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Thousands of pregnant women are placed on bed rest each year, in an attempt to ensure a healthy pregnancy and healthy baby. But bed rest can literally drive a family into poverty.

Written by Amie Newman for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

The “Right to Lie” movement claims credit for shutting down a clinic that closed because the physician has cancer, while doing nothing to actually lessen the need for abortion.

Written by Charlotte Taft for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

Abortion is one of the safest medical procedures provided in the United States due in large part to the skill and expertise of abortion providers who offer high-quality care. Steven Brigham is not one of these providers.

Written by Vicki Saporta for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

Nebraska’s misleadingly named “Women’s Health Protection Act” was enjoined by a court in August. Stopping that law was a victory. But Nebraska is not done with its attacks on women’s rights.

Written by Susan Yanow for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

A new report from the Center for Reproductive Rights reviews the losses of women’s rights throughout the states in the aftermath of health reform.

Written by Amie Newman for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

Pawlenty’s executive order will affect the elderly, teens, the poor and middle class, those in high risk insurance groups, rural Minnesotans, the mentally ill, new moms and newborns. You can do the math, but you can’t begin to calculate the damage.

Written by Sarah Stoesz for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

This past weekend the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took the stage and tried to sell this nation a payday loan as the payment solution on that check her uncle spoke of 47 years ago.

Written by Pamela Merritt for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

Seventy percent of women in California’s prisons are non-violent offenders. Why are we shackling them during pregnancy, labor, and delivery?

Written by Dr. Carolyn Suffrin for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

Five days on the ground talking to voters in Anchorage, Alaska really drove home what’s at stake for reproductive justice, voters and for Alaskan teens.

Written by Pamela Merritt for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

Haitian women, aided by women’s rights organizations, are banding together to protect themselves and all women in post-earthquake Hatii from sexual assault, rape and other forms of gender-based violence.

Written by Amie Newman for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.