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December 2007:
Sex education found to help teenagers delay sex
Reuters News December 19, 2007
House Approves Spending Bill That Levels Abstinence-Only Funds, Increases Title X Funding
Daily Women's Health Policy Report National Partnership for Women and Families December 18, 2007
A public health system defeated at the hands of ideology
By Susan F. Wood The Boston Globe December 17, 2007
Wrong to make abortion illegal
Letter to the Editor San Angelo Standard Times December 17, 2007   Editor: ...
Fertilized egg measure underscores split in right to life tactics
By P. Solomon Banda Associated Press December 6, 2007
A Special Delivery
By Jennie Yabroff Newsweek December 10, 2007 This may go down as the year Hollywood ...
First rise in U.S. teen births since '91
By Mike Stobbe Associated Press December 5, 2007
Women's Health Caught in Congress's Holiday Rush
By Allison Stevens  Women's eNews 27 November 2007
GOP Presidential Candidates Announce a New Plan for American Women: Do-it-Yourself Abortion
By Cristina Page HuffingtonPost. com November 30, 2007
Sex, Science and Savings
Editorial The New York Times December 2, 2007
 
November 2007:
If Roe Falls, States Ready to Curb or Ban Abortion
By Juliette Terzieff  Women's eNews  November 9, 2007 The Center for Reproductive ...
Abortion counseling requirements often violate core principles of informed consent
For immediate release The Guttmacher Institute November 14, 2007   In 23 states, information that ...
Opinion: Government Has Underlying Reluctance to Make Contraceptives Affordable
The Los Angeles Times November 24, 2007
Colleges Shaken by Soaring Cost of Birth Control
By Monica Davey The New York Times November 22, 2007
Fetal death can be murder charge
The Associated Press November 22, 2007
Abortion foes' strategy advances
By Nicholas Riccardi Los Angeles Times November 23, 2007
Contraception can't be ignored in sex education
By Mark Davis The Dallas Morning News November 14, 2007
Affordable Family Planning
Editorial The New York Times November 18, 2007
Teenagers sexually curious
Letter to the Editor Waco Tribune-Herald November 17, 2007   ...
Letter: Texas curriculum needs revision
Letter to the Editor The Dallas Morning News November 9, 2007
Hutchison confounds both sides on abortion
By W. Gardner Selby Austin American Statesman Thursday, November 08, 2007   Kay Bailey ...
Where is the father?
Letter to the Editor Dallas Morning News November 8, 2007
We're No. 1 (in teen births)
By John Young Waco Tribune-Herald November 8, 2007
Study: Teaching only abstinence not certain to curb teen sex
By ROBERT T. GARRETT The Dallas Morning News ...
Report: Abstinence programs don't work
By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer November 7, 2007 ...
Texas teens lead nation in birth rate
By Robert T. Garrett The Dallas Morning News November 5, 2007   While ...
Let Clinics Do Job
Opinion Tyler Morning Telegraph November 6, 2007
Telling the Stories Behind the Abortions
By Cornelia Dean The New York Times November 6, 2007
Abortion Numbers Fall Worldwide
HealthDay News October 12, 2007
U.S. maternal death rate higher than Europe's: report
Reuters October 13, 2007
Texas ranked first in nation in teen repeat births
By Denise Hoepfner The Lufkin Daily News November 3, 2007
Missing the point
Letter to the Editor Bryan/College Station Eagle November 1, 2007   To ...
Poll: Most approve of public schools providing contraceptives
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press November 1, 2007
 
October 2007:
Abstinence approach not the only sex-ed option
By Abigail Jones and Marissa Miley USA Today October 31, 2007 ...
On family planning issue, Bush daughter knows best
By Ruth Marcus The Washington Post October 28, 2007
Teenage Pregnancy
KDFA TV - Amarillo, TX October 21, 2007   They're not even teenagers, ...
No Cut in Money for Abortion Providers
By Andrew Taylor Associated Press October 18, 2007
A stark message
Editorial The Houston Chronicle October 16, 2007
Legal or Not, Abortion Rates Compare
By Elisabeth Rosenthal The New York Times October 12, 2007 ROME, Oct. 11 ...
