Abortion Rights Groups Push to Regulate Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Members of the City Council and abortion rights proponents are accusing so-called "crisis pregnancy centers" of providing false information to women in an effort to steer them away from abortions and...
View ArticleOpinion: Understanding the Perpetual Right-Wing War on Women
The right-wing is not ashamed of making enemies. Having targets motivates their base, earns them attention and fuels their cause. Usually, like schoolyard bullies, conservative activists pick on the...
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Anti-Abortion Billboard in Soho Is Removed
An anti-abortion group's controversial billboard was taken down from its Soho location Thursday night.The advertisement at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Watts Street pictured a toddler with the...
View ArticleRep. Gwen Moore on Planned Parenthood and Her Private Life
A little over a week ago, in the midst of the heated debates around our nation’s proposed federal budget cuts, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI) attracted national attention. After 240 of 241 House...
View ArticleBloomberg Signs Controversial Pregnancy Center Bill
Mayor Bloomberg signed a controversial bill targeting “crisis pregnancy centers” Wednesday — but not until anti-abortion activists got their say.During a public hearing before the bill signing at City...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood Chief
Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, discusses the work her organization does and the recent Congressional battle over the group's funding.→ Listen, Read a Recap, and...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood Weighs In on the Politics of Women's Health Care
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on the Brian Lehrer Show, Cecile...
View ArticleThe Catholic Case Against Boehner's Budgets
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on the Brian Lehrer Show, Stephen...
View ArticleStates Cut Funding to Planned Parenthood
After failing to get a measure to defund Planned Parenthood through the Senate in April, Republican lawmakers are now taking their fight against the organization to the state level. And they seem to be...
View ArticleGillibrand's Bipartisan Partisan Pitch to Women
When House Republicans made defunding Planned Parenthood a central talking point in passing their budget cuts, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand seized the moment.“You may not balance the budget on the backs...
View ArticleNew Federal Rules Aim to Expand Health Coverage for Women
Federal health officials have announced new regulations that would require insurers to cover a range of preventive care services for women without co-payments or deductibles, including contraception....
View ArticleSusan G. Komen Planned Parenthood Decision Forces Many to Make Difficult...
On Tuesday, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the largest breast cancer advocacy organization in America, pulled $650,000 in funding from Planned Parenthood. In the days afterward, the Komen...
View ArticleFriday Follow: Komen Cuts Funding, Romney's 'Poor' Comments, Florida GOP...
This week the Susan G. Komen Foundation cut funding for Planned Parenthood, Mitt Romney made headlines when he said he wasn't "concerned about the very poor," and Florida's GOP Primary went to Mitt...
View ArticleChallenges & Grants
Howard Wolfson, NYC deputy mayor for Government Affairs and Communications and former communications director for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, discusses Mayor Bloomberg's budget and...
View ArticleOpinion: Standing Up to Bullies and the Fight for Women's Health
"Susan Komen would not give in to bullies or to fear. Too bad the foundation bearing her name did," tweeted Judy Blume, proving she continues to be a talented communicator even when she's constrained...
View ArticleKomen Foundation Reverses Decision to End Grants to Planned Parenthood
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced on Friday that they have reversed their decision to pull funding from Planned Parenthood. Komen was the target of widespread outrage in the news media and...
View ArticleThe Fundraising Push After Komen-Planned Parenthood
Eight Senate Democrats and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee launched an online petition Wednesday themed “One Million Strong for Women,” seeking to build support for women’s rights, which...
View ArticleOpinion: Why Progressives Should Be the Willing Culture Warriors
Conservatives are usually the culture warriors, and when they're not, they get into trouble. When he was considering a presidential run, Indiana's Mitch Daniels suggested the party should focus on...
View ArticleAbortion Fight in Texas Threatens Women's Health Care Options
A fight over abortion in Texas could lead to a shutdown of a major women's health care program. Texas’s federally-funded Women's Health Program serves 130,000 women who don’t meet strict Medicaid...
View ArticleClinton, Quinn and Fluke Ask: Where Are The Women (Who’ll Run)?
If you didn’t realize women don’t rule the world (yet), you’re not alone. In front of a full house at the 92nd Street Y Wednesday night, Chelsea Clinton made a confession.“Until my mother ran for...
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