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February 2010
Bishops
Reprise Old Abortion Debate
January 2010
Is it time for Catholics to become pacifist? (Robert Drinan, S.J.)
World Population Day Focus is on Family Planning
If the World Were Only 100 People
A
Call to Catholics: Don't let abortion politics stand in the way
of affordable
coverage for all
Religious abortion rights backers push to change health care bill
December 2009
One-Term
President?
by Gary Wills
U.S. House Shames Itself Over UN Goldstone Report
Call in Ireland to Make Paying for Sex Illegal
November 2009
Lancet Editorial: Contraception Could Help Address Climate Change
Polish magazine fined over antiabortion piece
Middle East peace effort's missing key: female negotiators
October 2009
American
scholar praises China's Population Policy
Administration
Pushes Women's Issues to Fore
Berlin Conference Issues Call to Action
Was an Anti-Abortion Bishop Too Vocal for the Vatican?
Cherie Blair's plea on birth control
Why hasn't RU-486 changed the game?
Clinton Puts Spotlight On Women's Issues; Elevating Rights Is a Focus of Secretary
Government accuses Catholic college of discrimination in health care plan
September 2009
Christian
Leaders Mum On Torture
Women wait to start families; In USA, teen births lower average age of first births
Muslim women face 'crisis' over violence, inequality: UN
Obama Abortion Backtrack Shows He's All Rhetoric, No Fight
Health Bill Might Direct Tax Money to Abortion
How A Late-Term Abortion Saved My Life
August 2009
Can A New Bill End Decades of Post-Roe?
Some Docs Resist Repeal Of Bush-Era Abortion Regs
Israeli
Icon Praises Obama Cairo Speech
Israeli
Settlements: Fictions On The Ground
July 2009
Murder is Murder & Abortion Is Not
How Do Countries Rank on the Most Peaceful List?
Irish
Church Abuse Shocks Civilized World
Catholic
Support for President Obama
International Abortion Underground in Ireland
Spain Moves to Liberalize Abortion
June 2009
Abortion Issue Looms Over Supreme Court Choice
Catholic
Academic Ayatollah Shows
True Colors
Abortions and Unmarriageable Men In China
May 2009
Meltdown's
impact extends to abortion, birth control
Obama
weighs patient rights vs. doctor's conscience
Pope
Angers Africa With Anti-Condom Message
Vatican pays lip service to women in Women's History Month
Catholic Extremists Swiftboat Sebelius
White House Effort To Aid Women and Girls
Brazil Church Excommunicates Mom, Doctors After Raped 9-Year-Old Has Abortion
April 2009
Sex, abstinence, and the adolescent brain
Newspaper Editorials on Comprehensive Sex Education and Abstinence-Only Education
An Open Letter to Religious Leaders on Adolescent Sexuality
UN Urges Freedoms for Arab Women
UN Population Fund Spurned By Bush
Mary Hunt Faults Papal Press Coverage
Bishops were warned of abusive priests in 1950
Bush-era
'conscience' rule gets another look
In Quest for Equal Rights, Muslim Women’s Meeting Turns to Islam’s Tenets
U.S. Must Take Leadership to Make Mother's Day Every Day
Population
Growth and the Environment
Overpopulation Issue Overlooked by Presidential Candidates
March 2009
Spain set to loosen abortion law
The Catholic Crusade Against a Mythical Abortion Bill
US abortion debate altered by Obama presidency
A
Post-Election Look at Religious Voters in the 2008 Election
(The
Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life)
U.S. biologist part of panel to help Vatican bridge gap between science, religion
Progressive Faith Groups Now Trying to Shift Debate
Obama Rescinds Global Gag Rule
February 2009
Single-Payer
Health Care Would Stimulate Economy
UNICEF Uncovers State of Maternal Mortality
The
Palestinian Catastrophe, Then and Now
No
Choice for Immigrants; Catholic Bishops and HHS trample reproductive rights of
teens in federal custody
Unconscionable President Bush fires off a final insult to women on his way out the door
Women's Caucus Puts Health at Top of Its '09 List
January 2009
New federal rule risks Plan B law
Bush-Era Abortion Rules Face Reversal
Republican Captivity of the Catholic Church
Vatican Under Fire for Opposing UN Declaration on Sexual Rights
Catholic officials, organizations launch campaign for climate change
Abortion Not Seen Linked With Depression
7 Things Obama's Win Could Mean for Women's Health
Catholics in the 2008 Election
An Interfaith Call to Action on Reproductive Health
France Strikes Down Court Ruling on Virginity
California Votes Against Gay Marriage
December 2008
Pope reaffirms Church opposition to contraception