In the real world, the facts about sex are necessary
By Kathy Clay-Little San Antonio Express-News October 8, 2007
High Court won't hear birth control case
By Mark Sherman Associated Press October 1, 2007
 
September 2007:
Verizon Wireless to Allow Abortion Texts
By The Associated Press September 27, 2007
Verizon Blocks Messages of Abortion Rights Group
By Adam Liptak The New York Times September 27, 2007
Abortion views clash: 40 Days for Life
By Laura Rice KVII Amarillo September 26, 2007
Male Victims of Abortion: New Theme of Right to Life Committee
By Eleanor J. Bader The Public Eye Magazine September 7, 2007
Pro-Choice Senators Score Victory, Repeal Global Gag Rule
For immediate release NARAL Pro-Choice America September 6, 2007   NARAL Pro-Choice America ...
Senate passes foreign aid bill
By ANDREW TAYLOR The Associated Press September 6, 2007   WASHINGTON — The Senate voted ...
Senate Should Send Message to Bush: Stop Blocking World’s Poorest Women’s Access to Birth Control
For immediate release NARAL Pro-Choice America September 6, 2007 ...
 
August 2007:
Fight for 'Morning After' Pill Access Continues
By Jordan Smith The Austin Chronicle August 30, 2007
Maternal Mortality Rate in U.S. Highest in Decades, Experts Say
Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report August 27, 2007
Gonzales Resignation Marks Departure of Key Figure in Push to Undermine Americans’ Freedom and Privacy
For immediate release NARAL Pro-Choice America August 27, 2007
Over-the-counter sales of morning-after pill soar
By David Crary Associated Press August 22, 2007
Amnesty International Affirms New Abortion Policy Despite Opposition From Catholic, Conservative Leaders
Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report August 21, 2007
The Sexual Politics of the GOP
By Eleanor Clift Newsweek August 17, 2007
Study shows Hispanics lag in routine health care and screening
By Melissa McEver Valley Morning Star August 19, 2007
The talk: It's about sex and STDs
By TARA DOOLEY The Houston Chronicle August 20, 2007 It's been a long while ...
Remarks of the Rev. Katherine Hancock Ragsdale, Birmingham, AL
Rev. Katherine Hancock Ragsdale July 21, 2007   Well Operation Save America came, they saw, they ...
Lack of Sex Education in U.S. Increases Vulnerability to Sexual Assault, STIs, Former Surgeon General Elders Says
Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report Friday, August 17, 2007
Study: Abortion pill use doesn't hurt pregnancies later
Associated Press The Houston Chronicle August 15, 2007
For those who won't listen ...
Letter to the Editor Houston Chronicle August 11, 2007 Let's face facts: About 25 percent ...
Plan B Advocates Want Age Restriction Removed
KEYE-TV - CBS 42 Austin August 12, 2007
Defend Dr. Tiller
The Nation August 7, 2007
Poisonous Choices, Women at Risk
By Judith Warner The New York Times August 7, 2007
How Much Jail Time for Women Who Have Abortions?
Anna Quindlen Newsweek August 6, 2007   ...
Let's get real about sex education: Put a stop to teenage births and ignorance
By Juanita Gonzalez, Mackenzie Massey and Lena Twitchell-Heyne The Houston Chronicle August ...
 
July 2007:
Anti-Abortion Leaders Size Up G.O.P. Candidates
By ROBIN TONER The New York Times July 30, 2007 WASHINGTON — After 30 years of political organizing within ...
Washington Druggists Sue Over 'Morning After Pill' Law
CBS News KEYE-TV Austin July 27, 2007 SEATTLE - Pharmacists have sued Washington state over a new regulation that ...
Democrats shift approach on abortion
By Stephanie Simon Los Angeles Times July 26, 2007 Sensing an opportunity to impress religious voters — and tip ...
