there.

The Georgia Supreme Court says state has to pay for some medically necessary abortions.

Prostitute-loving Senator David Vitter (Republican-LA) has just sneaked an earmark into a bill to provide $100,000 in taxpayer funding to a creationist group in Louisiana to push creationism in public schools.  Hypocrisy has no bounds.  Or, did he think "creationism" was a sexual term?