Catholic Voters No Longer Beholden to Bishops and Abortion by Mary Hunt
Supreme Court declines to hear four cases dealing with abortion
November 2008
Catholic Democrats Answer Questions on Abortion
Catholic bishops' futile election strategy
McCain Would Block Women's Access to Reproductive Health Programs
Ramos of Philippines Knocks Population Program
October 2008
Abortion
Issue Again Dividing Catholic Votes
McCain and Palin Push Abstinence-Only Education
Irish welcome US report on lack of post-abortion trauma
Judge withdraws from Irish abortion hearing; State ban faces challenge in EU court of human rights
September 2008
Critics of Catholic Ban on Contraceptives Get Pope’s Attention
Memo to Obama, McCain: No one wins in a war
Time for Catholic Church to Amend Ban on Birth Control
McCain's take on birth control
August 2008
Overpopulation
could be people, planet problem
U.S. Fertility Rate Hits 35-Year High, Stabilizing Population
British pill site bars Irish residents
Community Supports Banished Nun
Pregnancy Pact Frenzy Missed Real Teens' Story
Protesters to hand Catholics condoms as pope visits Australia
Milwaukee Pastor Scorns Culture of War
July 2008
Global over-population is the real issue
Humanity is the greatest challenge
California Court Affirms Right to Gay Marriage
Marriage-Maker's Gender Ruffles Egyptians
Population
pressure takes Earth to its limits
Chinese Tradition of Sons Causes Leap in Births
June 2008
In the Philippines, critics say Catholic policy is to blame for condemning many to poverty
Birthrates Help Keep Filipinos in Poverty
Society, not science, must solve global warming
Pontifical Council on Climate Change and Development
New Thinking To Save the Earth
Chile Birth-Control Case Spurs 'Apostasy' Planning
Men of the Cloth: The Vatican Isn't So Far From Fundamentalist Mormonism
Philippines Congress Wants $1 Billion For Birth Control
Medical groups rap abstinence-only sex education
Howard Zinn, The End of Empire?
May 2008
Health Database Was Set Up to Ignore ‘Abortion’
Court upholds sanctions for pharmacist who didn't provide pills
Witherspoon
pitches UN fund to end violence against women
Best and Worst Countries to Be a Woman
April 2008
Irish doctors 'may lose jobs' over ethics
Pro-Death: Religious Conservatives Are Responsible for High Abortion Rates
Attorney General Backs Abortion Buffer Zone
Manila women want law on family planning revoked
Study: the Pill Protects Against Cancer
Family Planning and Access to Safe and Legal Abortion are Vital to Safeguard the Environent
Americans Change Faiths at Rising Rate, Report Finds
March 2008
“Islamofascism's” ill political wind
Female Business Owners Fault New Rules on U.S. Contracts
U.S.
Abortions Lowest in Decades
Bush in Your Bedroom: Top 10 Worst Appointees for Reproductive Rights
The
Politics of Religion in USA
American
Teen Pregnancies Rise<
Irish
Catholics oppose condom stance
February 2008
Wisconsin Nears Plan B Approval
Abortion isn't a religious issue
AIDS message takes on Pope by breaking c-word taboo
Cardinal's criticism is met with silence by Democrats
Ireland's Population Fastest Growing in EU
A world overwhelmed with hungry little mouths
A Strategy for a National and International Population Policy
January 2008
Affordable Family Planning for College Students
Amnesty chief rebuffs Catholic attack on abortion policy
Redesigning A Condom So Women Will Use It
Birth-Control Foe To Run Office on Family Planning
Druggists criticize pope's appeal
Rapid Population Growth Worries Uganda
Family planning to reduce emissions
Euro-babies go from bust to boom
List of US Soldiers Killed in Iraq Since Start of War
Road to Damascus still a place for conversions
December 2007
Ellen Goodman: Regulating Women
War
Is Not a Solution For Terrorism
‘Our
Childhood Is Killed In Iraq'
U.N. Reports Startling Stats on Maternal Health
U.S. Funding Continues to Stumble for UN Population Programs
UN Message for World Population Day
Fuse on Population Bomb Has Been Relit
Half the World Soon to Be in Cities, U.N. Reports
Overpopulation problem, sadly, self-correcting
European
solons pitch population control
New Facts About Abortion -- There Are Just As Many Abortions Where Abortions Are Banned
Pharmacist's duty to patient, not pope
Catholic Pharmacists Defy Pope in New Mexico
November 2007
So-Called
Pro-Lifers Should Stop Promoting Abortion
Repeat
teen births highest in Texas at 24%
Strange Behavior For Tax-Exempt Churches
Catholic condom ban helping AIDS spread in Latam: U.N.
