I support Planned Parenthood for the same reasons millions of other people do, but I have another, more unique, reason for supporting Planned Parenthood. I have a remote connection to its origin: Anthony Comstock was a distant relative of mine.
Robert Bork may not be a sitting justice, but he has managed to leave his mark on the high court and will have great influence in a Romney Administration.
A plea to the media to ask politicians about policy and not personal views on abortion. The HPV vaccine doesn't lead to sex, but figure skating can lead a gender studies professor to write a book.
Texas's top public health official announced yesterday that if it is compelled by the courts to include Planned Parenthood in the Women's Health Program, it will simply shut the health program down entirely.
Amendment 6 is an attack on reproductive rights. It would change the Florida Constitution to outlaw public funding for abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or where the life of the mother is affected.
No politician or pundit should get away with claiming he supports any “exception” without facing the obvious follow-up question: “How, exactly, would it work?”
Chile is estimated to have one of the highest abortion rates in all of Latin America, but it has one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the world. Abortions are banned under all circumstances, including saving the woman’s life. Naturally, this has forced women to seek abortions outside of the law, with varying levels of safety. That’s why the Chilean safe abortion hotline was launched in 2009.