Nigerian ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ Activists Not Celebrating Ceasefire Deal Yet
by Samuel Okocha
What #GamerGate and the Anti-Choice Movement Have in Common
by Amanda Marcotte
Pregnant Texans Are Being Charged With Crimes That Don’t Exist
by Andrea Grimes
Celebrate the HB 2 Win, But Beware the Coming Supreme Court Showdown Over Equal Rights
by Jessica Mason Pieklo
Adoption Is Not a Universal Alternative to Abortion, No Matter What Anti-Choicers Say by Randie Bencanann
Maine Republican Has Not Apologized for Comparing Abortion to Rape by Nina Liss-Schultz
How the Pro-Choice Movement Excludes People With Disabilities by Lenzi Sheible
What #GamerGate and the Anti-Choice Movement Have in Common by Amanda Marcotte
Braley to Ernst in Iowa Senate Battle: 'Your Words Have Consequences' for Women's Health by Emily Crockett
What's Up With All These Voting Restrictions?: A GIF-splanation by Imani Gandy
Hulu Rejects Anti-Personhood Ad, Labels it 'Controversial' by Jason Salzman
Groundbreaking Research Aims to Expand Our Knowledge of Abortion Stigma by Steph Herold
Where’s the '16, Parenting, and OK' Reality Show? by Gloria Malone
Indiana to Cut Off Food Stamps for 65,000 Residents by Nina Liss-Schultz
Maine Republican Has Not Apologized for Comparing Abortion to Rape by Nina Liss-Schultz
Pregnant Texans Are Being Charged With Crimes That Don't Exist by Andrea Grimes
How the Pro-Choice Movement Excludes People With Disabilities by Lenzi Sheible
Adoption Is Not a Universal Alternative to Abortion, No Matter What Anti-Choicers Say by Randie Bencanann
Texas' HB 2's Journey From the Capitol to SCOTUS: GIF-splained by Andrea Grimes
What #GamerGate and the Anti-Choice Movement Have in Common by Amanda Marcotte
Supreme Court Blocks Portions of Texas Anti-Abortion Law by Jessica Mason Pieklo
The Hidden Costs of Abortion Restrictions by Carole Joffe
What's Up With All These Voting Restrictions?: A GIF-splanation by Imani Gandy
Braley to Ernst in Iowa Senate Battle: 'Your Words Have Consequences' for Women's Health by Emily Crockett
How the Pro-Choice Movement Excludes People With Disabilities by Lenzi Sheible
What #GamerGate and the Anti-Choice Movement Have in Common by Amanda Marcotte
Pregnant Texans Are Being Charged With Crimes That Don't Exist by Andrea Grimes
Adoption Is Not a Universal Alternative to Abortion, No Matter What Anti-Choicers Say by Randie Bencanann
Katha Pollitt's 'Pro' Hopes to Sway the 'Muddled Middle' on Abortion Ethics by Eleanor J. Bader
Maine Republican Has Not Apologized for Comparing Abortion to Rape by Nina Liss-Schultz
Is Colorado's 'Personhood' Amendment a Sweeping Approach to Ban Abortion? by Jason Salzman
Supreme Court Blocks Wisconsin Republicans' Voter ID Law by Jessica Mason Pieklo
Supreme Court Blocks Portions of Texas Anti-Abortion Law by Jessica Mason Pieklo
New Online Course Seeks to De-Stigmatize Abortion by Nina Liss-Schultz
How to Stop Incarcerating the Mentally Ill and Start Helping Them
Many people who struggle with a mental illness are unnecessarily arrested because police officers are not properly trained to handle a mental health crisis. OverCriminalized, produced by Brave New Films, reveals the truth of how the mentally ill are treated within the justice system, and one department’s answer to helping both police officers and those who struggle with a mental illness.
2014 Midterms: Anti-Abortion Ballot Initiatives in Three States
MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry details the anti-abortion ballot initiatives appearing in Colorado, North Dakota, and Tennessee this November. [via MSNBC]
‘The Gutting’ Tells the Honest and Harrowing Truths About Rape
Beck Cooper’s “The Gutting” is a powerful poem that exemplifies the struggles with identity, sexuality, and self-worth a rape victim faces after the horrific event.
Who Is Sean Fieler?
by Amanda MarcottePodcast (reality-cast-podcast): Download | Embed
On this episode of Reality Cast, I talk with Sharona Coutts, vice president of investigations and research at RH Reality Check, about a relatively unknown but extremely generous funder of all sorts of religious right causes. In another segment, I discuss the Supreme Court decision to stay part of Texas’ abortion law, and George Will claims the “war on women” is a myth.
From Nicki Minaj to ‘House of Cards': How Is Abortion Portrayed in Pop Culture?
by RHRC StaffIn this episode of Making Contact Radio, a weekly series concentrating on social justice issues, experts and advocates weigh in on pop culture representations of abortion and reproductive decision-making—and why these stories really matter.
