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Why is it that in life's most personal and private moments - sexuality, conception, birth and the dying process, the party that says it governs least always governs most?

Will abortion be the magic bullet that kills off health care reform? Mainstream media seems to be doing its best to make it happen. Written by Amanda Marcotte for RHRealityCheck.org - News, commentary and community for reproductive health.

The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a landmark resolution recognizing maternal death and illness as a pressing human rights concern.

Why is RH Reality Check, a site founded and dedicated to promoting progressive ideas about the full spectrum of sexual and reproductive health, engaging this discussion about common ground?

Charges that racism and sexism might influence Judge Sotomayor's decision-making are a proxy for the far right's concerns about her positions on choice, discrimination, and immigration rights.

The national antiabortion group, Susan B. Anthony List, is the recipient of a cool 50 grand courtesy of defeated U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave's campaign fund.

Will funding for abstinence-only-until marriage programs stay out of the budget once Congress gets its hands on it?

Obama's 2010 budget contains some recommendations that should buoy those of us working to improve women's reproductive health, but it also contains a dose of heartache.

Are your reproductive rights more secure today than they were 100 days ago? How about the human rights of women around the world? Are we making progress toward universal access to basic sexual and reproductive health services, comprehensive sex education and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment here and abroad? RH Reality Check evaluates whether Obama is making the grade.

Supporters of "egg-as-person" laws don't mention that if the unborn have legal personhood rights, pregnant women won't.