New Hampshire Cuts Off Funding for Contraceptives for Low-Income Women
Executive Councilor says, “I am opposed to providing condoms to someone.”
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Robert George’s Bogus Comparison of Herman Cain to Martha Coakley
George slaps down Cain’s push for Muslim loyalty oaths, but then falsely compares it to opposition to “conscience” protections for health care workers.
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The Republicans’ Dangerous Quest to End Nonexistent Taxpayer-Funded Abortion
House will vote on H.R. 3 tomorrow.
Read MoreThe Evangelical Sex Disconnect
Republicans attack Planned Parenthood over sex and contraception, but their base may care to differ.
Read MoreA Divided Pro-Life Movement
Making abortion illegal vs. making it unnecessary.
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Condoms and Common Sense
The most recent comments from the Vatican on the Pope’s intentions in his remarks on condom use emphasize his desire to “kick-start” a discussion. It would be fair to ask: a discussion about what? And to wonder if there might be an openness to those who have an alternate vision of human sexuality to that which has dominated official discourse over the last 30 years…
Read More“The Pill Kills” Movement Readies Itself for the Mainstream
By slipping into religious language, and evoking “conscience clause” exemptions, it’s becoming clear that this underground movement is readying itself for the mainstream.
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Women Are Not “Pork”
The Democratic leadership caved in to conservative Republicans on family planning this week. The opposition for the religious right goes back to the historic rupture between sex and reproduction in the 20th century.
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Op-Ed: Bishops vs. Catholic Politicians
Nancy Pelosi was denounced by Roman Catholic bishops and cardinals for deviating from their line on “pelvic issues,” a common criticism from the Church hierarchy. Bishops and cardinals may be pastors, administrators, and lobbyists, but they’re no theologians…
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