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McCain Is Party to Secret War on Contraception

October 23, 2008 – 1:59 pm
Posted by Leslie

Womens eNews
By Roberta Riley
WeNews Commentator
October 22, 2008
(WOMENSENEWS)–We’ve heard plenty of talk about abortion in this campaign season, including during the final presidential debate last week.
But what many mainstream voters may not realize is that Nov. 4 also brings us to a crossroads in a war most have never heard of: the war against contraception.
Its leaders–most […]

By Leslie | Also posted in Birth Control, Colorado Amendment 48, Reproductive Rights, Social/Political, Suppression | Comments (0)

Opposition Strong Against Colorado’s Egg=Person Amendment

October 23, 2008 – 11:56 am
Posted by Leslie

Feminist Daily News Wire
October 23, 2008
Recent polling for The Denver Post shows that 48 percent of Colorado’s citizens plan to vote No on Amendment 48, a November ballot initiative that would amend the state constitution to define a fertilized, unimplanted human egg as a full person with all civil rights. Thirty percent of the electorate […]

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Amendment 48 Is Anti-Life

August 19, 2008 – 12:28 pm
Posted by Leslie

Why It Matters That a Fertilized Egg Is Not a Person
by Ari Armstrong and Diana Hsieh
Coalition for Secular Government  •  www.SecularGovernment.us
August 19, 2008
Introduction
Amendment 48  seeks  to define  a  fertilized  egg  as  a person with  full legal rights in Colorado’s constitution. If fully implemented, it would profoundly  and  adversely  impact  the  lives of  sexually-ctive  couples, couples  […]

By Leslie | Also posted in Abortion, Birth Control, Birth Control Pills/BCP's, Colorado Amendment 48, Education, Emergency Contraception, Reproductive Rights, Social/Political, Suppression, Women's Health, Women's History, Women's Politics | Comments (0)

Colorado Senatorial Candidates Oppose Anti-Abortion Measure

August 9, 2008 – 8:21 am
Posted by Leslie

The Democratic Daily
August 8, 2008
by Dizzy Dezzi
The measure in question is a Colorado ballot issue (Amendment 48) which would define into law that “life begins at conception” (or the “every sex act is sacred” measure).
In effect, it would outlaw ALL abortions, including the Plan B (the morning after pill). It would also be the slippery […]

By Leslie | Also posted in Abortion, Birth Control, Birth Control Pills/BCP's, Emergency Contraception, Menstrual Cycle, Reproductive Rights, Social/Political, Women's Politics | Comments (0)

Morning after pill sparks debate

July 29, 2008 – 5:18 pm
Posted by Leslie

DENISE PIKE
The Compass
July 29, 2008
Many eyebrows were raised last week when the province gave its approval to make the “morning- after” pill Plan B available over the counter. Pharmacists, in particular, were perturbed by the announcement from Health Minister Ross Wiseman.
The Compass  spoke with four pharmacists in Conception and Trinity Bays July 23, the day […]

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FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Status for EC

August 24, 2006 – 12:36 pm
Posted by Leslie

Feminist Daily News Wire - 8/24/2006
BREAKING NEWS: FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Status for EC
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its approval of over-the-counter status for Plan B emergency contraception for women 18 years and older at a press conference today. The announcement is a major victory for women and women’s health advocates nationwide, who […]

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