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Planned Parenthood Attacks Intensify Pressure on Independent Clinics

By Sharon Johnson ● Health & Science ● December 21, 2015

These abortion clinics have fewer resources but are exposed to the same if not worse risks. “The longer the expanded protests continue, the greater the risks of copycat crimes like the arsons at the four Planned Parenthood clinics this summer,” says the director of one clinic.

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For Catholic Women Like Me, Pope Brings Hope

By Angela Bonavoglia ● Arts & Culture ● September 17, 2015

Does it really matter Yes, because we are all subject to a medieval theology of women on which Catholic Church leaders, including Pope Francis, base their promotion of public policies that compromise women’s health and lives around the world.

Anti-Choice Laws Grow, U.S. Maternal Deaths Rise

By Rita Henley Jensen ● Commentary ● July 27, 2015

Imagine, billboards with an image of a young vibrant woman with the caption: “She Died Giving Life” and with the tagline: “The U.S. maternal death rate is rising. Take action today to support quality maternity care.”

Texas Anti-Abortion Antics Go Back a Long Way

By Annetta Ramsay & Por Alison Bowen ● Health & Science ● July 16, 2015

The Supreme Court just might hear an appeal to Texas’s TRAP law, making it the biggest abortion case in 25 years. This showdown has been building for decades here, as anti-abortion extremism keeps pushing the legal envelope.

Roof’s Mentor Supports Anti-Choice Republicans

By Hajer Naili ● Health & Science ● June 22, 2015

News reports have made public $65,000 in political contributions of Earl Holt III, the ideological mentor of Dylann Root, Charleston, S.C.’s mass killer. The funds went to Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate and House.

Obama Pressed to Act on Post-Rape Abortion Aid

By Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● June 4, 2015

Religious and human rights advocates are calling on Obama on June 4 to take executive action to ensure access to abortion for women and girls raped in conflict. “We know he is listening,” says one organizer.

Abortion Clinic Boss Dons Bullet-Proof Vest; Uses Decoys

By David S. Cohen, Krysten Connon & Por Alison Bowen ● Health & Science ● May 24, 2015

Kristina Romero is just one of the many abortion providers across the country who deals with risks, from stalking to her children’s lives being threatened, say David S. Cohen and Krysten Connon in this excerpt from “Living in the Crosshairs.”

DIY Abortions Can Have Legal Complications

By Carol Downer & Por Alison Bowen ● Health & Science ● May 21, 2015

Legal problems were limited in the reproductive sovereignty movement decades ago. But in the absence of knowledgeable support groups, which were crucial for us, the current trend in DIY medication abortions could be riskier.

For Victims of Wartime Rape, Abortion Out of Reach

By Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● April 28, 2015

Here’s what one Kenyan woman says about being forced to carry through a pregnancy that resulted from a rape during a conflict period. Obama could end such suffering by clarifying that U.S. law actually does allow abortion funding in such circumstances, a health activist says.

Permission Slip Abortion Bill Is Devious Strategy

By Edna Meza Aguirre & Por Alison Bowen ● Health & Science ● March 20, 2015

Lawmakers in Missouri and Kansas have been busy crafting sneaky ways to block women’s access to abortion. These are attacks on women’s right to abortion as a matter of our constitutional right to privacy. Let’s make the stakes clear.