In her new memoir, the country's most famous teen mom and abstinence ambassador claims that Levi Johnston "stole" her virginity but does not believe it was rape; a puzzling distinction.
HIV testing represents one of the most potent weapons in the fight against HIV. Yet too many individuals who may be at risk of infection continue to avoid testing. This reluctance to test is driven in part by the pervasiveness of HIV stigma.
My personal life experience and my work as a pastor show that an unplanned pregnancy can quickly complicate the life of a woman and her loved ones. It’s only right to make contraception available under health reform to all who desire to use it.
Anti-choice arguments against contraception are perfectly pitched to bring in conservatives who are motivated by the politics of resentment, as the anti-choice and anti-environmentalism alignment demonstrates.
The Center for Reproductive Rights takes on the mandatory ultrasound in Texas. Also, the war on Planned Parenthood spreads on the state level, and Tim Pawlenty vs. Michele Bachmann in a battle over who hates women's rights more.
In an important victory for women in Indiana and elsewhere, a federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction halting enforcement of an Indiana law barring Planned Parenthood Indiana from participating in the state's Medicaid program.
