The decisions you make every day, in the course of your own life, can seem very personal and individual—especially when it comes to decisions about sex, contraception, and childbearing. But it’s also easy to see how these decisions can have … Continue Reading
Happy Halloween! All this week, we’ve been highlighting some of the scariest policies for women on Capitol Hill here on the blog and over at NightmareOnCapitolHill.com. Though it’s been struck down by every Democratic President in the last 30 years, … Continue Reading
Since the Republican takeover in the House in 2011, advocates have fought with the tenacity of vampire hunters and zombie slayers to successfully block annual efforts by the House to reinstate the Global Gag Rule, prohibit a U.S. contribution … Continue Reading
By day, this sneaky policy masquerades as an innocuous amendment to a routine spending bill, but by night it’s a horrifying ban on the use of federal funds to pay for abortions domestically. The Hyde Amendment is not a … Continue Reading
A monstrous policy is haunting United States foreign assistance and threatening the lives of women around the world. The Helms Amendment, which restricts the use of U.S. foreign aid dollars for abortion, was the brainchild of the late Jesse … Continue Reading
