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    Ina May Gaskin on Rising U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate, Midwifery and Home Births

    As the controversy over women’s access to contraception continues, we look at women’s access to safe, affordable and comfortable birthing options. Pioneering midwife Ina May Gaskin is the founder and director of the Farm Midwifery Center in Tennessee. Last year, she won a Right Livelihood Award "for her whole-life’s work teaching and advocating safe, woman-centered childbirth methods that best promote the physical and mental...
    Mar 19, 2012 | Story

  • "America’s Pro-Choice Majority Speaks Out." By Amy Goodman

    In the wake of the successful pushback against the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood, the Obama administration should listen to the majority of Americans: The United States, including Catholics, is strongly pro-choice.
    Feb 09, 2012 | Columns & Articles
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    As Contraceptives Rule Enters GOP Race, Will Reproductive Rights Affect 2012 Election?

    Rick Santorum’s three-state victory comes after a week of heavy Republican campaigning against a new Obama administration rule requiring health insurance plans, including those provided by Catholic-affiliated hospitals and universities, to offer free birth control methods. Reproductive rights groups have hailed the measure, which was fueled by research showing birth control is necessary for women’s health and well-being. The row over...
    Feb 08, 2012 | Story
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    Women Hurt Most by Debt Deal Cuts to Medicare, Social Security, Tuition

    The debt ceiling agreement reached this week by the White House and Congress could deal a serious blow to women’s well-being, according to leading women’s rights groups. The deal will potentially impose $1 trillion in cuts to programs that mostly serve and employ women, such as family planning clinics, food stamps, college tuition assistance and childcare. The National Organization for Women (NOW), the largest feminist organization...
    Aug 04, 2011 | Story