Mass. Senate OK's expanded limits on abortion protesters
Maine Bishop Urges Birth-Control Ruling Fight
Legal or Not, Abortion Rates Compare
Mozambique archbishop says European condoms come infected with HIV
Induced abortion: estimated rates and trends worldwide
Bishop: No Communion for Giuliani
Roman Catholic bishop upset over conference at Holy Cross
October 2007
Catholic
Bishops In CT Will Comply With Plan B Law
If abortion becomes illegal, how should women be punished for having them?
Verizon Reverses Itself on Abortion Messages
China to crack down on rich flouting one-child rule
NYC teens find access to contraception not so easy, report says
Naked women promote Polish political message
Clinic need not tell parents about emergency contraception
Pope Asked To Step Into Hospital Abortion Row
Memorial
Day 2007: Sacrifice, Pain and Grief (James Carroll)
The
pill: new evidence shows it helps protect against cancer
Emergency contraception still hard to get year later
World child mortality at 'historic' low level, says Unicef
September 2007
Judge Weighs abortion standard
More
than 10,000 Catholics Join Effort to End Iraq War
Courageously Defying The Holy Roman Empire, Amnesty International Stands Tall
Death from childbirth hits highest rate in decades
One in five Irish men fail to use condoms
Amnesty
Abortion Stance Bolsters Mexico Activists
Sales
Soar for Morning-After Pill
Judgmental Pharmacists Put Peoples Health At Risk
UN
Tackles Needless Pregnancy and Childbirth Deaths
Amnesty to defy Catholic church over rape victims' abortion rights
Study: Abortion Pills Don't Bring Risks
More
new moms in U.S. breast-feed, but turn to infant formula too soon, experts say
How Much Jail Time for Women Who Have Abortions?
August 2007
No-sex programmes 'not working'
India’s First Woman President Vows Fight for Women, Unborn Girls
Legal Abortion Comes to Portugal
Planned Parenthood plans to open its largest health facility
It
may be great to wait, but celibacy teaching is dropped by US states
What it means to be a Christian after George W. Bush
Democrats Attack Bush on Women's Health Issues
Abstinence Education Faces an Uncertain Future
Report finds fewer teens having sex, more using condoms
EDITORIAL: Muzzling dissent may be hazardous to your health
Media Summary July 01-15, 2007
There is no post-abortion syndrome
Angering Church, Brazil Offers Morning-after Contraceptives to Poor
July 2007
Media Summary June 16-30, 2007
Massachusetts
Gay Marriage to Remain Legal
What Kills One Woman Every Minute of Every Day?; A. Heart attack; B. AIDS; C. Childbirth
Portugal Adopts Law Allowing Abortion
Faith leaders urge quick action to expand children's health insurance
Bring the Troops Home (Editorial, National Catholic Reporter)
Combat Climate Change with Fewer Babies
New UN estimates predict 2.5 billion increase in world population by 2050
Planned Parenthood Criticizes FOX and CBS Networks for Refusing to Broadcast Condom Ad
British
Cardinals Tell Pols Not to Vote for Abortion
Brazilian
Dissenter from Pope & Cardinals Speaks Out
U.S. Funding Cuts Undermine Terror War
No one willing to address accelerating growth in world population
Germans Get Incentives for Having Babies
Cash to Indian Women With More Than 12 Babies
New Congress Drains Helium From Pro-Choice Hopes
Cardinal Faults Amnesty International on abortion
Uruguayans Start Online Drive To Legalise Abortion
The Church’s hard line these last 20 years may have led to more abortions, not fewer’
June 2007
Poll finds majority back birth control; Access sought without 'delay'
Political struggle intensifies in U.S. over campaign to reduce unintended pregnancies
Congress Considers Shipping Contraceptives Abroad
Supreme Court Ruling Brings Split in Antiabortion Movement
Open Letter to Religious Leaders on Sexual and Gender Diversity
Irish Majority Favor Selective Abortion
Irish Abortion 'Journeys' Avoided in Election
Gay adoption is law in Colorado
Pro-lifers ready for a comeback
Irish
Judge rules teen can terminate fetus in England
Funding
for Abstinence Likely to Drop
Population Growth Plays Key Role
“34 Million Friends of the Women of the World”
“The Political Economy of Global Population Change, 1950-2050”
The Collapsing Bubble, Lindsey Grant
Letter to President of Marquette in Support of Dan Maguire
Mary
Hunt, Catholic Scholar, Defends Dan Maguire
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: MU Professor Stirs Doctrine Debate
Marquette University Newspaper Reports on Maguire Controversy
Young
Brazilian Catholics disagree with Vatican views on sex
Pope
Warns Catholic Politicians Who Back Abortion
Religious
Group Attacks Religion in Healthcare
Why We Need an Equal Rights Act
The Labyrinth of Iraq (James Carroll)
May 2007
Equality in marriage (Marvin Ellison)
A New Dialogue for Pope Benedict
There's nothing noble about war (National Catholic Reporter)
Chinese ease the one-child policy
Reflections on New Abortion Ruling
U.S.
