Todd Akin: Women Can’t Get Pregnant From ‘Legitimate Rape’

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Aug 20, 2012 Some conservatives are asking for the Republican Senate candidate in Missouri to step down over outrageous remarks on rape and abortion. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Ohio State Senator Wants a Vote on Viagra

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2012 Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner is flipping the script on the contraception debate that's become the top issue for culture war enthusiasts by proposing a bill that would oblige men to go through similar kinds of preliminary steps to get Viagra prescriptions or vasectomies as women will for their reproductive health needs if another bit of legislation becomes law. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Virginia Legislators Put ‘Personhood’ Bill on Hold

Staff / Truthdig Feb 24, 2012 It's been a big week for all things prenatal in the Virginia Legislature. Earlier we saw the resolution of the controversy over a bill that would have required women in the Old Dominion to undergo invasive ultrasound procedures before having abortions, and Thursday, the state Senate made another big decision about reproductive law, at least for the time being. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Indiana Lawmaker: Girl Scouts Promote Homosexuality, Communism

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2012 Oh, what "a small amount of Web-based research" can do. Indiana state Rep. Bob Morris hopped online recently to read up on an organization he was concerned about, one that imperiled his conservative family and threatened to turn his daughters into pro-abortion communist homosexuals. Yes, we're talking about the Girl Scouts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Komen and Planned Parenthood: A Timeline

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2012 Earlier this month, the press exposed shifty dealings in the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood following a congressional investigation supported by anti-abortion groups. ProPublica collects the story’s major developments and the changes in Komen’s official explanation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Gets Ready to Defend Birth Control Policy

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2012 It's an election year, so it's time to play wedge issue roulette. Which culture war favorite is it going to be this time? Gay marriage? The Obama administration's recent and contested decision to require Catholic organizations to provide birth control coverage to employees? Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

More Fallout at Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2012 It's been a week since the Richter-rocking PR disaster about defunding Planned Parenthood struck the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity, and on Tuesday another big figure at the foundation shook loose. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Walking It Back

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2012 After a Web-based tide of protest, breast cancer research funder Komen for the Cure reverses its decision to end funding to Planned Parenthood. Also, the Romney clarification machine goes into high gear over what its candidate told CNN about not being "concerned about the very poor." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: Planned Parenthood Supporters

Staff / Truthdig Feb 3, 2012 With all the worries about corporate colonization of the Internet and the specter of online censorship getting spookier all the time, it's important to acknowledge the ways in which the Web can still be used for the greater good. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mississippi Legislators Decide When Life Begins

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2011 Conservative types sure are liberal about whom, or what, they're willing to call a person. Hey, corporations are people too! And according to Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and other like-minded state legislators, so is a fertilized egg. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

N.H. Cuts Off Funding to Planned Parenthood … for Birth Control

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2011 The backlash against Planned Parenthood continues, and anti-abortion advocates have emerged victorious in New Hampshire, where the state's executive council has dropped funding for the reproductive health organization (more) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )