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President Barack Obama answers questions during his new conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (Photo by: Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)

Obama administration rejects science in morning-after pill appeal

As uncomfortable as it is for some parents to imagine their teenage children as sexual beings, that discomfort is no excuse for denying all teenagers this form of healthcare. Read More

File Photo: Davida Johnson, 30, seen with her husband Bobby Johnson, reacts as she reads a grand jury report brought to her by the Associated Press during an interview in Philadelphia. Johnson believes she contracted a venereal disease while undergoing an abortion in 2001 at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's clinic, and says she has since had four miscarriages. Gosnell was arraigned Thursday on eight counts of murder in the deaths of seven babies and one patient.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Gosnell’s abortion clinic was a modern-day ‘back alley’

For those without legal access or the ability to pay for it, an unlicensed, unregulated clinic suddenly becomes an option when it shouldn’t even be in business. Read More

File Photo: Rev. Patrick Mahoney (R) of the Christian Defense Coalition, with other abortion opponents, speaks at a news conference outside the U.S. Supreme Court to condemn the killing of Dr. George Tiller on June 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. Tiller, a provider of late-term abortions, was shot and killed in his church in Wichita, Kansas. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images, File)

Kansas finds a way to enshrine sex discrimination

What’s the matter with Kansas? Today, the answer might be a persistent, pernicious opposition to reproductive freedom, to the right of all Americans to control their own bodies and, by extension, their own lives. Read More

(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Women in combat? OK, but what about the sexual assaults?

According to official estimates, 20% of women serving in the United States armed forces will be sexually assaulted while serving their country. Read More