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Court Documents Reveal FDA Politicized Plan B Approval-Update
On August 24th, in an almost complete reversal of its 2004 decision, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Plan B emergency contraception to be sold over the counter, but only to women 18 ...
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Court Documents Reveal FDA Politicized Plan B Approval
Recently released court documents in a suit filed against the Food and Drug Administration charge that the FDA faced undue political pressure by the Bush Administration to stymie over-the-counter sa...
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August 02, 2006 | Lynn Paltrow |
A Modest Proposal or Why I Support the Full Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act
Lurking in the anti-choice arsenal is a fascinating piece of legislation called the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act. Like its predecessors—the Unborn Victims of Violence Act and the Partial Birth Ab...
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Colombia Women’s Small Step Forward
A recent ruling by Colombia’s Constitutional Court overturning an outright ban on abortion, even for victims of rape and incest, garnered headlines around the world. A story not so widely reported h...
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Anti-Choice Protesters in Jackson Meet Their Match
A third of a century after Roe v. Wade legalized abortion, women in the U.S. struggle daily to defeat federal and state infringements on reproductive rights and a woman's control over her life. But ...
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June 26, 2006 | Gloria Feldt |
Reproductive Rights Pioneer
At a memorial service in New York City, Gloria Feldt paid tribute to Lawrence Lader, who died May 7 at the age of 86. An author and activist, Lader founded an organization called Abortion Rights Mob...
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June 06, 2006 | Chrisse France |
What’s Missing from the Abortion Debate?
This bill, in its present form, is the strictest in the country. It would ban abortions in our state and even make it a felony to transport a woman to another state to seek abortion care. There are ...
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March 01, 2006 | Gloria Feldt |
South Dakota Law New Chapter in Abortion Rights
The biggest news about the sweeping new South Dakota law that will ban all abortions except to save the woman's life - no exceptions to preserve her health or for rape or incest - is that this news ...