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Pompeo’s Commission on “Unalienable Rights” Prioritizes Property Over People

July 29, 2020 News Article

"Ultimately, we cannot have a Commission ostensibly dedicated to human rights that considers the health and rights of women, LGBTQ folks, as well as Black, Indigenous and people of color to be divisive, and believes in protecting property over people."

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Lots of People Think Plan B Causes Abortions. Here's Why That's Wrong

January 31, 2020 News Article

Most people mistakenly think emergency contraception does the same thing as abortion pills. What's causing the confusion?

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Why Businesses Should Support Reproductive Rights

January 29, 2020 News Article

Businesses are realizing what anti-choice politicians want you to forget: Abortion rights are incredibly popular.

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FORBES: Dear AT&T, Boeing, Pfizer, Comcast, Walmart, Etc: Stop Funding Abortion Attackers

August 21, 2019 News Article

In a new report and open letter to CEOs, a watchdog group is calling for the US' top companies—many of whom have publicly committed to helping women—to end their support for politicians behind the nation's most restrictive abortion laws.

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REWIRE: These States Are Protecting Family Planning Clinics Under Trump’s Domestic ‘Gag Rule’

August 16, 2019 News Article

States are replacing the millions clinics will lose when they exit Title X after the Trump administration imposes its domestic "gag rule."

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REWIRE: Steve King Thinks Rape and Incest Are Necessary for Humanity’s Existence. He’s Now Facing Calls to Resign.

August 14, 2019 News Article

King was defending the omission of rape and incest exceptions in his extreme anti-abortion legislation.

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UPOLITICS: VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Equity Forward’s Mary Alice Carter On Fighting Attacks On Abortion Rights & Contraception

August 7, 2019 News Article

Abortion and contraception have been under attack by right wing gorups in multiple states across the nation in recent years, and organizations like Equity Forward have strived to combat individuals and groups who oppose safeguarding these Constitutional rights.

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STAT: Pharma contributions to politicians who support restricting abortions could reverberate

July 24, 2019 News Article

If you’re a drug maker, you wouldn’t contribute to political candidates whose positions might crimp your bottom line, right? Well, you might.

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THE HILL: Faith-based health clinics spurn contraceptives under Trump rule

July 24, 2019 News Article

The Trump administration’s effort to reshape a decades-old, federally funded family planning program has its roots in Southern California, where one faith-based group wants to be the “pro-life” Planned Parenthood.

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REWIRE: HHS Awards Nearly $1.5 Million in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Funding to Anti-Choice Organizations

July 23, 2019 News Article

Two of the organizations receiving federal teen pregnancy prevention funding promote medication abortion reversal, which the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists considers "unproven and unethical.”

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