Local Pharmacies Who Do and Don't Carry Plan B
By Jessica Cervantez KTRE Lufkin July 24, 2007 Plan B, the emergency contraception, is known as a back-up method ...
Texas ranked No. 1 in teen birth rate: Experts say sex education, culture play a role in the state's statistics
By MELANIE MARKLEY Houston Chronicle July 25, 2007 A newly released study on the well-being of children says Texas ...
Sex education can save lives
By Ann Ells Waco Tribune-Herald July 21, 2007 As an attorney who for several years worked alongside doctors, nurses ...
Unwanted choices
Letter to the Editor Corpus-Christi Caller-Times July 23, 2007 Re: "Protect unborn," Cliff Zarsky, July 19. Morality and ...
Pro-Choice Lawmakers Defeat Bid to Block Family-Planning Funds
NARAL Pro-Choice America FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 19, 2007 Washington, D.C. – Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice ...
Women Without Children Stand By Choices
McKenzie Weiby KPRC Houston July 18, 2007 Most little girls play with dolls when they're young, miming the age-old ...
Plan B Use Surges, and So Does Controversy
By Rob Stein The Washington Post Friday 13 July 2007 The popularity of the morning-after pill Plan ...
Court Coverage Got Personal for Pregnant Reporter
By Allison Stevens Women's eNews Tuesday 10 July 2007 Washington - My pregnancy officially began the way ...
Religious Groups Work to Translate Sex-Education Message
By Jacqueline L. Salmon Washington Post Monday, July 16, 2007 When the Rev. Evelyn Perez describes the strong feelings ...
Congress extends funding for abstinence education
By Cheryl Wetzstein The Washington Times July 15, 2007 The House last week renewed an abstinence-education program and a ...
NARAL Pro-Choice America Urges Senate to Call for Straight Answers from Surgeon General Nominee
For Immediate Release NARAL Pro-Choice America July 10, 2007 Washington, D.C. – Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, ...
Ideology Surfaces Again on Health & Human Services Website
For Immediate Release NARAL Pro-Choice America July 10, 2007 Washington, D.C. – Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, ...
College students hit by higher birth control prices
By ALEXIS GRANT The Houston Chronicle July 10, 2007 Facing steep increases in the price of birth control, many ...
Ex-Surgeon General Says White House Hushed Him
By Christopher Lee The Washington Post July 11, 2007 Former surgeon general Richard H. Carmona yesterday accused the Bush ...
Laura Bush Rebukes Husband on Abstinence-Only Requirement
Feminist Wire Newsbriefs Ms. Magazine July 5, 2007 First Lady Laura Bush revealed recently that, while she believes that ...
Abstinence plan expires, for now
By Cheryl Wetzstein The Washington Times June 30, 2007 A federal abstinence education program and welfare-to-work medical assistance program ...
Respectful of rights
Letter to the Editor Fort Worth Star-Telegram June 9, 2007 Curt Lampkin, writer of a Friday letter ("Gutless politicians"), ...
 
June 2007:
NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA CALLS ON CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP TO FIX PROBLEMS WITH SPENDING BILLS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 7, 2007 Washington, D.C. – Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, said her organization ...
"Focus" Leader Admits Court Ruling Endangers Women
By Political Research Associates www.PublicEye.org June 6, 2007 Dispute within the Christian Right over the Supreme Court's April 18 ...
Panel OKs aid for family planning groups
By JIM ABRAMS Associated Press June 5, 2007 WASHINGTON — International family planning groups cut off from ...
Birds, bees and bumbling adults
Bridget Fritts Dallas Morning News May 31, 2007 Teen pregnancy is an issue for Texas high schools, whether they ...
 
May 2007:
In our case, abortion was a medical imperative
By Dan Neil Dallas Morning News May 27, 2007 My wife and I just had an abortion. Two, actually. ...
Five Letters to the Editor: Who Decides?
Letters to the Editor The New York Times May 28, 2007 To the Editor: Re "Abortion Foes See ...
