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Category: Dispatches from the Abortion Wars
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Beacon authors respond to global challenges.
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One year after the killing of Dr. George Tiller, Carole Joffe looks at his important legacy.
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The author of Dispatches from the Abortion Wars looks at the most recent battles in reproductive health.
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Today's post is from Carole Joffe, author of Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us (forthcoming in early 2010). Joffe is professor of sociology at the University of California-Davis and a researcher at the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California-San…
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While the healthcare debate rages on, Carole Joffe shares stories of women and families who have been affected by difficult health decisions and widely varying insurance coverage for medically necessary abortion.
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Carole Joffe looks at the myriad challenges women face in our current health care system and the ways Congress can level the playing field.
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Dr. Carole Joffe reflects on the work of Dr. George Tiller and his tragic murder.
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“Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a pregnant woman from averting her eyes from the ultrasound images required to be provided to and reviewed with her.” This is the “good news” of an egregious law recently passed in Oklahoma making ultrasounds mandatory for abortion patients. But though I read the law carefully…
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