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A Conversation With Faye Wattleton: Part 2, Belief and Mission
Ms. Wattleton speaks out against George H.W. Bush’s gag rule, which banned any mention of abortion in federally funded family-planning programs. Faye Wattleton was president of Planned Parenthood...
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The History of the Birth Control Pill, Part 4: Margaret Sanger’s “Magic Pill”
Katharine McCormick Welcome to the fourth installment of our series chronicling the history of the birth control pill. In the previous installment, progesterone, the birth control pill’s active...
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Over 90 Percent of What Planned Parenthood Does, Part 15: Fertility Awareness...
Welcome to the latest installment of “Over 90 Percent of What Planned Parenthood Does,” a series on Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona’s blog that highlights Planned Parenthood’s diverse array of...
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Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown
A judge in Nebraska’s Supreme Court ruled that a 16-year-old foster child was not “mature enough” to have an abortion. She is, apparently, mature enough to: endure nine months of a potentially...
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“That’s Just Your Sickness Talking”: Psychiatry, Homophobia, and the Turning...
John E. Fryer, MD, dressed as Dr. H. Anonymous at the 1972 APA conference It wasn’t his high blood pressure or high cholesterol that caught Matthew Moore by surprise when he went to his new physician...
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Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown
Dufus du jour, Mike Huckabee, has publicly aired his belief that women are poor, vulnerable souls who can’t think for themselves and are slaves to their libidos for accessing preventive reproductive...
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Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown
The fight over medication-induced abortions continues here in Arizona. (NYT) Sure, the birth control pill is great for keeping your womb empty, but did you know it also makes sex hotter? #WinWin...
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Supreme Court Rules Against Women in Hobby Lobby and Buffer Zone Cases
Five out of six male Supreme Court justices voted in favor of Hobby Lobby’s right to deny full contraceptive benefits. Their opinion does not represent the entire male population. Photo: NARAL On the...
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Book Club: Pro – Reclaiming Abortion Rights
Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights by Katha Pollitt, prize-winning author, poet, essayist, and columnist for The Nation, is a book for people who are in the “muddled middle” of the abortion debate. YOU...
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Population, Environment, and Growing Up Catholic
My Planned Parenthood story started almost 50 years ago, in the late ’60s, while I was attending college. They were heady times, full of excitement and confusion from all the competing movements and...
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Abortion: What’s Faith Got to Do with It?
Plenty, actually. Whenever I hear a politician claiming he or she is a person of faith, I cringe. All too often it’s followed by the words: “I believe in the sanctity of all life, which is why I’m...
View ArticleBros and Cons: A Glimpse into a Dystopic Present
Must admit, upon first viewing the Saturday Night Live sketch about The Handmaid’s Tale, I found it appalling. OK, so I’m old, but I can’t believe how those guys got it on so easily with women. Sounds...
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Celebrating Mexico’s Contributions to the Birth Control Pill
September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month. We’re celebrating by shining the spotlight on Mexico’s role in developing the birth control pill, one of the most important medical...
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