Officials help moms, dads finish school
By TRICIA CORTEZ LAREDO MORNING TIMES 05/28/2007 Editor's note: In the last six years, more than ...
Court Case Over Frozen Embryos in Texas Could Have Implications for Roe v. Wade, Los Angeles Times Reports
KaiserNetwork.org May 30, 2007 A case before the Texas Supreme Court over what should happen with three frozen embryos ...
Let's Talk About Sex
By ATUL GAWANDE The New York Times May 19, 2007 One statistic seems to me to give the ...
Partial-birth abortion ruling could lead to more restrictions
By MICHAEL DOYLE McClatchy-Tribune May 26, 2007 WASHINGTON — Every Supreme Court opinion has an afterlife, especially when it ...
Study: Most Teens OK Mentally After Nonmarital Sex
KPRC Houston May 24, 2007 For a decade, the legislative push for "abstinence only" sex education has suggested that ...
House lawmakers shelve two abortion bills
Emily Ramshaw Dallas Morning News May 23, 2007 Lawmakers in the House derailed two abortion bills on Tuesday: one ...
Shaming women through ultrasounds
Letter to the Editor Austin American-Statesman May 21, 2007 Sen. Dan Patrick's ultrasound bill trivializes the agonizing decision many ...
Why I won't stay silent anymore
By Frances Kissling Salon.com May 11, 2007 I spent my final 10 years at Catholics for a Free Choice ...
Chipping Away at Roe
Opinion Dallas Morning News May 19, 2007 It's no secret that pro-life lawmakers who can't overturn Roe vs. Wade ...
Letter to the Editor: Keep laws off bodies
Letter to the Editor Austin American-Statesman May 20, 2007 Re: May 5 letter "Men in robes." ...
Motherhood was always my choice
By MADELEINE ALBERT BERENSON The Houston Chronicle May 12, 2007 Twenty-eight years ago this month, I was 19 years ...
Mothers are paying the price of parenthood
Ellen Goodman THE BOSTON GLOBE Friday, May 11, 2007 t's become a Mother's Day tradition on a par with ...
Relief will be especially evident for the poor
Opinion, Los Angeles Times Dallas Morning-News May 9, 2007 Last year, Human Rights Watch documented the case of a ...
States react to crisis pregnancy centers
By JULIA SILVERMAN Associated Press Writer May 9, 2007 ASTORIA, Ore. — Ninety miles and a mountain range ...
Cost of sex in Texas
Letter to the Editor Austin American-Statesman May 9, 2007 Re: April 22 editorial "Cost of sex." ...
Legalization of abortion a major breakthrough for women's health in Mexico City
By Lourdes Cárdenas The Dallas Morning-News Wednesday, May 9, 2007 Mexico City has become the first entity in ...
Letter to the Editor: Mexico City progresses on rights of women, children
Letter to the Editor Midland Reporter-Telegram May 6, 2007 I am writing in response to the May 2 editorial ...
Houston senator redefines abortion debate at the Capitol: Freshman Patrick's ultrasound requirement, his third approach, may not make it through House, though
By Mark Lisheron AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN May 7, 2007 When the Texas Senate passed legislation last week that would require ...
Being kept in the dark: Hearings that go late into night cut down on witnesses
By EMILY RAMSHAW The Dallas Morning News May 7, 2007 AUSTIN – For a person with Parkinson's disease, the ...
Letter to the Editor: Unintended pregnancies
Letter to the Editor Austin American-Statesman May 5, 2007 Re: April 22 editorial "Cost of Sex." ...
Bush Warns of Vetoes Over Abortion Issue
THE NEW YORK TIMES May 4, 2007 WASHINGTON, May 3 — President Bush told Congressional leaders Thursday that he ...
Senate passes bill calling for doctors to give ultrasounds before abortions
By Mark Lisheron AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN Thursday, May 03, 2007 Women seeking an abortion would be required to have an ...
Ounce of Prevention, $467 Million of Cure
By Jordan Smith Austin Chronicle May 3, 2007 The House State Affairs Committee on April 25 approved a measure ...