Supreme Court Upholds Federal Abortion Ban
OP
ED: Ginsburg's dissent may yet prevail
Court Ruling Catapults Abortion Back Into ’08 Race
Statement of The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
CEDAW
and Fear of Women's Rights
Children, Parents Drive Each Other to Early Graves
After 2 Years, Pope Turns Right
World Bank Fears Link to Opus Dei Policy
Irish court battle over teenager's abortion right
Turning
point in US as more women choose not to marry
Population growth threatens East Asian coasts
April 2007
Study Casts Doubt on Abstinence-Only Programs
South African bishop defies Vatican on condoms
India's
Population Reality: Reconciling Change and Tradition
A world of hurt will follow population explosion
Costly Contraceptives: NY Times Editorial
Court to rule on law calling fetus a 'human'
UN Urges Circumcision to Fight HIV
Microcredit?
Spare Us the Praise for a Panacea
Condom debate flares in Brazil before pope visit
European court ruling in Poland abortion case could affect law in Ireland
Yemeni Activists Couple Contraception With Islam
Gore warns of dangers to science from ideology
Politicians Bound by Church Teachings, Pope Says
Women's Rights Week Sparkles With 'New Era' Energy
Treating the Pain By Ending a Life
Air
Travel Is Killing the Planet
The environmental load of 300 million in USA: How heavy?
Alarm sounds on US population boom; Report says growth threatens resources
Frances Kissling: Backing Abortion Rights While Keeping the Faith
Population
hearings open in UK parliament
How to slow the population clock
UNICEF Ranks U.S., Britain at Bottom in Child Welfare Survey
March 2007
Kidman Praises UN Development Fund for Women
Letter to the US Representative to the UN Commission on the Status of Women
EDITORIAL: A Necessary Vaccine
President's Budget Would Cut Deeply Into Important Government Services
Bush budget misses moral mark in hurting poor families, Catholic Charities prez says
U.S. Clout Raises Worries for World Health Agency
New Congress Can Save Lives or Money
Silent treatment: Doctors' morals can limit options
Teen Pregnancy Rates Hit All-Time Low
Climate
change may cause malaria-carrying mosquitoes to migrate
Rich Countries, Like Poor, Face Water Crisis
Portugal will legalize abortion
February 2007
Divorces rising in Catholic Europe
China's men lack millions of brides
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
America
the Titanic (James Carroll)
August 2006
Family
Planning Subtracted From UN's Millenium Goals
Report
says global population growth ensured for many decades
Swelling
Population Affects Health and Future of Planet
July 2006
US
women may be part of reason sales of Plan B spiked in Canada
June 2006
The Mother of Life and the God of Death (John Raines)
Day of Reckoning for Current Occupant of White House
Vatican will issue document on condom use for those with AIDS
Italian Cardinal Looks at Embryo Adoption and Condoms
'Roe v. Wade': The divided states of America
Hawaii Lawmakers Approve Bill To Protect Abortion Rights
Chastity, M.D.; Conservatives teach sex ed to medical students
South Dakota Abortion Ban Foes Petition for a Choice
Embracing Cheap Workers, Ignoring Their Welfare
U.S. Focus on Abstinence Weakens AIDS Fight, Agency Finds
April 2006
Why Don't Men Write About Abortion?
South Dakota Ban Drove Media Out of Hiding
Has the U.S. Media Reached a Tipping Point on Global Warming?
