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The right’s judicial hypocrisy: Why it’s so inconsistent on “activism” in the courts
Heather Digby Parton
As they try to pull back Roe v Wade, here's why it's impossible to discern conservatives' judicial philosophy
Fertility is not a “disease”! How extremists fundamentally misunderstand contraception
Jenn Stanley
On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, here's what a movement with a long, ugly history looks like today
GOP’s abortion freak-out: How horrible optics caused a “revolt” within the party
Katie McDonough
No, the women of the GOP aren't suddenly moderates -- they're cynics who recognized an extremist ban looked awful
Religious right’s pope problem: Why Rick Santorum & co. are so desperately confused
Katie McDonough
Rick Santorum flipped about Pope Francis' birth control remarks. But they actually toe the same conservative line
Surprise! Banning abortion would cost taxpayers an obscene amount of money
Jenny Kutner
The Congressional Budget Office estimates GOP's 20-week abortion ban will cost $500 million over the next decade
The GOP’s 20-week trap: Congress’ new antiabortion bill is all about Roe v. Wade
Jenny Kutner
Anti-choice advocates pretend a 20-week abortion ban is to prevent "fetal pain." Here's what it's really about
This is no teenage fantasy!: The GOP’s “student-body presidency” dig is an insult to working families
Katie McDonough
A GOP operative dismissed paid leave as juvenile pandering while the rest of the country fights to make ends meet
Obama trolls the GOP: How a not-so-lame-duck president left them bumbling
Joan Walsh
With his modest tax proposals Obama is neither Piketty nor Robin Hood -- but here's why his SOTU riled up the right
The right’s home-school conspiracy: How I helped GOP launch a religious war
Frank Schaeffer
I helped start the religious right. This is how we sought to undermine secular America -- and build a theocracy
New York Times editorial board takes a bold stand for reproductive rights
Jenny Kutner
"The ability of women to control their reproductive lives is essential for their health, careers and equality"
The Pope Francis revolution: Inside the catastrophic collapse of the Catholic right
Patricia Miller
Once a major political force with the power to derail presidential campaigns, right-wing Catholicism is in decline
Bill Maher is right about religion: The Orwellian ridiculousness of Jesus, and the truth about moral progress
Michael Shermer
"Most religions were pulled into the modern Enlightenment with their fingernails dug into the past"
This is my blood: Why a former punk rocker agreed to raise her daughter Catholic
Lily Burana
I once saw the church as intimidating, but now I saw promise. The pope had changed my worldview. So had my daughter
“The Daily Show” slams appalling Alabama law that appoints lawyers for fetuses
Sarah Gray
"Oh shit! That's how babies are made in Alabama!"
As Roe anniversary approaches, advocates push for abortion rights in foreign aid
Katie McDonough
For more than 40 years, an overly broad interpretation of a foreign aid amendment has denied women basic healthcare
The left’s Charlie Hebdo dilemma: How to feel about the magazine & its cartoons
Branko Marcetic
With issues of free speech, Islamophobia, racism and barbarism all colliding, liberals now face a complex question
Meet the leader of the world’s “only anti-feminism party”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Think the "full force of man logic" has a chance in Parliament?
Wendy Davis’ replacement wears “Stand For Life” cowboy boots to swearing in
Jenny Kutner
Texas GOPer Konni Burton made an interesting choice replacing Davis' iconic pink sneakers
Mitt Romney, anti-poverty warrior: Why his latest reinvention is so ridiculous
Luke Brinker
He once declared that he wasn't "concerned about the very poor," but now Mitt thinks he's the new Bobby Kennedy
The March for Life is a march against birth control. Will the GOP get behind it?
Katie McDonough
The antiabortion movement has set its sights on birth control. Will the GOP continue to embrace its fringe agenda?
“Every time I tell my story, someone else will come up and tell me theirs”: How the 1 in 3 Campaign is turning abortion stories into art
Jenny Kutner
Playwrights have taken stories from the 1 in 3 Campaign and turned them into a drama honoring women's choices
10 historical “facts” only a wingnut could believe
Roy Edroso
To hear far-right conservatives tell it, Darwin is a menace to civilization and FDR is history's greatest monster
“Why send women across the border?”: Judges grill Texas on sweeping abortion law
Katie McDonough
“What is the underlying relationship between building requirements and sterility?” asked one of the judges
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