Goodman: Ruling turns back the clock on women's rights
Ellen Goodman THE BOSTON GLOBE Friday, April 27, 2007 Let us return to that wonderful yesterday when the United ...
Saving women from regret
By Ellen Goodman The Boston Globe May 1, 2007 Let us return to that wonderful yesterday when the ...
 
April 2007:
Shapiro meddles again
Letter to the Editor Dallas Morning News April 28, 2007 Re: "Senate backs bill for voluntary survey on ...
When judges play doctor
By JOHN YOUNG Cox News Service Friday, April 27, 2007 WACO, Texas — You wonder if Anthony Kennedy was ...
Echoes from the Gonzales v. Carhart decision
By Linda P. Campbell Star-Telegram Staff Writer April 26, 2007 On April 22, 1992, I milled about the crowd ...
Women's health not even an afterthought
By John Young Waco Tribune-Herald April 26, 2007 You wonder if Anthony Kennedy was writing about the case at ...
Reflections on the New Abortion Ruling and the Roberts Court
By DOROTHY SAMUELS The New York Times April 27, 2007 One of the sage pieces of advice a ...
Religious group attacks religion in U.S. healthcare
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor Reuters News Service April 24, 2007 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition of ...
I Had That Now-Banned Abortion
By Ilene Jaroslaw Newsweek April 23, 2007 It was Friday afternoon at nursery school and Simone just couldn't wait ...
Senate backs bill for voluntary survey on abortion
By CHRISTY HOPPE The Dallas Morning News April 26, 2007 AUSTIN – A modified survey for abortion doctors and ...
Choice comes down to whether women vote
Sue Hutchison SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS April 25, 2007 Memo to the bloc of 20 million single women who ...
Anti-abortion bill is halted
By CHRISTY HOPPE The Dallas Morning News April 25, 2007 AUSTIN – A stiff anti-abortion bill is probably gone ...
Senate panel approves bill requiring ultrasounds before abortions
By LIZ AUSTIN PETERSON Associated Press Writer April 24, 2007 AUSTIN — Doctors would have to perform ultrasounds on ...
Off to Work She Should Go
By LINDA HIRSHMAN New York Times April 25, 2007 The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics recently published its ...
Court veers right... into doctor's office
Editorial Wichita Falls Times Record News April 22, 2007 In their decision upholding a federal ban on a second ...
Politicians - and justices - play God and doctor
By Ellen Goodman Dallas Morning-News April 23, 2007 May I remind you what else was happening on the ...
An unhealthy decision
By Tom Teepen Austin American-Statesman April 24, 2007 Brace for a hailstorm of anti-abortion legislation from Congress and the ...
Study: No link between abortion, breast cancer
Los Angeles Times April 23, 2007 An abortion or a miscarriage does not increase a woman's risk of ...
Other Voices: Supreme Court makes U-turn on abortion
Editorial Los Angeles Times April 20, 2007 The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday executed an unconscionable U-turn on abortion, ...
Denying the Right to Choose
Editorial New York Times April 19, 2007 Among the major flaws in yesterday’s Supreme Court decision giving the federal ...
Abstinence-only wastes tax dollars
Letter to the Editor San Antonio Express-News April 21, 2007 I am angry that, once again, my tax dollars ...
Teepen: Bush abstinence hustle doesn't fool American teenagers
By TOM TEEPEN Lufkin Daily News Friday, April 20, 2007 Same song, different chorus: Abstinence-only sex education doesn't work. ...
A Right Denied
Editorial Dallas Morning-News April 24, 2007 Nobody wants to embrace the gruesome process known as partial-birth abortion – ...
Abortion ruling leaves physicians uncertain
By KAREN KAPLAN Los Angeles Times April 19, 2007 The difficult job of terminating pregnancies will become more complicated ...
The World Turned Upside Down
By Andrew Cohen, CBS News Legal Analyst Tyler KYTX April 19, 2007 Your state legislature holds colorful hearings on ...
