Unsafe abortions kill about 70,000 women a year, says a report by the U.S.- based Guttmacher Institute. An additional five million women are treated annually for complications arising from unsafe abortion, adds the report, based on a global survey.

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Granting women control over their own reproduction would combat overpopulation and reduce carbon emissions

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Every minute, somewhere in the world, a woman dies of complications in pregnancy or childbirth.

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Report finds that the rate of abortions in a given country corresponds mostly to the rate of unintended pregnancy, which in turn corresponds closely to rates of contraceptive use.

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As Eleanor Bader reports at RHRealityCheck, anti-choice forces have boycotted of Susan G. Komen's Race for the Cure (SKG), the largest breast cancer charity in the world and the leader in the fight against the disease.

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Here's Rushbo -- drug addict, likely third-world sex tourist and self-appointed guardian of America's moral virtues -- working a bit of gratuitous slut-shaming into the health care debate.

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Distrustful of experts, many Quiverfull followers are leaving childbirth to God. The recent death of a newborn, however, exposes a growing rift.

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The Catholic Church (and Pope Benedict XVI) were presented with a public-relations powder keg in March when news broke that a 9-year-old Brazilian girl underwent an abortion after she'd been raped and impregnated with twins by her stepfather.

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When I got the invite to a friend's abortion party, I thought it was a way to help her through a difficult decision. I was right and wrong.

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Rep Todd Tiahrt.... Can't pass health care bill - provides free abortions.

His quote is as follows: :If you think of it in human terms, there is a financial incentive that would be put in place, paid for by tax dollars, that would encourage…single parents, living below the poverty level, to have the opportunity for a free abortion.

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This is an important article for all pro choice people to read. We have to make sure that abortion rights are not left up to political appointees, and that all reproductive services are included in an health care reform.

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Ann Coulter is skilled at saying what she really believes while building in a certain plausible deniability, and that is what she has repeatedly done in justifying the assassination of abortion providers.

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The military is fond of parading tokens of femininity. They point to female mascots such as Molly Pitcher and Margaret Corbin. They like the idea of women's service.

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"My name is Danielle," she says, and immediately begins to sob. "I have three little kids and cannot have another. I cannot. I'm telling you, I cannot be pregnant or have this baby."

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For the past week, we've been watching the political circus that has become our state government, glued to our computer screens for the unfolding story. But there's another story that hasn't yet been told.

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Operation Rescue announced yesterday that they will continue to target Leroy Carhart, MD, a Nebraska abortion provider. Operation Rescue plans to seek an investigation of Dr. Carhart's Bellevue, Nebraska, clinic by the state Attorney General, Jon Bruning.

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If you are a student, you probably see so-called crisis pregnancy center ads all the time on campus. They read something like, "SCARED? PREGNANT? NEED HELP? Call 1-800-HELP NOW for a FREE pregnancy test. WE CAN HELP YOU WITH YOUR OPTIONS."

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Shocking images and violent calls to action from anti abortion websites.

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The murder of Dr.

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After three years, the Hungarian government has finally decided to provide financial compensation to a Romani woman who was coercively sterilized in 2001.

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Never mind waiting for that 20-week sonogram—now expectant mothers can find out their baby's sex in a handy, over-the-counter test as early as 10 weeks after conception.

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The clinic of Dr. George R. Tiller, in Wichita, had been one of a few in the country to provide abortions to women late in their pregnancies, and for decades, women had traveled there from all over the nation and overseas.

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During last Thursday's broadcast, Keith Olbermann named anti-abortion advocate Jill Stanek as the "Worst Person in the World," chiefly because Stanek posted photos and the addresses of the only two remaining doctors who provide late-term abortions. Olbermann said:

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One small ray of hope emerged in the aftermath of the horrific anti-choice assassination of Dr. George Tiller. Former patients of Dr.

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