A new mini-museum in Cleveland puts the history of contraception-from crocodile dung to the pill-on display. Launched quietly in March, it emerges as the new federal budget threatens the access of millions of women to contraceptive services.
Access to Plan B is topic A these days, with the latest round of the struggle engulfing Lester Crawford, the FDA's acting commissioner. Until his agency rules on Plan B access, two senators vow to use procedural powers to block his nomination.
Gloria Feldt's sudden departure from the helm of Planned Parenthood seemed timed to 2004 presidential election fatigue. But in-house struggles, including one over a contraceptive procurement plan, may have been the real tipping point.
As state legislatures face a deluge of anti-abortion proposals, pro-choice activists are hustling to stem further losses to reproductive health rights. In Michigan, a lawsuit filed on March 1 challenges a state law that will ban most abortions.
As the competition heats up for next month's vote on the chair of the Democratic National Party, a worried buzz is growing that the party's pro-choice position is getting shakier.
A Costa Rican couple was in the middle of undergoing in vitro fertilization when the procedure was banned by the country's highest court. Now they are at the center of an international effort to defend assisted reproductive technologies.
Language slipped into the Omnibus spending bill-expected to pass Congress today-permits medical personnel, hospitals and insurers to privately ban abortions and even to bar employees from making referrals.
Pro-Choice Republicans made their presence known this week at the Republican National Convention. Speaking out against the anti-choice views of Bush and the party platform, these delegates say they provide the “Big Tent” for their party.
As campaign finance reform leaves them more chance to flex their political muscle, pro-choice groups are shaking their money trees. They are expected to spend $50 million to help candidates, get out the vote and run last-minute political ads.