China's One-Child Population Policy Producing Socio-Economic Problems
World Population Prospects: 2004 Revision
The fallout from one mom's voice
New Abortion Law Highlights Moral Dispute
Anti-abortionists in Britain copy US-style campaign
Taking the Gay Insults Personally
Women silent on abortion on NYT op-ed page
The battle to ban birth control
After 2 More Deaths, Planned Parenthood Alters Method on Abortion Pill
Poll shows abortion ban unpopular
OP ED: Give the U.N.'s Reins to a Woman
March 2006
Documents raise questions about decision on morning-after pill
World Abortion Trend the Opposite of U.S.
In South Dakota, at least the pretense is finally over
Abortion Issue Moves to States
Protestants endorse family planning
Annan Draws Fire Over Gender Equality
The pill is mightier than the sword
Wal-Mart, in Reversal, to Sell Plan B Pill
Should liberals leave Catholic Church?
The House's Catholic Democrats Detail Role Religion Plays
Sizing Up the Opposing Armies in the Coming Abortion Battle
S. Dakota OK's Wide Abortion Ban
Abortion Pill Slated for New FDA Review
When teen sex education goes too far
Ban on Most Abortions Advances in South Dakota
Abortion Case to Test New Justices
A Catholic millionaire's dream town draws fire
Conference puts focus on teens and sexuality
Archbishop says Americans are Breaking International Law
U.S.
church alliance denounces Iraq war
February 2006
Birth Control Drive-Through Opens in Wisconsin
At Religious Universities, Disputes Over Faith and Freedom
Indiana abortion proposal defines life as beginning at conception
Filmmaker Sharpens U.S. Focus on Fistula
U.S. Cuts Funds for Family Planning Overseas, Stirring Opposition
Look where our family planning money went
Misunderstanding Muslims: James Carroll
Judge: No credible evidence underage sex always harmful
Abortion opponents going for 'fresh angle'
Kansas' Top Court Limits Abortion Record Search
Britain defies US with funding to boost safe abortion services
Women Sue Wal-Mart Over Contraception
Courts reject ban on partial-birth abortion
Abortion Rights Groups Say Battle Being Lost
Religious Groups Get Chunk of AIDS Money
Kidman Accepts Role As Goodwill Ambassador
United States Ranks 28th on Environment, a New Study Says
Where The Real Abortion Action Is
Justices Send Back Parent-Notification Law
Vatican Newspaper Hits Intelligent Design
Is Roe v. Wade already collapsing?
Alito Leaves Door Open to Reversing 'Roe'
Bishop Calls for Classes on Method of Birth Control
Planned Parenthood Names New President
Overpopulation 'is main threat to planet'
EU challenges Vatican's draft abortion treaty
Short, nasty and brutal -- the life of Russia's disappearing men
January 2006
Religion takes center stage in Italian elections
ACLU: Government won't explain silence on emergency contraception
World's Women Make Strides and Suffer Setbacks In 2005
Saudi Women See Changes, and Reasons to Expect More
Suppose this is a papal election not received? (Rosemary Reuther)
A Religious Protest Largely From the Left
Private hospitals exempt on morning-after pill law
Brazilian Singer Blasts Vatican in Condom Dispute
The Basilica of Denial: Cardinal Law is Symbol of Corruption
What about girl victims of priest abuse?
South African bishop opposes Vatican's ban on condoms
Religious issues colour Italian election build-up
Pay women not to have abortions, say Italian MPs
Europeans
Reject Abstinence Message in Split with US on AIDS
2005
December 2005
"Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins
Challenging Our Assumptions on Depopulation
Pope Avoids Condom Issue in AIDS Message
Papal Instruction: Catholic Church Confused Over Sexual Issues
'Church, a Goliath Against Reproductive Health'
Supreme Court to Hear First Abortion Case in 5 Years
Global Gag Rule Expanded to HIV Funding
Violence, discrimination against women is major cause of death
Pope enters Italy pre-electoral abortion debate
When Cleaner Air Is a Biblical Obligation
Row over pill may see pro-life activists in Italy's abortion clinics
Report Details F.D.A. Rejection of Next-Day Pill
Good news on cancer? Not for everyone
November 2005
South African bishop bucks the Vatican, argues condoms are pro-life in HIV battle
Nominee's Decisions Leave Little Doubt
Abortion does not increase depression risk, study finds
Abortion Rights Facing Multiple Attacks
U.N. Links Poverty, Violence Against Women
Religion = Higher Abortion Rate?
Miers To Face Questions on Abortion Views
Bishops, Where Do We Go From Here?
