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Alito’s team
Tim Grieve
The new justice chooses an "architect" of John Ashcroft's post-9/11 policies as one of his first clerks.
Anne Lamott on the rights of the born
Katharine Mieszkowski
The novelist and memoirist tells off a roomful of Catholics about abortion.
Teen sex on trial in Kansas
Tracy Clark-Flory
The state's attorney general seeks to define any sexual contact between youths as rape.
Surprise! Bush budget sucks for women
Page Rockwell
The fiscal year 2007 budget cuts funding for almost every program with "women" in the title.
Thanks, Daddy’s little girl!
Katharine Mieszkowski
Congressmen with daughters are more likely to support women's rights, including abortion.
The baby industrial complex
Lynn Harris
A Harvard economist reveals that the booming fertility industry is shockingly unregulated -- and says it's time for the U.S. government to step in.
Right-wingers turn against Bush
Michael Scherer
The president's conservative base feels increasingly betrayed by his big-spending, big-government administration. Will it abandon him in 2006?
“An estimated 1 in 3 women have had an abortion, and I am one of them”
Sarah Goldstein
Australian Sen. Lyn Allison gets personal and political on the Senate floor.
Feminism after Friedan
Joan Walsh
More than 40 years ago, she launched a movement by denouncing stifling, stay-at-home motherhood. Today, are women who choose to stay home betraying feminism?
Britain supports safe abortion services
Tracy Clark-Flory
The British government announces plans to supplement funds lost due to "global gag."
Will America without Roe = Uganda?
Sarah Karnasiewicz
So that's what a country without reproductive freedom looks like.
Another day, another reason to sue Wal-Mart
Rebecca Traister
Three Massachusetts women sue the retail giant for failing to stock emergency contraception.
What the hell happened?
Rebecca Traister
In 2004, a massive pro-choice rally shook Washington. Just two years later, feminists are reflecting on the failure to stop Alito and what a conservative Supreme Court will mean for women.
Hey, is that a unicorn? No, just a little good news about abortion
Lynn Harris
A federal court unanimously strikes down an abortion ban as unconstitutional.
Target still off — and E.C. is just the tip of the “conscience” iceberg
Lynn Harris
Laws pending in 18 states could allow health workers to refuse a whole lot more than emergency contraception.
The “dream” dies in more ways than one
Lynn Harris
Senate deals a "crushing blow" to civil rights -- and the King family legacy.
“I can give you condoms, but I’ll have to tell the cops”
Lynn Harris
Kansas trial: Must counselors report teen sex? (Including "fondling with intent to arouse"?)
Senate confirms Alito
Tim Grieve
With the filibuster threat gone, the roll-call vote was only a formality.
Spinning the Alito defeat: It makes progressives stronger!
Tim Grieve
The Femininst Majority's Eleanor Smeal says the Alito fight "lays the groundwork" for a future filibuster.
Illegal abortion on the rise
Sarah Goldstein
Even with Roe protected, access to safe abortion is getting harder to come by.
Feinstein: I’ll back the filibuster after all
Tim Grieve
After saying that she didn't see the "gross moral turpitude" required for a filibuster, the California senator says she'll vote against cloture on Monday.
Who’s to blame for Samuel Alito?
Tim Grieve
It's easy to point fingers at Democrats who won't filibuster, but they weren't alone in getting us here.
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