Reproductive Rights

Stupak vs. The Nuns Stupak vs. The Nuns

Just how many saved lives does he have to oppose before Stupak's stripped of the term "pro-life" once and for all?

Mar 22, 2010 / Laura Flanders

A Right to Life for the Living A Right to Life for the Living

African-American children face threats to their survival, and African-American women are confronted with challenges to their capacity to parent healthy children. But shaming misinf...

Mar 18, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

Payback for Prochoicers Payback for Prochoicers

It's our turn now--and here's our list.

Mar 18, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Receding Sexual Rights in VA Receding Sexual Rights in VA

Virginia's governor repeals protection against sexual discrimination and may cut funding to Planned Parenthood.

Feb 23, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show

How to Counterbalance Focus on the Family on Superbowl Sunday How to Counterbalance Focus on the Family on Superbowl Sunday

So here it is, Superbowl Sunday, or as I prefer to call it, Focus on the Fetus Sunday. If you support women's right to decide for themselves when and if to continue a pregnancy, ...

Feb 7, 2010 / Katha Pollitt

Another Super Bowl, Another Scandal Another Super Bowl, Another Scandal

It's Super Bowl season, another year, another scandal. This year's outburst over CBS's $3 million Focus on the Family ad has revived the mythology around another Super Bowl ad, t...

Feb 5, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Let All Super Bowl Ads Advocate Let All Super Bowl Ads Advocate

David Zirin argues for a Super Bowl chock-full of advocacy ads.

Feb 5, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show

Focus on the Fetus Focus on the Fetus

The trouble with protesting the Tim Tebow ad: all most people see is pro-choicers trying to shut up a brave mother and her son.

Feb 4, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Note to ESPN’s Jemele Hill: Tim Tebow is not Muhammad Ali Note to ESPN’s Jemele Hill: Tim Tebow is not Muhammad Ali

First let me put my cards on the table. I consider Jemele Hill, sports columnist for ESPN.com to be as incisive and interesting as they come. She has been a frequent and fearless g...

Feb 3, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin

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

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