U.S. Asks Court to Dismiss Abuse Suit That Names Pope
Bush Jihad Against UNFPA Enters Fourth Year
Saving Plan B From the Zealots
Two Groups of Nuns Call for End to Iraq War
Gay Marriage Ban Is Rejected in Massachusetts
October 2005
A question that deserves to be answered
Rising Population Threatens Global Security
Abstinence program foes turn to a little-used law
Maybe the greatest assembly in history -- of hypocrites
Poverty Fight May Be Subverted at U.N. Summit
Medical files often aren’t confidential, even for abortion
Maine schools shun abstinence-only sex ed course
A Step Backwards for Women, Say Activists
Ireland's population to jump to five million by 2021
European population growth comes to a standstill, study finds
Sucker's Bets for the New Century: The U.S. after Katrina
Poland facing population decline, German office says
"How's the Water?" -- Commencement Address at Kenyon University
Born Again Economics: Putting the money changers back in the temple
September 2005
Official Quits on Pill Delay at the F.D.A.
Pill politics raises question on Roberts
Katrina's Real Name is Global Warming
Access to Abortion Pared at State Level
Hawaii Law Facilitates Morning-After Pill
U.S. Again Delays Decision on Sale of Next-Day Pill
Lone Woman on Committee Feels Pull of Further Duty in Roberts Hearings
Feinstein: Roberts' abortion stance key
USAID Sued Over Anti-Prostitution Policy
'Unprotected intercourse' legal argument shocks Catholics
Federal Funds for Abstinence Group Withheld
Family planning as allowed in Islam
Contraceptive coverage wins a round
Reformers Turn Up the Heat at World Youth Day in Germany
August 2005
Roberts Resisted Women's Rights; 1982-86 Memos Detail Skepticism
AIDS, aid and prostitution; A challenge to America's anti-AIDS policy
Not everyone at World Youth Day is on the same team
Bush Hurts Women When He Nixes Funds for U.N.
Under fire, abortion rights group withdraws anti-Roberts ad
Ad Campaign Says Roberts Backed Violent Protesters
Women's Groups Try To Rally for Court Fight
'Grandfather boom' as world population heads for nine billion
Emergency Contraception Prevents Fertilization, not Implantation, Studies Show
Santorum: preposterous and wrong
7 Dem Women Want to Know Roberts' Stand on Privacy
Irish Minister of Health Says Pill Should Be Option for Pre-teens
Justice Kennedy Is One to Watch on Abortion
All Ears for Tom Cruise, All Eyes on Brad Pitt
Railroad Must Cover Birth Control
Creationists Still Fighting Evolution
Irish Women's Poverty Gets U.N. Audience
Only in America, Abortion Wars Sour Supreme Court Battle
Iraqi Women May Lose Basic Rights Under New Constitution
Abortion? Nah. Seek Roberts' privacy stance
Prostitution Puts U.S. and Brazil at Odds on AIDS Policy
Exiting Iraq is the Only Solution (Andrew Greeley)
Sell Art and Keep Parishes Open
Now, Dangers of a Population Implosion
Roman Holiday: Dan Maguire's son meets Then-Cardinal Ratzinger
July 2005
Exiting Iraq is the Only Solution (Andrew Greeley)
US Abortion Wars Rage after Bush Names Supreme Court Pick
House Bill Would Eliminate Contraceptive Supplies to Prevent Obstetric Fistula
Laura Bush's Advocacy of Condoms Doesn't Go Far Enough
Birth control pills helped empower women, changed the world
Concerns over the safety of the birth control patch
Birth control pills helped empower women, changed the world
Foes Keep Planned Parenthood under Steady Attack
Irishwomen To Make Plea on Human Rights
Record 5 Million Visit Family Planning Clinics
Vatican Criticizes Catholics on Communion
Condom Labels at Center of Debate
Lost in the Middle Ground of America’s Abortion War
Now Available: Middle Ground of Plan B
Public Triumphs, Private Rights — one Supreme Court justice could take it away
Hanging By A Thread: What’s At Stake If We Lose The Supreme Court
Misinformation Campaign Continues Against UNFPA
United Church of Christ Backs Gay Marriage
Pediatrician group urges teen access to birth control
Gunning for Stem-Cell Naysayers
High Court to Again Hear Case on Abortion Clinic Protesters
Italian Vote to Ease Fertility Law Fails for Want of Voters
EDITORIAL: UNFPA saves lives; Yet U.S. denies it funds again
As It Eyes Cities, Wal-Mart Has No Plan B
New York Bill Allows Sales of Pill Over Counter
Dr. Mom: A Tokyo Support Group Helps Women Doctors