![Anti-choice ballot initiatives in Colorado and Tennessee have gained national headlines, but a ballot initiative in North Dakota that would have significant consequences for women’s reproductive rights has gotten far less attention.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shutterstock_153302879-100x67.jpg)
![In one poll of New York and Pennsylvania voters, three-quarters of respondents said that a woman’s ability to control whether to have children is linked to equality and financial stability.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shutterstock_149471858-100x67.jpg)
![Immigrant rights groups sued the federal government on Tuesday to compel the Obama administration to release documents under the Freedom of Information Act regarding the use of the expedited removal process against families with children.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shutterstock_183634256-100x67.jpg)
![Marriage equality gains across the country have created significant divisions within the Republican Party, with right-wing activists threatening to leave the party and actively campaign against some lawmakers over their support for same-sex marriage.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shutterstock_12503908-100x67.jpg)
![While Congressional Republicans continue to call for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, a growing number of Republican state governors have begun to qualify that position. Ohio Governor John Kasich on Monday added himself to that list, telling the Associated Press that repealing Medicaid expansion under the ACA is “not gonna happen.”](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/John-Kasich-100x67.jpg)
![Indiana will next year cut off food stamp benefits to tens of thousands of residents who have not secured jobs or participated in work training programs.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shutterstock_185224619-100x67.jpg)
![A massive new detention facility would harm immigrant women and children and reverse administration policy on family detentions, according to a letter sent Thursday by a group of leading Senate Democrats to the Department of Homeland Security.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shutterstock_104591603-100x67.jpg)
![A leading online streaming-video service has rejected an advertisement that features a rape victim who opposes Colorado’s "personhood" amendment, because the issue of abortion is too “controversial.” But Hulu runs ads on other political issues.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Amanda-100x67.jpg)
![Democrat Bruce Braley on Thursday attacked Republican Joni Ernst for saying one thing and supporting another when it comes to abortion and contraception during the final Iowa Senate debate.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/iowa-senate-debate-10-16-100x67.png)
![In an order released early Saturday morning, a majority of the justices refused to reinstate a lower court ruling that blocked the law from being enforced in the November election.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shutterstock_148780076-100x67.jpg)
![The Maine Democratic Party recently sent campaign mailers that reignited a controversy caused by state Rep. Lawrence Lockman’s (R) statements comparing abortion and rape.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shutterstock_141061279-100x67.jpg)
![Missouri state employees will now be able to enroll their same-sex spouses in the state's health-care program after a ruling by a judge this month.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shutterstock_222401866-100x67.jpg)
![Tennesseans on Election Day will decide whether or not state lawmakers will have the power to enact, amend or repeal state laws regulating abortion.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shutterstock_194982563-100x67.jpg)
![A Kansas Senate debate on Wednesday between pro-choice independent Greg Orman and anti-choice Republican Sen. Pat Roberts featured a heated exchange about abortion.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Kansas-Candidates-100x67.jpg)
![A New Hampshire Republican state lawmaker wrote in a blog post last week that U.S. Rep. Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH) will not win her re-election bid because she is "ugly as sin" and facing off against a more attractive Republican opponent.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shutterstock_126075605-100x67.jpg)
![More tweets on the "weekend of resistance" in Ferguson, Missouri, October 10-13.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/rams_ferguson1-100x67.png)
- Katha Pollit on Abortion and Her Controversial New Book 'Pro: Reclaiming ... - Flavorwire
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- NHS to offer tablet which can reduce HIV risk by 90% - The Independent
- Review: 'Pro' by Katha Pollitt - Chicago Tribune
- Ensuring Access to Sexually Transmitted Infection Care for All - Center For American Progress
![The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released an update to its guidelines that included an expansion discussion of sexual health for disabled teens. That's an incredibly important addition—so why are so few media outlets covering it?](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shutterstock_176714024-100x67.jpg)
![If Colorado expands the definition of "person" and "child" in its criminal code to include "unborn human beings," the results would be especially devastating for Latina women and other women of color.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shutterstock_49901452-100x67.jpg)
![Anyone who believes that adoption or foster care is a real solution to growing restrictions on reproductive rights is kidding themselves.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shutterstock_205195135-100x67.jpg)
![The media’s bad job of reporting on teenage pregnancy and parenting has real-life consequences and effects on teenage families, including depression and generational poverty. By removing these stereotypes, and changing to more positive story lines and outcomes, people in the media can make it easier on teens to create thriving families.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/teen-moms1-100x67.jpg)
![If we in the pro-choice movement don't start paying serious attention to the ways in which our own practices contribute to the dehumanization of people with disabilities, we can’t keep claiming to operate under a reproductive justice framework at all.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shutterstock_127636592-1-100x67.jpg)
![We are proud to announce our collective partnership in forming In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, an organizational initiative designed to amplify and lift up the voices of Black women at national and regional levels in our ongoing fight to secure reproductive justice for all women and girls.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/black-mother-and-daughter-100x67.jpg)
![The prosecution of Jennifer Whalen for purchasing her daughter abortion-inducing medication is reminiscent of the way that hospitals, Child Protective Services, and law enforcement have historically responded to drug use during pregnancy.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shutterstock_174659255-100x67.jpg)
![Many opponents of Obamacare have been offering over-the-counter birth control as an alternative. But here are the six main reasons why "Obamacare vs. over-the-counter birth control" is a false choice.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141022230129im_/http://rhrealitycheck.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shutterstock_190984817-100x67.jpg)