The prochoice movement is focusing on the fact that Arizona's new abortion bill measures pregnancy from a woman's last menstrual period. However, this is not inaccurate; instead we should be focusing on the aspects that will directly impact abortion access.
The official line from anti-choicers about "life" is slipping away more frequently, and the reality---that it's all about controlling women's sexuality---comes out more often. Even at an official "pro-life" event at the RNC, ugly sexism can't be contained.
Local TV news stations in Colorado, a swing state, are fact checking many of the political ads inundating the airwaves. Two local stations in Denver were mostly right in their recent analyses of ads attacking Mitt Romney's position on a women's right to choose.
Now that we’ve had a month to celebrate the triumph of No Copay Day, it is important to look forward and carefully consider what comes next on the advocacy agenda for effective implementation of the ACA’s reproductive health measures.
Forced pregnancy testing in schools is a gross violation of young women’s fundamental human rights. It is a shock to see a practice I’ve come to associate with schools in the developing world being replicated in the United States.