National Council of Churches urges ‘end the war’ resolution
Non-hormonal Contraceptive For Men Sought
Morning-after Pill's Not Abortion, Scientists Say
Church blocks Italian referendum
June 2005
Surprising Statistics on Abortion
Africa's Suffering Is Bush's Shame
Pro-Voice Hotline Goes Nationwide
Broken Promises Leave Three Million Children to Die in Africa
Refusal of Walgreen's Pharmacy to Fill Prescription Leads to Hearing
After 40 Years, Tiny Pill Still Leads Big Debate
The fight that won us the right to birth control
Pope's Invitation to Live 8 Concert Stirs Protest
Gains Made to Contain AIDS, but Its Spread Goes On, U.N. Says
Why Did Vatican Officials Sack Jesuit Editor? Because They Could
Conference brings Christian leaders to weigh global challenges
U.S. Backs Off Stipulation on AIDS Funds
Hospitals ignore rape victim law
PAKISTAN: Debating Islam and Family Planning
Preserving the Global AIDS Fund
U.N
Says World's Population Is Aging Rapidly
Incredible Shrinking US Family
Arab Human Development Report 2003
China's dangerous sexual ignorance
Most Catholics say church should support birth control
High Court to Hear Abortion Case
Wisconsin's abortion rate seen as lowest ever recorded
Women Take Brunt of Human Rights Abuse: Amnesty International
May 2005
Conference of Islamic Scholars Tackles Population Issue
Pharmacists Dispense Anti-Choice Activism
Iran's Parliament approves abortions when the mother is in danger or the child would be disabled
Abortion and the Age of Reason
Poll Shows Catholic Doctors Don't Always Follow Church Teaching
Women expect little change on core issues in Catholic Church
Birth control is a woman's decision, not her pharmacist's
Pope May Color Debate in U.S. Over 'Life' Issues Like Abortion
The Catholic Church steps backwards
US Accused of Trying to Block Abortion Pills
Changing Minds, One at a Time (Howard Zinn)
Action Alert from Debra Haffner
Matthew Fox Reflects on the Recent Papacy of John Paul II
New CHurch Debate Is Sought on Use of Condoms to Fight AIDS
Questions for an Inauguration (Joan Chittister, OSB)
A smaller population? There are benefits
Is this kind of Christianity Christian?
Saudi Arabia bans forced marriage
Massachusetts Abortion Clinic Law Allowed To Stand
Religion
and Reproductive Health and Rights
Pharmacist rebuked who refused to refill birth control prescription
U.N.: World population to hit 9B in 2050
Moral Values Extolled at University Peace Rally
Arab Human Development Report 2002
Africa Activists Want Catholics to Back Condoms
April 2005
Catholic Teaching on Morals Deeply Contested in Africa
Plan B Access Fight May Stall FDA Nomination
UN Official Hopes New Pope Will Ease Condom Stance
U.N. Still too much a Boys' Club
S. African Catholics Aren't Practicing What Pope Preached
Role of Religion in US Politics under Question
Paying Last Respects, but Hoping for Change
Cardinal Law, Ousted in U.S. Scandal, Is Given a Major Role in Rites
Democrats Block Nomination Over Morning-After Pill
U.S. Pursues Disruptive Anti-Abortion Agenda
Is the Pope Catholic (Bill Keller, New York Times)
Senate Defies Bush on Foreign Family Planning Aid
Sweden Boldly Exposes a Secret Side of Women's Lives
John Paul II's Unswerving Orthodoxy Wasted Chance to Limit HIV Deaths
A Divider, Not a Uniter: the Legacy of Pope John Paul II
Pope's Hard Line on Birth Control Is Demographic Time Bomb for Philippines
No Praise for Pope from AIDS Campaigners
Illinois Pharmacies Ordered to Provide Birth Control
Abortion Trial Resumes in Portugal amid Protests
New Order of Catholic Priests Is Forming to Fight Abortions
Pharmacists Balk at Filling Some Prescriptions Because of Beliefs
What's Going On? (right-to-die, birth control, etc.)
Abortion Foes Get More Vocal as EU Expands
High Court Declines to Review State Emergency Abortion Law
Diverse Faiths Find No Easy Answers in Terri Schiavo Case
Group Decries Abortion Records Searches
N.J. Must Tell Rape Victims of Emergency Birth Control
Head of UN Children's Fund Carol Bellamy retires
A Misguided Anti-Vice Pledge Courtesy of Congress and Church
EU urges action on falling population
March 2005
Abortion's elusive middle ground
Trafficking in Politics: Bush's sex slavery rhetoric masks policy Failures
U.S. Disputes Reproductive Rights at U.N.
