When Joe Walsh argued that "new technology" made abortions to save a woman's life unnecessary, he was parroting a dangerous view that could put millions of lives in jeopardy.
Worldwide, roughly 43 million women have an abortion each year. Yet these same women face stigma, a form of social control used to dehumanize, devalue, and isolate them. Providers are grappling with effective ways to reduce abortion stigma.
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.
