Staff / TruthdigAug 27, 2013
The procedure, already rife with stigma because of government restrictions and the anti-choice movement, is becoming increasingly inaccessible to women who choose to exercise their reproductive rights. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJul 11, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including a pair of controversial anti-abortion measures make their way through two Republican-controlled state legislatures and former N.Y. Gov. Eliot Spitzer's political comeback gets some good news. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJul 10, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including what Texas Republicans say is the real reason Gov. Rick Perry won't run for re-election next year and watch what happens when a woman bravely calls out Texas lawmakers over the state's abominable anti-abortion measure. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJul 2, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including student loan interest rates double due to Congress' inaction and Texas Republicans begin their push to pass a controversial anti-abortion law in the new special legislative session after their attempts were thwarted last week. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 26, 2013
After Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst stopped the Democratic state senator two hours short of her attempted 13-hour filibuster of a strict anti-abortion bill, pandemonium erupted in the gallery. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 26, 2013
The Democratic Texas state senator is single-handedly trying to block an extreme anti-abortion bill being pushed by Republicans that would significantly reduce access to the procedure and ban it outright after 20 weeks of pregnancy in the U.S.’ second most populous state. (UPDATED) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 20, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including a third GOP senator throws her support behind legalizing gay marriage and a Democratic lawmaker takes a major step to end corporate personhood. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 18, 2013
During debate Monday on a House bill that would ban virtually all abortions starting 20 weeks after conception, Rep. Michael Burgess, a Republican from Texas, made what likely amounts to be the most absurd argument ever for why the country should outlaw the medical procedure. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigDec 6, 2012
"Surrender the Secret" will follow five women who have had abortions "on their journey together to healing and self-forgiveness" Because obviously the best place for these women to heal is on an online reality show that is publicly shaming them for their life choices . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 16, 2012
Claiming an opponent has violated a sacred rule of decorum is a time-honored and effective way of discrediting that person in the eyes of an audience used to deferring to authority and tradition. That's exactly what Michigan's House Republicans did to Rep. Lisa Brown on Thursday. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 31, 2011
Did you hear that a Planned Parenthood clinic in McKinney, Texas, was firebombed last Tuesday? If you read only the conservative press, then chances are you didn't. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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