Abortion case pits safety, law
Nicole Foy San Antonio Express-News April 19, 2007 This week's Supreme Court decision upholding federal restrictions on abortions ...
Potential problems
Editorial Fort Worth Star-Telegram April 19, 2007 The Northeast Tarrant County Right to Life Educational Association is a devoted ...
Health care, not intimidation
Letter to the Editor The Daily Texan April 17, 2007 Finally, there are some smart Texas legislators who realize ...
'Depression' line in abortion ruling raises eyebrows
Maro Robbins San Antonio Express-News April 20, 2007 Tucked into the Supreme Court's latest abortion ruling is a potentially ...
Abortion ruling prompts protest
By Philip Jankowski The Daily Texan April 20, 2007 Protesters gathered at the Capitol Thursday evening to demonstrate their ...
Anti-abortion bill advances in Texas
By JOHN MORITZ FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, AUSTIN BUREAU April 19, 2007 Legislation designed to trigger the outlawing of virtually ...
Exception not guaranteed in abortion ruling
By Randolph E. Schmid Associated Press April 20, 2007 WASHINGTON - Women who want a controversial abortion procedure for ...
Supreme Court Abortion Ban Ruling Draws Mixed Reaction
HealthDay News Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel April 19, 2007 The U.S. Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that a ban on so-called ...
On the Lege: Abortion Makes You Crash
By Jordan Smith Austin Chronicle April 19, 2007 In the world of family-planning and reproductive rights, it's been business ...
Lileks: Just say no to Abstinence 101
James Lileks, NEWHOUSE NEWS SERVICE Austin American-Statesman April 19, 2007 Abstinence for teens is wise. It protects them from ...
Supreme Court upholds ban on partial-birth abortions
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press April 18, 2007 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a ...
Editorial: Abstinence-only isn't enough
Waco Tribune-Herald Wednesday, April 18, 200 The United States spends $176 million a year on a program that doesn’t ...
'And then what happens?'
By CYNTHIA HALL CLEMENTS The Gilmer Mirror April 18, 2007 That's the question I asked myself after reading a ...
Democrats seek oversight of crisis pregnancy centers
By LIZ AUSTIN PETERSON Associated Press Writer April 16, 2007 AUSTIN — A group of Democratic lawmakers called Monday ...
Government unworried by abstinence report
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor Reuters News Service April 16, 2007 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A report ...
Lawmakers propose crackdown on crisis pregnancy centers
By Corrie MacLaggan AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Tuesday, April 17, 2007 Two years after the Legislature began diverting $2.5 million a ...
Bills aim to regulate pregnancy crisis centers
By Joseph Boone The Daily Texan April 17, 2007 Texas lawmakers showed support at a press conference Monday for ...
To the Editor: Anti-abortion bill would open market on infants
Letter to the Editor Amarillo Globe-News April 15, 2007 Does Republican state Sen. Dan Patrick really believe that babies ...
Society's obligation
Letter to the Editor The Austin American-Statesman April 1, 2007 Re: March 23 letter "Why should I pay?" ...
Abstinence-Only Educators Defend Programs: Lawmakers Eye Sex Education Funding
The Associated Press KXAS Dallas April 10, 2007 WASHINGTON -- Abstinence-only educators say there's more to their programs than ...
Don't abort that baby — sell it!
By CYNTHIA HALL CLEMENTS The Gilmer Mirror April 11, 2007 Imagine this classified ad: Wanted to buy: Newborn ...
A viable solution
Letter to the Editor The Bryan-College Station Eagle April 10, 2007 As we all know, abortion is an extremely ...
Women getting divergent messages about abortion
By JUDY PERES Chicago Tribune April 7, 2007 CHICAGO — Janeen Daniels headed to a Chicago clinic for an ...
Honest broker
Editorial Houston Chronicle April 6, 2007 ERIC Keroack's exit from the federal stage was nearly as dramatic as his ...
Trivializing an emotional decision
By Chris Bell Fort Bend Sun April 6, 2007 Only $500 for a baby put up for adoption? ...
