How a radical anti-abortion movement matured
Health & Social Policy
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Running Out the Clock on Government Regulations
House bill could hamstring important protections
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Herman Cain: Yesterday, Totally Pro-Choice. Today, Totally Pro-Life
Is it any surprise he’s a flip-flopper?
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Pink October
In case you missed it: Last Sunday The New York Times had a thoughtful examination of the pros and cons of the pinking of America-the Susan G. Komen foundation’s marketing of breast cancer awareness and its work raising funds for breast cancer research. NPR took a look at the anti-pink backlash. So I thought it […]
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Herman Cain is Pro-Choice!
The other day, I sorted through Herman Cain‘s recent muddled comments on abortion and concluded that he was just unaware that this is an issue that involves laws, both current and potential, that affect what people can and can’t do. Every time he got asked about abortion, he would answer as if he were advising […]
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One out of Five Ain’t Bad
Rick Perry didn’t lose last night’s debate, which for him, counts as a win.
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The Medicare Bind
Democrats should defend Medicare. But if they want to accomplish much else, they will have to change it.
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Underrating Reform
Even with its compromises, health reform is the most ambitious effort in decades to reorganize a big part of life around principles of justice and efficiency.
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Pause for Concern
In July 2002, the Women’s Heath Initiative (WHI) of the National Institutes of Health announced an abrupt end to its study of so-called Hormone “Replacement Therapy” (used to treat symptoms associated with menopause) because the treatment posed risks of cancer and heart disease. Since this was previously considered the gold standard of menopause science, almost […]
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Behind the Numbers: The Privateers’ Free Lunch
The flawed mathematical assumption behind privatizing Social Security.