A Win for Women A Win for Women
Thanks to a thoughtful grassroots campaign, voters in South Dakota rejected a draconian abortion ban.
Nov 9, 2006 / Liza Featherstone
Democracy Worked for SD Abortion Vote Democracy Worked for SD Abortion Vote
The electoral process worked for pro-choice advocates in South Dakota, overturning an abortion ban with a grassroots appeal to keep the government out of citizens' personal lives....
Nov 8, 2006 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Driving Planned Parenthood Driving Planned Parenthood
Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood's new president, leads an organization searching for new national strategies, as a crucial vote in South Dakota tests its grassroots clout.
Nov 2, 2006 / Feature / Jennifer Baumgardner
Reproductive Rights on the Line in South Dakota Reproductive Rights on the Line in South Dakota
An initiative that seeks to overturn South Dakota's draconian ban on abortion will have implications in states across the country.
Oct 22, 2006 / Kate Michelman
Single-Issue Solipsism Single-Issue Solipsism
NARAL ProChoice America wants its sisters in Connecticut to support Joe Lieberman. Are they out of their minds?
Sep 21, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Prairie Grass Roots Prairie Grass Roots
In South Dakota, prochoicers are fighting back with a bipartisan initiative challenging the abortion ban and a grassroots effort that has put progressive Native American women on t...
Jun 15, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Anatomy of a Bad Law Anatomy of a Bad Law
Before the South Dakota legislature passed landmark legislation banning abortion, it commissioned an objective study of the issue. The result, a flawed and one-sided report, could ...
Mar 30, 2006 / Feature / Lauren Bans
Unborn in the USA Unborn in the USA
In his captivating new book Absolute Convictions, Eyal Press explores the links between his hometown's post-Vietnam decline and its emergence as a battlefield in the national crusa...
Mar 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Mark Sorkin
For Pro-Life Bloggers, a New Hubris For Pro-Life Bloggers, a New Hubris
Relishing Samuel Alito's impact on the Supreme Court, pro-life bloggers are already laying strategies to win hearts and minds in a transformed legal landscape.
Jan 31, 2006 / Feature / Esther Kaplan
Prochoice Puritans Prochoice Puritans
As prochoicers seek to reframe their arguments, injecting more moralism into the antiabortion debate will not keep abortion legal and accessible.
Jan 26, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt