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Cynthia Nixon, forever Miranda and now starring in Wit on Broadway, spoke to the New York Times about her relationship with partner Christine Marinoni, and the controversy her opinion has stirred: More »
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Josh Siegel brings you animal art every Monday. Add your own requests in the comments, and maybe Josh will draw an animal for you. More »
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In a reassuring bit of political news, the White House released a statement today saying that if HR358 — or, as we affectionately call it, the "Let Women Die" bill — were to come across the President's desk, his aids would recommend he veto it. More »
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Get ready to have your blood pressure raised: The overwhelmingly rich old white guys who run things in this country are about to start debating what should go on between your legs again. After quiet summer of talking about how everything that Barack Obama has ever done is killing jobs, conservatives are gearing up to pimp yet another anti-choice bit of legislation. And it's a doozy. More »
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New mothers interested in long term birth control typically have two options after giving birth. One is completely reversible and renewable every 5 to 10 years, the other is permanent, more expensive, and difficult to reverse. It seems that, for women in a position to choose, the . Why, then, do so many women opt for permanent tubal litigation rather than IUD's? More »
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Students at a Catholic high school in Ontario, Canada were suspended for wearing strips of tape bearing the word "choice." The school says it only punished them for violating protocol — but some students say their views are being silenced. More »
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How not-far is Not Far Enough? The bill dared include exceptions allowing women who were victims of rape and incest to seek to use insurance to terminate their pregnancies, because only wealthy women have earned the right to have choices. More »
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One in three American women have had or will have an abortion, and if you're one of them, wading through the sea of hypercharged rhetoric and actually finding straightforward facts about the medical procedure that awaits can seem daunting. More »
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Some anti-choice protesters station themselves at clinic entrances to yell at and shame vulnerable patients. But recently, a husband decided to fight back. More »
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When Bettina Paige used fertility treatments, she wanted one more child — not two. And so when she conceived twins, she considered selective reduction — a process that challenges our usual view of reproductive choice. More »
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A pregnant ten-year-old is ineligible for abortion in her Mexican state, causing many to criticize Mexico's restrictive laws. But her disturbing case has something to teach us in the US as well. More »
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Usually, the Times's "At Home With" columns piss me off, with their descriptions of palatial apartments and twee owners. But the story of Sheena Iyengar, a blind choice expert who furnishes her home by consensus, is downright fascinating. More »
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Last night's broadcast of the Tim Tebow/Focus on the Family "Choose Life" commercial surprised quite a few people, myself included. The ad was cute, direct, and noncontroversial. Too bad I followed the link to the website of its sponsor. More »
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The Raging Grannies of South Florida were not fans of CBS's anti-abortion Super Bowl ad, but we are fans of the Grannies' hats, their message, and their weirdly protracted credit sequence. [YouTube] More »
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During Hot Topics this morning, the panel got into a heated debate over Abby Johnson, the Planned Parenthood director turned anti-abortion activist. Elisabeth says that showing women images of abortions could make reproductive decisions a little "easier". More »
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Do you remember the New York Times article about Scott Roeder's preliminary hearing? If you did, you were probably left with the impression that the anti-abortion movement is staying away. But Amie Newman at Feministe heard otherwise. More »
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Anti-abortion extremist Scott Roeder was charged yesterday afternoon with the assassination of Dr. George Tiller, and many are beginning to question whether he was truly "a lone nut," or a member of a network of domestic terrorists. More »
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In yesterday's Times, Anne Baker describes abortion counseling as her "dream job," but as her generation nears retirement, she worries that young women aren't interested in taking over the fight for choice. More »
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Playwright Zoe Lewis heads to the (you guessed it) Daily Mail to cast the new face of unhappy, self-absorbed, childless-and-missing-it feminism, because nothing says "feminist" like a woman who blames it for all her unhappiness. More »
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In 2005, economists noticed that the last recession (in 2001) helped reduce the wage gap between men and women to the lowest level in decades. What will this recession do for women? More »
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• Just to prove to American voters that they are really unfeeling, the Republican National Committee released word today that the California Republican Party is filing an FEC complaint against Barack Obama for his visit to his dying grandmother, who passed away today. Is anyone home over there? [Washington Post]
• If you weren't already aware, Barack Obama doesn't want to see your underwear. Panty-flinging should remain metaphorical. [Politico]
• Sarah Palin is definitely not releasing her medical records. I want to be angry about this, but I wouldn't want reporters pawing around my gynecological exams either. [CNN]
• Republican Senator Orrin Hatch, having lived the last 8 years with his head firmly up his ass, thinks that the U.S. will "lose a lot of stature throughout the world" if we elect Obama. [Politico]

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John, I know we don't talk much. Part of that is my fault — after I flirted with you back in 2000, I'll admit I was a little embarrassed at myself. But you didn't help when you literally embraced W and metaphorically embraced The Surge, let alone when you started getting all cozy with nutbags like Jerry Falwell who we used to hate together. But all the women journalists kept talking about your wit and your charm and your willingness to tell the truth to power, so I thought you couldn't really be that bad. But, as it turns out, you are — particularly when it comes to women. And let's not talk about how you used to not be an inflexible ass when it came to the bare minimum of conservative compassion on abortion — exceptions for life, health, rape and incest — I mean, at least then I was able to tell myself it wasn't personal, just political. But you had to go prove me wrong last night, didn't you. How maverick-y of you. More »
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The thing that's been bugging me about this whole Bristol Palin pregnancy issue is that I think that the Republicans are right: It's a private matter and the pundits and the politicians should stay out of it. In fact, the pundits and the politicians should stay out of all issues concerning any woman's uterus. Too bad the Republicans are unable, or unwilling, to see the irony in this. Last night on The Daily Show, Samantha Bee knocked it out of the park when she did a segment interviewing conventioneers about Sarah Palin. (One woman likes her because "she makes Americans feel like anyone can be president.") The best, though, was when Bee asked around about Bristol's pregnancy, and the Palins' choice they had to make. Clip above. More »
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An American Psychological Association panel has ruled, after two years of study, that there is no evidence that abortion causes significant mental health problems, the New York Times reports. Brenda Major, chairwoman of the panel, said in a statement, “The best scientific evidence published indicates that among adult women who have an unplanned pregnancy, the relative risk of mental health problems is no greater if they have a single elective, first-trimester abortion or deliver that pregnancy." Um, maybe she should tell that to South Dakota, where abortion providers must read from a script that says abortion comes with "increased risk of suicidal ideation and suicide." [NYT] More »
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