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.

Responding to an ugly episode by Delta Kappa Epsilon, the Yale Daily News just barely avoids saying “boys will be boys” in an editorial dangerously dismissive of concerns about rape culture.

Written by Jodi Jacobson for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

What’s the connection between the personhood of a fertilized egg and the personhood of corporations? It’s the Citizens United case and it is accelerating the erosion of women’s rights.

Written by Jodi Jacobson for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

Women want out-of-hospital maternity care, and they deserve legal access to it. Yet in 23 states and Washington D.C., Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) face prosecution for serving women who do not want to give birth in a hospital.

Written by Rebecca A. Spence for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice.

James O’Keefe has made a career as a propagandist and a smear artist from day one. To really understand James O’Keefe, you have to understand his misogyny.

Written by Amanda Marcotte 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.

It’s time to admit that the Tea Party is less interested in some ideal of libertarianism that is rarely practiced in the real world and is indeed about promoting the patriarchy.

Written by Amanda Marcotte 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.