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September 23, 2011
The actress and comedian doesn't shy away from her stand on reproductive rights.
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April 8, 2011
In a last-minute deal on the 2011 federal budget, Planned Parenthood funding is safe, overall spending is drastically reduced -- and the government is still running.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onMarch 28, 2011
This time, the group behind the controversial ads warns Chicago's black residents that "future leaders are being aborted."
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onMarch 25, 2011
The actress says the debate over federal funding for the organization is about much more than abortions.
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by Kristilyn Whigham onMarch 7, 2011
Tricia Fraser wants an apology after daughter's image is used in provocative anti-abortion ad targeting African Americans.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onFebruary 24, 2011
Rapper warns "ballin' niggas" about gold diggers getting pregnant on purpose.
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February 23, 2011
This week on the Confab: Join Lauren Williams, The Root's associate editor, as she chats with our Washington reporter, Cynthia Gordy, and contributors Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lynette Holloway about black women and Planned Parenthood, black Native Americans and a Muslim Cosby Show.
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by Cynthia Gordy onFebruary 14, 2011
As members of Congress roll out a host of anti-abortion legislation, African Americans on both sides of the debate say it's time to look beyond the old concepts of pro-choice and pro-life.
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by Sheryl Huggins Salomon onJanuary 21, 2011
Kermit Gosnell is being held without bail for the death of a patient and for killing seven babies "born viable and alive" with scissors.
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by Lynette Holloway onMarch 15, 2010
That message is gaining traction, judging by the furor over anti-abortion billboards featuring black babies and a controversial Georgia bill.
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