International Women's Day Marked with Pleas and Protests across Globe
U.N. Chief Faulted for Bypassing Women for Top Jobs
Women Still Unequal 10 Years After Beijing
Women Still Facing Discriminatory Laws
United States Drops Anti-Abortion Demand at U.N. Equality Forum
More Than Two-Thirds of California Residents Support Physician-Assisted Suicide
Iraq War Lands in the Midst of Vermont's Town Hall Meetings
US Demand Causes Outcry at UN Meeting
U.S. Pushes U.N. on Abortion Declaration
Insecure Insanity: The Crowning of the President
U.N. Says Fertility Rate Declining
Mortality before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Birth control for men promising
In
Honor of International Women's Day on March 8
Meet the Challenge - Add Your
Voice and Your Dollar
Pope's controversial new book goes on sale
Amnesty: Iraqi Women No Better Off Post-Saddam
With baby, another bundle of Italian joy worth $14,000
Women's Groups Ready for Budget Fight
Teach Our Kids Sex Reality; Abstinence-Only Programs Fail and Deceive Our Kids
NJ, NY Officials Say Rape Victims Need Emergency Contraception Option
February 2005
The 'tsunami' victims that we don't count
Rev. Debra Haffner publishes manual on sex offenders and faith-based communities
Sex and the Holy City: a BBC documentary
Book Details How Depopulation of the World Could Change Our Future
$2.5 Trillion Budget Plan Cuts Many Programs; Domestic Spending Falls; Defense, Security Rise
Bill requires parental consent for teen birth control
Investing in Slowing Population
The Graying of the Global Population
Military Gobbles Funds Earmarked for Social Development
Women Still Treated Less for Heart Disease
Condom Ban Divides Catholic Clergy as Health Concerns Grow
Departing
Head of Planned Parenthood Faults Kerry for Handling of Abortion During Campaign
Cardinal Says Condoms Could Help to Stop AIDS
Abstinence programs: lessons in futility?
Europe Population: NPR Morning Edition
Bill Moyers On Receiving Harvard Medical School's Global Environment Citizen Award
COMMENTARY: Let's Inaugurate Saner, Safer World for Women
Poverty, War, HIV Affect over 1 Billion Children, UNICEF Says
EDITORIAL: Abortion anxiety mounts in U.S.
Way seen to male birth-control pill
FDA's Decision on Morning-After Pill Is Delayed
Women
Sue FDA For Right To Buy Emergency Pill
Irish Paper Tells Church How to Solve the Condom Conundrum
Senator
Clinton Seeking Shared Ground over Abortions
Outcry over Creation of New Smallpox Virus
Church plans to bury fetal remains from abortions collected without abortion clinic's knowledge
Pope Rejects Condoms As a Counter to AIDS; Church Doctrine on Abstinence Affirmed
Editorial:
Keep UNICEF Healthy; Veneman Needs to Grasp Its Full Mission
Tsunami
Relief May Mean New Abortion Fight in Congress
January 2005
Not
In Our Name Statement of Conscience
Spanish
church does U-turn on condom remark
Religious Institute Releases Open Letter on Abortion
Demographic 'Bomb' May Only Go 'Pop!'
A Forceful Voice for the Children of the Tsunami
Sen. Clinton Chides Bush on Women's Health Policy
A new disaster in the works for tsunami victims
Egyptian Women See Divorce as Religious Right
Gulf Forum Urges Governments to End Violence against Women
Condom Testing Reveals Best Brands
No sex is safe sex for teens in America
More Women Opting Against Birth Control, Study Finds
Baltimore's teen births decline; Rate remains higher than nation's, state's
Nations Pledge Cash For Quake Victims
Democrats Weigh De-emphasizing Abortion as an Issue
America,
the Indifferent (NY Times editorial)
Two Opponents of Abortion Are Tapped for Senate Judiciary Panel
Vatican Sets Up AIDS Foundation While Cardinals Avoid Debate on Condoms
The world's broken promise to our children
World Religious Leaders Observe Tenth Anniversary of International Year of the Family
John C. Raines: A Proposal To My Fellow Democrats
Nordic family ties don't mean tying the knot
AIDS worst disaster in history, says UN chief
How
Many More Iraqis Must Die for Our Revenge?
Alabama
Vote Opens Old Racial Wounds