For the Childless, Womb Transplants Are on the Horizon


Updated 10/23/09 1:03 PM · Posted by babysugar · 10 comments

Womb Transplants to Become a Reality Sooner Than Later

Some women have known all their lives that they were meant to be mothers. When nature does not allow for a man and woman to procreate on their own, people can take alternative routes to building their families: adoption, surrogacy, and in vitro fertilization. But for some ladies, it's not enough to take in an orphaned child or even have another woman carry her own flesh and blood. In that case, a Read more

Pregnant Woman Faces Forced Abortion of Her Third Child


Updated 11/21/08 5:43 AM · Posted by LilSugar · 28 comments

Pregnant Woman Faces Forced Abortion of Her Third Child

In America, we have the freedom to reproduce at will, but in other countries that isn't the case. An Uyghur woman who is more than six months pregnant with her third child is facing a forced abortion. Chinese authorities are holding her in a hospital because she is only permitted two offspring. One report said: China's one-child-per-family policy applies mainly to majority Han Chinese but Read more

Planned Parenthood Wireless: Powered by Working Assets


Updated 02/27/07 3:38 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 4 comments

Planned Parenthood Wireless:  Powered by Working Assets

If you're unhappy with your present cell phone service, and you're thinking of switching, here's an option. Planned Parenthood Wireless through Working Assets. "Planned Parenthood Wireless is a new choice for your cell phone service. By signing up for this service, you will help preserve reproductive rights, and ensure access to comprehensive family planning and medically accurate sex education Read more

What We Need to Talk About When We Talk About Sex and Feminism


Updated 04/14/12 4:53 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Modern Feminism

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Lisa Solod, who came of age during the sexual revolution, explores what feminism means to this generation. My mother married my father because, she told me in a rare moment of candor, she wanted to have sex with him. She was 25 and tired of pre-sex fumbling and stolen kisses. My father was, of course, far Read more

Ann Romney's Defense of Stay-at-Home Moms Distracts From Real Issue


Updated 04/12/12 12:50 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Ann Romney on Twitter

In an attempt to attract female voters turned off by his stance on Planned Parenthood, reproductive rights, and women's issues in general, Mitt Romney has been using his wife Ann Romney as his token woman for his campaign. When questioned about gender roles and the war on women, Mitt Romney continues to bring up Ann, recently saying: "My wife has the occasion, as you know, to campaign on her own Read more

Then and Now: Mitt Romney's Positions on Reproductive Rights


Updated 05/15/12 2:48 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Mitt Romney Flip Flops

Happy Super Tuesday! Today 10 states will vote in GOP presidential primaries, as Mitt Romney hopes to gain the final momentum needed to clinch the party's nomination. When running for the Senate or governor in liberal Massachusetts, Romney took nuanced positions on topics like abortion and emergency contraception. But over time some of his positions on reproductive rights have changed in Read more

SNL's Really!?! With Seth and Amy Takes on Birth Control Debate


Updated 02/20/12 11:28 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

SNL Really!?! With Seth and Amy on Birth Control

Just when we thought she couldn't get any cooler, one of our favorite funny ladies Amy Poehler stopped by Saturday Night Live last night and gave a great rant with Seth Meyers on the birth control debate via Really!?! With Seth and Amy. The pair rightly called out congressman Darrell Issa for his all-male panel on Obama's birth control mandate, Foster Freeze for his antiquated birth control idea Read more

11 Quotes From Rick Santorum That Are Worrisome For Women


Updated 02/17/12 11:08 AM · Posted by · 10 comments

Rick Santorum Abortion and Birth Control Position

Last week's Susan G. Komen/Planned Parenthood debacle was a high-profile example of how women's health can fall prey to politics. Considering this is an election year, we can expect reproductive rights rhetoric to heat up on both sides. President Obama recently hit a sensitive spot when his administration announced that all employers, including Catholic universities and institutions, will have to Read more

Planned Parenthood Offers Tips For Talking Abortion and Birth Control on Thanksgiving


Updated 11/23/11 7:18 AM · Posted by · 3 comments

Tips For Talking About Abortion With Family

Considering the abortion debate covers both politics and religion, two topics most people avoid discussing with family, I imagine most people would avoid it at all costs over Thanksgiving dinner. Still, Planned Parenthood has published eight easy steps for discussing reproductive health at your holiday table. The tips reflect common sense ideas like, "learn to diffuse" or "be open and accepting Read more

Mississippi Votes to Keep Birth Control, IVF, & Abortion Legal


Updated 11/09/11 11:28 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Mississippi Personhood Measure Defeated

Earlier this week feminist icon Gloria Steinem told us that reproductive rights were the single biggest accomplishment for women she's witnessed. Yesterday Mississippi voters had a chance to roll back the clock by passing a ballot measure that would have defined a fertilized egg as a person. They voted against it. Initiative 26 would have added this language to the state's constitution: "The Read more