‘Abortion Wars’ Continue as Midterm Debate in North Dakota Expands to In Vitro and End-of-Life Care

Staff / Truthdig Nov 4, 2014 Money and strategists are shaping a nationally watched campaign amid talk of in vitro fertilization and end-of-life care. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Why the Midterm Elections Should Matter Especially to Women

Robert Reich / Truthdig Nov 3, 2014 If Republicans take over Congress on Tuesday, the economic position of women will take a major hit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

My Dinner With the 1 Percent

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Sep 4, 2014 "Why don't you simply do what other rich folks do? Hide your money offshore so you don't have to pay any taxes." Laughter erupted at the table at my sarcastic comment and my question remained unanswered. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

It’s Time for Ireland to Stop Punishing Pregnant Women

By Róisín Davis Jun 21, 2014 For Ireland’s women, the culture of shame still lingers in the country's archaic reproductive rights stance. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Pandora’s Box and the Volunteer Police Force

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch May 22, 2014 You can abolish the reproductive rights women gained in 1973, with Roe v. Wade, when the Supreme Court legalized abortion -- or rather ruled that women had a right to privacy over their own bodies that precluded the banning of abortion. But you can’t so easily abolish the idea that women have certain inalienable rights. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Hobby Lobby

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What You Need to Know to Follow the Hobby Lobby Cases

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2014 The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on the religious exemption cases. Here’s how to get up to speed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’ Correspondent Discovers Medicare Has Spent $172 Million on Penis Pumps

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 20, 2014 Clearly restoring "the glory" of male erections is a more pressing health matter than providing contraceptives for women. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sex, Gender, and the Familiar Fight Over Religious Exemptions

Staff / Truthdig Mar 13, 2014 The conflict between religious freedom and gender/sexual equality has become "the most important civil rights issue of this time." Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

U.S. Catholic Bishops Sued After Hospital Turns Away a Woman Miscarrying

Staff / Truthdig Dec 4, 2013 Though Pope Francis has done quite a bit in recent months to better the image of the church, Catholic hospitals are hellbent on destroying it. The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, which issued the directives that resulted in a medical facility's refusal of care to a woman suffering a miscarriage. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Nearly Half the Country’s Cutting Obamacare Abortion Coverage

Staff / Truthdig Nov 26, 2013 While the rest of us were waiting to see whether Obamacare would pass at all, some states had other plans in sight. Thanks to a politician from Michigan who proposed ridding the Affordable Care Act of any provisions for abortion coverage, a loophole was created in the law that allows state legislatures to curb reproductive rights. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Texas Clothes Hanger

Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons Nov 22, 2013 Dig deeper