A recent conference challenged participants to try to understand different perspectives on abortion, to see disagreement as an opportunity, and not to attack. Here are my thoughts in reflection on the meeting.

Written by Aimée Thorne-Thomsen for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

The National Right to Life Committee “crashed” a Catholics United press call as groups await a U.S. District Court ruling on the false statements of the Susan B. Anthony List.

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

Physicians and families spoke out yesterday against Amendment 62, the “Personhood Amendment” up for a vote in Colorado, warning that, if passed, it would ban in-vitro fertilization for couples seeking to have children. 

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

In April 2010, the Nebraska legislature banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy for all reasons except for the life and physical health of the mother. The reality is that women need later abortions for many of the same reasons women need any other abortion.

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

Weekly Pulse: Anti-Masturbation Crusader Christine O’Donnell is Master of Her Domain

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.

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.

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.

South Dakota’s most prominent anti-choice advocacy group is putting out an unheard of endorsement in the Secretary of State race, leaving voters to wonder why?

Written by Robin Marty for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.