On Friday, November 27th Robert Lewis Dear, a 57-year-old white man, entered a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs and opened fire. It took more than five hours for Dear to surrender to the police, and when he did, the police found nine injured, and three killed, including one police officer. The following night, The […]
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The High Cost of Reproductive Coercion
For most women, birth control is a universal good—but only when it’s consensual.
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A Shocking Rise in White Death Rates in Midlife — and What It Says About American Society
Drugs, alcohol, and suicide have taken an unparalleled toll on middle-aged whites, especially those with a high school degree or less.
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Why the Veterans Health System Is Better Than You Think
Despite ideological attacks and under-funding, the Veterans Health Administration is a model public system.
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What a 20-Week Abortion Ban Would Mean
Mitch McConnell isn’t willing to shut down the government over funding for Planned Parenthood-but only because it would be political suicide, not because he’s suddenly become pro-choice. In an op-ed for Cincinnati.com, the Senate Majority Leader championed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, a national 20-week abortion ban that the Senate will take up on […]
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Three Ways the Planned Parenthood Hearing Was a Ridiculous Show Trial
Yesterday, a mostly male group of GOP lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee made good on their promise to “investigate” Planned Parenthood, by holding a hearing on the heavily edited and widely debunked “sting” videos released by the Center for Medical Progress, which, despite its misleading name, is not a medical organization. But the hearing […]
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Republicans Find Their Next Anti-Choice Innovation
A new bill in Ohio would restrict abortion depending on the woman’s reason for getting the procedure. So much for small government.
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The Trans Struggle for Justice Behind Bars is Just Beginning
Trans people nationwide have struggled successfully for basic rights in prison, but much more remains to be done.Â
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Playing Offense on Reproductive Rights
With a resurgent right threatening reproductive rights nationwide, abortion activists are getting pro-active.
