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Category: Reproductive rights

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Alabama’s anti-abortion abomination

May 16, 2019 Renee Shur Humor, Reproductive rights, Women Leave a comment

If you’re a woman and if your head is spinning following passage of the draconian abortion law in Alabama, rest assured that the dizzy

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Abortion: as old as pregnancy itself

April 14, 2019 Renee Shur Civil Rights, History, Reproductive rights, Women Leave a comment

One of the most contentious and emotionally charged issues in American politics today is the issue of abortion and a woman’s right to choose.

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Missouri’s 2017 abortion law is as harsh as they get

August 1, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Missouri region, Reproductive rights Leave a comment

Missouri Governor Eric Greitens has gone out of his way to make things as difficult as possible for women seeking reproductive health services and

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The Global Gag Rule Is Back: The Human Cost

April 21, 2017 Renee Shur Activism, Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Community/Common good, Foreign Policy, Gender issues, Health care, Human Rights, Population growth, Reproductive rights Leave a comment

Do you remember last year’s reports of undecided voters who vowed not to cast ballots in the 2016 presidential election because they just couldn’t

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Phyllis Schlafly: Back in the news, and in my memory

April 13, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Reproductive rights, Women Leave a comment

Longtime conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly is in the news again. This time, it’s because she has committed the cardinal sin–in the purist conservative rule

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MO legislator wants names of women who’ve had an abortion

April 11, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik Missouri region, Reproductive rights, Republicans Leave a comment

If you had an abortion in Missouri between 2010 and 2015, you’re on Missouri State Senator Kurt Schaefer’s hit list. Schaefer, a Republican, demanded

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Missouri law would apply abortion restrictions to gun purchases

December 4, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Guns, Missouri region, Reproductive rights, States 3 comments

A Missouri state representative has pre-filed a bill that would make it as difficult to buy a gun as it is to get an

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“Grandma” offers a refreshing, accepting view of abortion

October 5, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Literature/Arts/Film, Reproductive rights, Women Leave a comment

“Grandma” is a trifle of a movie with the socially redeeming characteristic of portraying an accepting attitude toward  abortions. Unlike most Hollywood films, broadcast-TV

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Planned Parenthood: What really happens at a clinic

September 16, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Reproductive rights Leave a comment

The Republicans and anti-choicers who are using heavily-doctored, appallingly-edited videos which raise serious questions about the legality and morality of those who took them

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Abortion: Focusing on the real issues, not the distractions

August 21, 2015 Arthur Lieber Civil liberties, Ethics, Gender issues, Health care, Human Rights, Justice, Reproductive rights Leave a comment

Abortion opponents often like to dwell on minutia, such as whether or not Planned Parenthood profits from making embryonic organs available for life-saving research.

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