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Abortion

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    SOPA, Limbaugh, Komen: This Is What Happens When the Mob is Right

    ​There is far too much cheerleading for the "wisdom of crowds." The undiscerning among us, often motivated by an understandable (if often mindless) disgust with institutions, tend to employ buzzwords like "crowdsourcing" and to preach the idea that "the people" are always right even if "the people ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    The Craziest Anti-Planned Parenthood Ads

    Planned Parenthood doesn't shy away from provocative gimmicks in its efforts to promote sex education and reproductive health; earlier this week, we brought you the news that the nonprofit has launched a new campaign encouraging people to "check in" to a special social network when they don condoms ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Planned Parenthood Wants You to 'Check In' When You Have Sex

    ​The nonprofit family-planning and sexual-health group Planned Parenthood has been much in the headlines over the past month. After a scandal over a potential loss of foundation funding, PP was hit with the bizarre accusations of a conservative Indiana state legislator who claimed the organization ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Indiana Republican Bob Morris Admits He's Really Scared of Girl Scouts

    ​Indiana doesn't make it in the news too often, and sadly, for the people of the Hoosier state, this is what happens when it does get its 15 minutes of fame.Paranoid Republican Rep. Bob Morris reportedly accused the Girl Scouts of being a radical branch of Planned Parenthood. More specifically, he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    S.F. Komen Affiliates "Thrilled" to Continue Funding Planned Parenthood

    ​The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation relieved its six California affiliates today when it pledged to reverse its unpopular policy to stop funding Planned Parenthood and its breast cancer prevention programs.During Komen's grant review process, the foundation decided that any organizations b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    There Are Two Conservative Girl Scout Cookie Boycotts This Year

    ​According to an article in Salon yesterday, this year Girl Scout Cookies are under attack. Yes, cookies. Conservative activists have spotted a tenuous link between the Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood -- apparently, some scouts attended an event at which a Planned Parenthood UK brochure arguing ... More >>

  • Music

    October 12, 2011

    Bouncer Spies the Clipboard Peeps at House of Shields

    ​According to an article in Salon yesterday, this year Girl Scout Cookies are under attack. Yes, cookies. Conservative activists have spotted a tenuous link between the Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood -- apparently, some scouts attended an event at which a Planned Parenthood UK brochure arguing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Bouncer Visits House of Shields, a Beer Cave for the Clipboard Peeps

    ​From this week's Bouncer column: I found it ironic that I was walking to the House of Shields one afternoon when I found myself bombarded with people in bright pink T-shirts from Planned Parenthood. I, like most Tea Party Patriots, associate the organization with birth control, or "shields" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Is Google Reponsible for Anti-Abortion Center Posing As Abortion Provider?

    Be careful what you search for. ​By now, we've accepted the fact that Google relies on our online searches to target products for advertising. But City Attorney Dennis Herrera is not; the mayoral candidate is asking one San Francisco anti-abortion counseling center to stop web advertisements that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Oakland Discriminates Against Anti-Abortion Activists, Judge Says

    ​Oakland discriminates against anti-abortion activists by selectively enforcing their "bubble ordinance," which prohibits contact with individuals entering reproductive health clinics, the Ninth Circuit has ruled. The ordinance, which was passed in February 2008, makes it unlawful for anyone to ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 1, 2011

    The Politics of Sexual Health

    ​Oakland discriminates against anti-abortion activists by selectively enforcing their "bubble ordinance," which prohibits contact with individuals entering reproductive health clinics, the Ninth Circuit has ruled. The ordinance, which was passed in February 2008, makes it unlawful for anyone to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    UCSF Study: Some Indian Immigrants Get Sex-Selection Abortions

    A startling study from UCSF. ​The recently published UCSF study illuminates a startling trend: Indian immigrant women are using  reproductive technologies and liberal abortion policies in the United States to abort female fetuses, acting on cultural pressure from their family to bear only son ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Newsom Tweets His Support for Planned Parenthood; Asks Followers to Sign Petition

    A message from Gavin Newsom​With the U.S. Congress on the precipice of stripping away federal funds for Planned Parenthood, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking Californians to sign an open letter opposing the controversial legislation. True to form, the former San Francisco mayor tweeted out a message ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    S.F. Pro-Lifers Will Train To Channel Angel Gabriel This Weekend

    Susan StefanskiAngel Gabriel​ For many single gals in San Francisco, a dude in an angel costume attempting to dispense advice for her pregnancy would seem like a creative ploy for pocket change. Halo headgear a la the biblical Angel Gabriel are optional for the throngs of local ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    USF Realizes Its Student Insurance Covered Abortions -- and Aborts It

    Abortion has commandeered headlines of late with the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade last week and Saturday's pro-life rally -- for which many protesters bused into this pro-choice lair from more conservative California zip codes. But there is one story of anti-abortion zeal here in our own bac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    St. Luke's Doctor: DIY Abortions by S.F. Latinas Overhyped in New York Times

    Progressive San Francisco may be a card-carrying pro-choice city where abortions are readily accessible. But just because a hipster chick can wear a snarky T-shirt that could very well  get her burned at the stake in more conservative zip codes hasn't erased abortion's taboo within the city's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    The Other Crusading Alt-Weekly Publisher

    Progressive San Francisco may be a card-carrying pro-choice city where abortions are readily accessible. But just because a hipster chick can wear a snarky T-shirt that could very well  get her burned at the stake in more conservative zip codes hasn't erased abortion's taboo within the city's ... More >>

  • Film

    October 8, 2008

    Female Persuasion

    Happy-Go-Lucky's optimistic heroine might just convince you to cheer up.

