Now, somehow, we’ve come to a decidedly indecent place that, yes, even in an emergency, a corporation’s beliefs are more important than a woman’s life.
5 New Items including:
- One School District's 's War on Gay Teens
- Why New Birth Control Benefits are the Right Choice and Why Religious Conservatives Have it Wrong
- The Cancerous Politics and Ideology of the Susan G. Komen Foundation
- Rick Santorum On Opposition To Abortion In Cases Of Rape: 'Make The Best Out Of A Bad Situation'
- Sundance documentary examines rape in US military
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One School District's 's War on Gay Teens, Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Rolling Stone
- The Anoka-Hennepin (MN) school district finds itself in the spotlight not only for the sheer number of suicides but because it is accused of having contributed to the death toll by cultivating an extreme anti-gay climate.
- That denial (of a problem) reaches right up to the pinnacle of the local political food chain: Michele Bachmann, who stayed silent on the suicide cluster in her congressional district for months.
- Neutrality is no answer for the bullied child
The Cancerous Politics and Ideology of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Jodi Jacobson, Common Dreams
Komen's own memo to its affiliates spreads lies about Planned Parenthoo and Komen's actions belie its own claims to care about racial, ethnic and income disparities in access to breast cancer screenings.
Why New Birth Control Benefits are the Right Choice and Why Religious Conservatives Have it Wrong, June Carbone and Naomi Cahn, AlterNet
In a country of alarmingly high unplanned pregnancy, American women need access to affordable birth control for economic and health reasons.
Rick Santorum On Opposition To Abortion In Cases Of Rape: 'Make The Best Out Of A Bad Situation', Huffington Post
- Santorum has crusaded against abortion throughout his tenure as a legislator and presidential hopeful. A recent analysis of his time as a U.S. senator showed an almost obsessive tendency to talk about abortion-related subjects on the Senate floor. His strict views on the issue, as well as gay rights, have repeatedly drawn aggressive pushback from his detractors on the campaign trail.
- Sundance documentary examines rape in US military
Sundance documentary examines rape in US military, Sandy Cohen, Associated Press / Daily Mail UK
- Through interviews with rape survivors and military officials, "The Invisible War" suggests that it's not just the violence and harassment that traumatizes victims but the absence of impartial justice and personal retaliation they often experience after reporting the incident.
- A 2009 study shows that only 8 percent of military sex offenders are prosecuted.
- The Battlefield and the Barracks: Two War Fronts for Women Soldiers
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The Obama administration’s recent decision to require most religious-affiliated employers to cover birth control for their employees is good news for the women who work for religious employers and do not share the male hierarchy’s opposition to birth control. It is also good news for a country with the one of the highest unplanned pregnancy rates in the developed world.
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Abstinence-only education creates a petri dish for bullying in schools. There is always a lot of back and forth about the efficacy of these programs, and I fall on the side 
