[PAA-Discuss] The Ongoing Battle Against Birth Control

Wed Sep 10 07:56:21 EDT 2008

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Welcome back to the weekly digest version of RH Reality  Check's eNews Update 
-- your source for the latest news and  analysis on reproductive health. If 
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New in _Features_ 
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As Election 2008 heats up, the easy path for mainstream  media is to 
shorthand reproductive health by focusing on  abortion.  For two years, RH Reality 
Check has  documented the far right's war on contraception, now under  siege by 
the Bush Administration and potentially threatened  by the Supreme Court.  If 
you take contraception for  granted, here are 50+ articles to give you reason 
not to.  Ask candidates what they think.  
    *   Pro-Life Action League Says _"Contraception  Is Not the Answer"_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035028/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/
blog/tag/cinta)   
    *   American Life League Says _"The  Pill Kills"_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035029/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/05/02/pro
-lifers-announce-national-day-to-protest-the-right-to-use-contraception)   
    *   Threats to _Griswold  v. Connecticut_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035030/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/tag/griswold-v-connect
icut)   
    *   _Contra-bortion?  HHS Makes Move Against Contraception_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035031/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/tag/
hhs-contraception)   
    *   _HHS  Turns Its Back On Patient Conscience_ 
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s-patients-hhs-fails-deliver-contraceptionconscience-proposal)   
    *   _Don't  Assume Candidates Support Your Right to Contraception_ (
http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035033/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/bl
og/2008/08/14/dont-assume-candidates-support-your-access-contraception)   

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Reality Check videos, hosted by Amanda Marcotte, counter  the reproductive 
health misinformation pushed by the far  right. With facts and humor, our 
Reality Check videos bring  to life the reproductive and sexual health issues 
Americans  deal with daily.  Check out the first few:  
    *   _Does  Life Begin at Fertilization?_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035035/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/reality-check-video/doe
s-life-begin-at-fertilization)   
    *   _Emergency  Contraception_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035036/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/reality-check-video/emergency-con
traception-is-not-abortion)   
    *   _Contraception  in Schools_ 
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n-access-for-youth-in-schools)  

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New in _News  and Commentary_ 
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Eyes on the Election 
    *   Jill Filipovic, _Thanks,  Joe Biden: Abortion Is A Personal Decision_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035039/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck
.org/blog/2008/09/09/thanks-joe-biden-abortion-is-a-personal-decision)   
    *   Amie Newman, _McCain  and Palin Want Women's Votes, But Do Women Want 
Them?_ 
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-want-them)   
    *   Lynn Paltrow, _An  Open Letter to Gov. Palin on Women's Rights_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035041/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/b
log/2008/09/04/an-open-letter-gov-palin-womens-rights)   
    *   Amie Newman, _Bristol  Palin Makes Religious Right "Forget" Its 
Stance on Teen  Pregnancy_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035042/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/09/04/bristol-palin-makes-religious-right-
forget-its-stance-teen-pregnancy)   
    *   Amanda Marcotte, _What  Jim Wallis Hears When You Say "Reduce the 
Need for  Abortion"_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035043/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/09/02/what-jim-wallis-hears-when-you-say-reduc
e-need-abortion)  
In the States 
    *   William Smith, _We're  Outta Here: States Bail on Ab-Only_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035044/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2
008/09/04/were-outta-here-states-bail-abonly)  
In Your Life 
    *   Heather Corinna, _Get  Real! She's My First Sexual Partner, Should I 
Be With Her  for Life? _ 
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tner-should-i-be-with-her-life)  
    *   Sarah Seltzer, _OMFG:  Gossip Girl and the RNC_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035046/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/09/03/o
mfg-gossip-girl-and-rnc)  
International Report 
    *   Debbie Billings, _Mexican  Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Law, Citing 
Human  Rights_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035047/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/09/08/mexican-supreme-court-upholds-abortion-law
-citing-human-rights)   
    *   Deborah Laporta, _Sexuality  Education is Key to HIV Prevention_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035048/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/
blog/2008/09/04/sexuality-education-key-hiv-prevention)   
    *   Masimba Biriwasha, _An  Uneasy Relationship: Sex and Religion_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035049/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/bl
og/2008/09/05/an-uneasy-relationship-sex-and-religion)   
    *   Ramona Vijeyarasa, _Ensuring  the Human Right to Survive Pregnancy in 
Southeast Asia_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035050/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/09/05/ensuring-hum
an-right-survive-pregnancy-southeast-asia)    
    *   Laura Villa, _Mexico  City - Now With More Human Rights!_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035051/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/20
08/09/05/mexico-city-now-with-more-human-rights)   
    *   Angela Castellanos, _Has  Sex Education in Colombia Failed?_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035052/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog
/2008/09/02/has-sex-education-colombia-failed)  

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Highlights  from the _Real  Time Blog_ 
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    *   Scott Swenson, _Sarah  Palin-drone: Clashing Not Clever_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035054/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/200
8/09/06/sarah-palindrone-clashing-not-clever)   
    *   Amie Newman, _GOP  Ticket Firm on Abstinence-Only, Reproductive 
Rights_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035055/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/09/08/gop-ticket-firm-abstinenceonly-reproductive-rights)   
    *   Scott Swenson, _Facing  Tough Media Questions, Obama, Biden Discuss 
Views on  Abortion, Democracy, Choice_ 
(http://e2ma.net/go/1323541337/1202984/44035056/goto:http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/09/07/facing-tough-media-q
uestions-obama-biden-discuss-views-abortion-democracy-choice)   
    *   Emily Douglas, _Roundup:  Biden Says No to Faith-Based Legislating, 
Palin's Record,  All Evangelicals for Palin?_ 
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-says-no-faithbased-legislating-palins-record-all-evangelicals-palin)   
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