October 28, 2011
We own our bodies, and the government cannot step in and tell us what to do with them. That doesn’t sound too outlandish, right? A recent United Nations report stood up for this idea, saying that a woman has a right to her own health and body. Although the idea seems simple it goes against ...
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August 11, 2011
As abortion laws go crazy and anti-abortion groups picket themselves into a frenzy, a new type of abortion is coming onto the scene. Women who are told that they will be having twins now have the option to continue with a Two-Minus-One Pregnancy, aborting one child and keeping the other. Many mothers dealt the unfortunate ...
August 1, 2011
Since the beginning of 2011, nearly a dozen laws have been passed that limit a woman’s right to an abortion. Women are fighting back, but they need help. There seems to be a lack of passion and fury in today’s reproductive rights activists, and there may be a reason why: we don’t know what is ...
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June 17, 2011
Harassing women outside pregnancy clinics has become a popular pastime for anti-abortion activists, but in Germany they’ve been stopped in their tracks. A court has ruled members of the Life Centre- Helpers for God’s Precious Children association may no longer approach people accessing a family planning centre to discuss “pregnancy conflict situations,” or show them ...
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June 10, 2011
Reality TV may actually have a purpose in our lives. It turns out watching shows like 16 and pregnant makes Americans more likely to support abortion, and less likely to support having children at too young an age. A new report from the Public Religion Research Institute (PPRI) also reveals the millennium generation’s views on ...
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teen moms,
teen pregnancy,
teenage mothers
August 4, 2010
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received over 1,000 complaints (the 7th highest ever) over an ad by Marie Stopes advertizing their abortion helpline. But they rejected every last one of them. Marie Stopes is a British charity that runs a telephone helpline for women dealing with unwanted pregnancies. In May they placed an ad for this service which ...
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July 18, 2010
Is abortion a medical procedure? Many doctors believe it is, and that it should be treated like any other service provided to patients. They want it to be available in hospitals and family doctors’ office, and not banished to stand-alone clinics. The New York Times Magazine cover story this week is about the future of ...
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June 3, 2010
In America, anti-abortion advocates must be celebrating in the streets. Eleven states have passed laws this year restricting abortion and 370 state bills are under consideration. I think it’s time we finally accept that women will never be completely free to choose and there will always be an ongoing battle over rights to abortion. Also, for ...
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April 29, 2010
Oklahoma has just passed two incredibly controversial laws that limit a woman’s right to freedom of choice as well as invading her privacy around abortion. Informed choice? What’s that? Who cares?! Obviously the doctors’ rights are more important than the pregnant woman who might have a disabled child for the rest of her life. Firstly, ...
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April 16, 2010
The abortion pill will soon be available at selected GPs across the UK. In spite of being 97% effective and available in France since 1988 it is still being hotly debated around the world. It is a form of medicinal abortion where the woman takes a drug that causes her to miscarry up to 9 ...