  • Calendar

    May 14, 2008

    4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

    Happy-Go-Lucky's optimistic heroine might just convince you to cheer up.

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2008

    SF Librarians Bust Johns Hopkins for Removing ‘Abortion’ from Health Database

    Happy-Go-Lucky's optimistic heroine might just convince you to cheer up.

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2008

    Milpitas Teacher Who Showed Silent Scream Resigns

    Happy-Go-Lucky's optimistic heroine might just convince you to cheer up.

  • Film

    February 6, 2008

    4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Director Cristian Mungiu Interview

    Happy-Go-Lucky's optimistic heroine might just convince you to cheer up.

  • Film

    January 30, 2008

    Under the Knife

    One very bad day in Ceausescu's Romania

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2008

    Vagina Warriors May Snarl Traffic

    One very bad day in Ceausescu's Romania

  • News

    December 26, 2007

    Missed Opportunities

    Kick yourself for not seeing these 10 movies

  • News

    November 2, 2005

    First Proposition, Then Conception

    Take the initiative on the sticky question of parental notification

  • News

    September 28, 2005

    What Part of "Wait Until Marriage" Don't You Understand!

    Infiltrator goes to a teen abstinence educators' conference -- and gets laid!

  • News

    July 27, 2005

    Onward, Christian Lawyers

    Why lawsuits filed by anti-abortion activists may be a blessing in disguise for the California stem cell institute

  • Film

    May 4, 2005

    Shock and Awful

    Todd Solondz has been a lot of things, but never preachy or dull. Till now.

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2005

    Gilman's Treat

    Magic Theatre takes a Swing

  • News

    December 15, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, December 15, 2004

  • News

    December 1, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, December1, 2004

  • News

    November 10, 2004

    Infiltrator: I was an Abortion Protestor!

    Outside a Planned Parenthood clinic with Unborn Jesus and the Grim Reaper

  • Film

    October 20, 2004

    Secrets and Lies

    In Mike Leigh's new film, motherhood is a very tricky business

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2002

    To Hell and Back

    Explore the underworld -- you know, drugs, homosexuality, and the occult -- with the Pentecostal Trinity Church

  • Calendar

    February 27, 2002

    Out in the Open

    A documentary film takes a poignant look at gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews

  • Calendar

    May 6, 1998

    The Grid

    A documentary film takes a poignant look at gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews

  • News

    February 4, 1998

    Letters

    A documentary film takes a poignant look at gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews

  • Calendar

    January 14, 1998

    Night + Day

    A documentary film takes a poignant look at gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews

  • News

    January 14, 1998

    The Illusion of Roe V. Wade

    While feminists loudly celebrate the 25th anniversary of legalized abortion, quiet changes in the medical landscape make the procedure less and less available

  • Calendar

    October 8, 1997

    Savage Love

    While feminists loudly celebrate the 25th anniversary of legalized abortion, quiet changes in the medical landscape make the procedure less and less available

  • Calendar

    September 24, 1997

    Savage Love

    While feminists loudly celebrate the 25th anniversary of legalized abortion, quiet changes in the medical landscape make the procedure less and less available

  • Calendar

    September 17, 1997

    Unspun

    While feminists loudly celebrate the 25th anniversary of legalized abortion, quiet changes in the medical landscape make the procedure less and less available

  • Calendar

    January 22, 1997

    Slap Shots

    While feminists loudly celebrate the 25th anniversary of legalized abortion, quiet changes in the medical landscape make the procedure less and less available

  • Calendar

    October 16, 1996

    Night+Day

    While feminists loudly celebrate the 25th anniversary of legalized abortion, quiet changes in the medical landscape make the procedure less and less available

  • Calendar

    December 13, 1995

    Night+Day

    While feminists loudly celebrate the 25th anniversary of legalized abortion, quiet changes in the medical landscape make the procedure less and less available

  • Calendar

    December 6, 1995

    Night+Day

    While feminists loudly celebrate the 25th anniversary of legalized abortion, quiet changes in the medical landscape make the procedure less and less available

  • News

    June 28, 1995

    Letters

    While feminists loudly celebrate the 25th anniversary of legalized abortion, quiet changes in the medical landscape make the procedure less and less available

  • News

    June 21, 1995

    The War Womb (Part II)

    For every direct action against an abortion clinic staged by Operation Rescue, expect an equal and opposite reaction by the Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights.

  • News

    June 21, 1995

    The War Womb

    For every direct action against an abortion clinic staged by Operation Rescue, expect an equal and opposite reaction by the Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights

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