Sharon Lerner

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Sharon Lerner (@fastlerner) is a longtime contributor to The Nation. Her reporting focuses on health, education and other issues affecting children and families.

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 / 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 / Sharon Lerner

Piling on Against Planned Parenthood Piling on Against Planned Parenthood

A sting operation, plus movement on a bill to defund the healthcare provider? It's no coincidence that they're happening right at the same time.

Feb 2, 2011 / Sharon Lerner

Does Contraception Count as Prevention? Does Contraception Count as Prevention?

If an Institute of Medicine–appointed committee says yes, health insurance plans could be required to cover birth control free of charge for policyholders.

Jan 18, 2011 / Sharon Lerner

The Gender Equity Bubble Goes Pop!

The Gender Equity Bubble Goes Pop! The Gender Equity Bubble Goes Pop!

Mothers are wonders. But they might prefer not to be giving quite so much—in fact, research suggests they're at the breaking point.

May 7, 2010 / Sharon Lerner

Nowhere to Hyde Nowhere to Hyde

The healthcare reform debate exposed the weakness of the prochoice movement. What now?

Apr 1, 2010 / Feature / Sharon Lerner

Tiller’s Killer Puts Abortion on Trial Tiller’s Killer Puts Abortion on Trial

Judge Warren Wilbert has ruled that Scott Roeder, confessed killer of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller, couldn't be considered for lesser crimes than first-degree murder. Tod...

Jan 29, 2010 / Feature / Sharon Lerner

Round Two: The Coming Battle Over Abortion Funding Round Two: The Coming Battle Over Abortion Funding

The prochoice movement stops playing nice in the fight for healthcare reform.

Nov 23, 2009 / Feature / Sharon Lerner

Where’s the Birth Control? Where’s the Birth Control?

Another complication in healthcare reform legislation has emerged: so far, it fails to require insurers to cover basic preventive services for women, including contraception.

Oct 30, 2009 / Sharon Lerner

Anti-Choice Amendments Fail in Senate Finance Committee Anti-Choice Amendments Fail in Senate Finance Committee

Two anti-choice amendments considered by the Senate Finance Committee today were soundly defeated.

Sep 30, 2009 / Feature / Sharon Lerner

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