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Back Up Your Birth Control!

By Maureen on March 30, 2011 • ( 0 )

Happy Back Up Your Birth Control day of action!! Today marks the 10th anniversary of the campaign, which aims to raise awareness of and expand access to Emergency Contraception (EC). Before I began expounding on why you should back up… Read More ›

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A Quick HR358 Primer

By Maureen on February 9, 2011 • ( 4 )

I just received the following action alert from NOW-NYC about HR358 and had to share. Check back soon for my recap on the HR358 hearing, currently underway in the House’s Energy & Commerce health subcommittee. The bill: “Protect Life” Act… Read More ›

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New Bill: Women Can Die So Fetuses Can Live

By Maureen on February 4, 2011 • ( 1 )

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again now. One good thing about running a women’s rights blog is that I’ll never run out of material. I suppose I should really extend a thank you to the anti-choice fringe… Read More ›

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US District Court Judge: CPCs Can Continue to Deceive

By Maureen on February 2, 2011 • ( 3 )

CPCs (or so-called Crisis Pregnancy Centers) are a major threat to women’s health. And yet, they appear to have an ally in United States District Court Judge Marvin Garbis, who yesterday ruled that a Baltimore ordinance requiring that “limited-service pregnancy… Read More ›

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Late-term Abortion: Setting the Record Straight

By Maureen on January 23, 2011 • ( 0 )

Late-term abortion is back in the news, thanks to Dr. Kermit Gosnell. The problem is, these news stories are accusing Gosnell of performing late-term “abortions.” As I explain in my previous post, this is a dangerous misrepresentation of the word…. Read More ›

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Pregnancy Discrimination on the Rise

By Maureen on January 21, 2011 • ( 0 )

With several friends of mine getting pregnant or thinking about getting pregnant, I’m reminded of an often overlooked issue: pregnancy discrimination. For years, women have struggled against numerous forms of discrimination in the workplace, including unequal pay, sexual harassment, unpaid… Read More ›

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Kermit’s “Abortion” Clinic

By Maureen on January 21, 2011 • ( 5 )

By now, the news is saturated with stories about Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who operated a clinic in a low-income Philadelphia neighborhood until its closure last year. It was here that Kermie (sorry, I can’t help myself) allegedly performed late-term “abortions”… Read More ›