Federal Family-Planning Honcho Resigns
BY JORDAN SMITH Austin Chronicle April 5, 2007 Dr. Eric Keroack, appointed by President George W. Bush to oversee ...
Eating away at reproductive rights
By John Young Waco Tribune April 5, 2007 I haven’t seen a poll in at least a quarter century ...
Abortion bill would require patient data
By CHRISTY HOPPE The Dallas Morning News Tuesday, April 3, 2007 AUSTIN – Lawmakers are considering ways to tweak ...
Don't trust these moms
Letter to the Editor Dallas Morning News Monday, April 2, 2007 Re: "Politics of ultrasound – A way ...
Controversial leader of family planning office resigns
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press March 29, 2007 WASHINGTON — The head of the federal office responsible for providing ...
 
March 2007:
Take care of the babies
Letter to the Editor Longview News-Journal March 28, 2007 Does anyone else feel as if there are some priorities ...
On Money for Motherhood
By Patricia Kilday Hart TexasMonthly: BurkaBlog March 26, 2007 My obsession with babies is a source of amusement among ...
Patrick's adoption incentive is baby selling, some say
By JANET ELLIOTT Houston Chronicle - Austin Bureau March 23, 2007 AUSTIN — Houston state Sen. Dan Patrick wants ...
Tailoring an antiabortion message to blacks: Activists open crisis pregnancy centers in minority areas to draw more African Americans to their cause
By Stephanie Simon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer March 21, 2007 DALLAS — Antiabortion activists are reaching aggressively to ...
Babies for Sale
By Jordan Smith Austin Chronicle March 22, 2007 When is selling a baby not selling a baby? When state ...
School Officials Block Student Newspaper about Teenage Sexual Activity
Associated Press WOAI San Antonio March 20, 2007 DANBURY, Texas (AP) - School officials have rejected the appeals of ...
Wyoming Governor Vetoes Anti-Choice Bill
For immediate release March 9, 2007 CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Today Governor Dave Freudenthal vetoed SF118/SEA73, Homicide Resulting in Termination ...
Kroger: No refusing morning-after pill
By GREG BLUESTEIN Associated Press Writer Sun, Mar. 11, 2007 Kroger Co. said Friday it was reiterating its drug ...
NARAL Pro-Choice America Applauds Repeal of Dangerous and Divisive Law in New Hampshire
NARAL Pro-Choice America For immediate release March 7, 2007 Washington, DC – Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, ...
Editorial: Let's talk about sex ed
The Daily Texan March 2, 2007 Sex is on the mind. Forget promiscuous song lyrics, online pornography and Victoria's ...
Ideology undermines health care
By CYNTHIA HALL CLEMENTS The Gilmer Mirror March 2, 2007 Two million dollars is a huge chunk of feel-good ...
Texas tops U.S. in teen birth rates
By Christopher Crawford The Daily Texan March 1, 2007 Statistics identifying Texas with some of the highest numbers of ...
Texas Aims To Curb Unplanned Pregnancies
KXAN.com Austin, TX February 27, 2007 The goal of the press conference at the Texas Capitol Tuesday was to ...
Rio Grande Valley: Teen Pregnancy
KGBT-4 TV Harlingen, TX February 27, 2007 Growing up in small town Mercedes, Alyssa Trevino never imagined much of ...
Bill Aims to Decrease Teen Pregnancy
By Robert Kleeman The Daily Texan February 28, 2007 A bill introduced by legislators Tuesday aims to revoke one ...
 
February 2007:
TPCN Flack Attack: No Nutritional Content
By Jordan Smith Austin Chronicle February 22, 2007 On Feb. 13, The Austin Chronicle acquired a seven-page document, produced ...
Prevention First
By Jordan Smith Austin Chronicle February 16, 2007 U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., along with 106 co-sponsors, filed legislation ...
State-funded family-planning effort questioned
By PEGGY FIKAC Houston Chronicle Feb. 11, 2007 AUSTIN — A state program that provides alternatives to abortion has ...
