Feminists For Choice

On a 60-39 vote, the U.S. Senate finally

Because of the Hyde Amendment, every year thousands of women sacrifice food, risk eviction, and pawn their possessions in order to raise money for an abortion. The National Network of Abortion Funds is a group of over 100 grassroots abortion funds around the country and abroad. The Network and their funds work hard to [...]

In response to recent attacks on choice in the House and Senate debate over health care reform, the Berkeley City Council voted in an 8-1 decision to send a message to the anti-choice democrats who voted to completely dismantle women’s access to reproductive health. In hopes of reminding our dear friends of exactly what is [...]

Today, by an overwhelming majority vote of 61-39, the Senate passed the Mikulski Amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Thanks to the hard work of Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), health care plans will be required to cover comprehensive women’s preventative care, related screenings, and even better… at no additional charge. On top [...]

Abortion Myths Debunked – National Abortion Federation
My Baby Would Have Died Under Stupak – RH Reality Check
Millennial and the Right to Choose – RH Reality Check
Reid “Confident” Senate Will Pass Health Care Bill – USA Today
El Paso Health Provider Stepping Up to Replace Planned Parenthood – El Paso Times

Battle Over Abortion Moves to the Senate – Women’s e-News
The Pros and Cons of the Vaginal Ring – National Partnership for Women & Families
Idolize This! Feminism – Womanist Musings
CDC Releases “Abortion Surveillance” Report – RH Reality Check
Abortion’s New Battleground – Newsweek

Dear Mr. Stupak, Do You Trust Women? – RH Reality Check
The Democrats’ Own Trojan Horse – RH Reality Check
NARAL Delivers Over 97,000 Signatures to Harry Reid – RH Reality Check
Teenage Girls Bear the Burden of STD Transmission – Florida Association of Planned Parenthood Affiliates
Will the Senate Stand Against Stupak? – The Nation
Insurance Execs Confirm Stupak [...]

The news of a health care bill making its way through the house yesterday turned out to be a giant failure. Yes, the bill includes a public option. The bill encompasses a plethora of other much-needed benefits as well, however; the religious right, along with a slue of spineless democrats, managed to push through the [...]

Last week’s confirmation of Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court wasn’t the end of the judicial watch for pro-choice advocates. A president’s nominations to the lower federal courts is just as important as the president’s nominees to SCOTUS. Federal judges are appointed for life, and their influence can be felt long after [...]

Yesterday the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee voted 13-10 for health care reform. The vote was predictably split along party lines, and Republicans voted unanimously against the health care reform package, even though Republicans had offered over 100 amendments to the bill. I’m sure each of the Republican members of the [...]