Women Urge Others to go Public About Abortions
PALO ALTO — Harriett Hills Stinson, 85, a prominent member of the wealthy San Francisco family that founded Hills Bros. Coffee, says it took a push by GOP conservatives to cut funding for family...
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Leticia Parra, a mother of five scraping by on income from her husband’s sporadic construction jobs, relied on the Planned Parenthood clinic in San Carlos, an impoverished town in South Texas, for...
View ArticleTexas: Judge Stays Order on Health Care Program
A federal appeals judge allowed Texas to ban Planned Parenthood clinics from participating in a health care program for low-income women late Monday night, hours after a lower court prohibited the...
View ArticleEx-executive writes book on Komen fiasco
New York — Criticizing major players on both sides, former Susan G. Komen for the Cure vice president Karen Handel has written a blistering insider’s account of the prominent cancer charity’s decision...
View ArticleMr. Romney’s Version of Equal Rights
It has dawned on Mitt Romney that he has a problem with female voters. He just has no idea what to do about it, since it is the result of his positions on abortion, contraception, health services and...
View ArticleWhat Happens to Women Who Are Denied Abortions?
S. arrived alone at a Planned Parenthood in Richmond, Calif., four days before Christmas. As she filled out her paperwork, she looked at the women around her. Nearly all had someone with them; S....
View ArticleAnti-Abortion Forces Reassess Tactics After Defeat in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE — The decisive defeat of a municipal ballot measure here that sought to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy left anti-abortion forces conceding that some of their tactics had...
View ArticleAbortion Providers in Texas Sue Over a Restrictive Rule That Could Close Clinics
Health clinics offering abortions in Texas filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday to block a new state rule that could shut down more than half of the state’s remaining providers this fall, forcing women...
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