Waco's anti-abortion movement hopes to tap black communities
By Cindy V. Culp Waco Tribune-Herald Sunday, February 11, 2007 Nearly 10,000 Waco households will soon receive a pamphlet ...
8 states fund anti-abortion counseling
From Wire Reports Los Angeles Times Dallas Morning News Monday, February 12, 2007 AUSTIN – In an experiment that's ...
Study: Moral beliefs may sway docs' care
By LINDA A. JOHNSON Associated Press Writer Feb. 7, 2007 A disturbing number of doctors do not ...
Toxic law: As with Washington earmarks, watch out for Texas legislative riders with malignant purpose
Editorial Houston Chronicle January 31, 2007 Tucked like lard bits into a stew, "earmarks" have so fattened the federal ...
Dukes questions progress of abortion alternative program
By Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN Friday, February 02, 2007 Just 166 women have been served by a nearly year-old ...
The Difference Between Winning & Losing
Nancy Keenan President, NARAL Pro-Choice America January 2007 [Washington, DC – The following is a copy of ...
 
January 2007:
Real Alternatives: The Pennsylvania Connection
BY JORDAN SMITH Austin Chronicle January 26, 2007 Among the major expenses the Texas Pregnancy Care Network outlined in ...
No Real Alternative: In the name of "promoting childbirth," the state finds yet another way to deny health care to thousands of Texas women
By Jordan Smith Austin Chronicle January 26, 2007 In March of 2005, during the last hour of a nearly ...
Abbott says doctors can't face death penalty for abortions
By LIZ AUSTIN PETERSON Associated Press Jan. 24, 2007 AUSTIN — The death penalty cannot be used against doctors ...
FDA Scrutinizes Birth Control Drugs
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Business Writer January 23, 2007 WASHINGTON — The government is considering setting higher standards ...
Professor furthers women's rights
By Norah Tahiri The Daily Texan January 23, 2007 Monday marked the 34th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the ...
Goodman: Searching for abortion's elusive middle ground
Ellen Goodman THE BOSTON GLOBE January 22, 2007 Do you worry that things are getting too touchy-feely on the ...
The Women Who Came Before Roe
By Michele Kort Ms. Magazine January 22, 2007 The handwritten letters are wrenching. -- I took my ...
NPR: Congress May See Shift on Abortion
by Julie Rovner Morning Edition January 22, 2007 Democrats in Congress may push for a more moderate abortion agenda. ...
NARAL Releases Latest State-by-State Report on Reproductive Rights
Ms. Magazine Feminist Wire Daily Newsbriefs January 19, 2007 NARAL Pro-Choice America released today its 16th annual report tracking ...
Dinos in the Dome
By Jordan Smith Austin Chronicle January 18, 2007 If the city is a jungle, the Capitol, it seems, is ...
Abortion groups work on issues below radar of trigger bill
By Mark Lisheron Austin American-Statesman Wednesday, January 17, 2007 Freshman state Sen. Dan Patrick of Houston has gotten the ...
Bill would make abortion illegal in Texas if Roe overturned
By TERRENCE STUTZ The Dallas Morning News Thursday, January 11, 2007 AUSTIN – Legislation was filed in the ...
Bill would trigger abortion law: Measures filed to ban procedures if Roe is overturned
By POLLY ROSS HUGHES Houston Chronicle - Austin Bureau January 10, 2007 AUSTIN — Two conservative lawmakers want a ...
'You cannot imagine how hard times were'
By David R. Reinhartsen Fort Worth Star-Telegram January 6, 2007 We hear a lot about abortion from politicians and ...
Abortion rights activist backs Edwards
BETH FOUHY Associated Press January 5, 2007 WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has won the backing of ...
Keenan reflects on first election as abortion-rights group leader
By Faith Bremner Gannett News Service January 2, 2007 WASHINGTON — As a student at Montana State University in ...
Family Planning Is Family Values
By Cristina Page TomPaine.com December 19, 2006 Listen to the apocalyptic rhetoric of the religious right and you'll find ...
 

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