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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

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The Abortion Debate: When Does Life Begin?

Comments (32) | abortion, abortion clinics, abortion debate, abstinence, anti-abortion laws, babies, baby, birth control, Christianity, conception, condoms, contraception, Education, filibuster, life begins, medical community, Opinion, plan b, planned parenthood, pro-choice, pro-life, right to choose, science, secularism, Sex ed, sex education, texas, texas abortion bill, texas bill, Wendy Davis, women's rights

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Calum Hayes
Columnist

The answer to the question of when life begins has been staring us in the face all along.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

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When Did Feminism Become A Bad Thing?

Comments (2) | anti-feminism, equality, Erick Erickson, feminism, feminist, Fox News, Lady Gaga, lou dobbs, Magyn Kelly, Media, Opinion, sexism, women, women's rights

Danielle Tarasiuk
Deputy News Editor

Fox News correspondent Megyn Kelly takes on sexism, but won’t say she's a feminist?

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

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'International Topless Jihad Day' Culturally Imperialistic

Comments (1) | amina tyler, embassy, Europe, FEMEN, femen topless protest, feminism, fundamentalism, international topless jihad day, islam, Islamism, mosques, Opinion, protest, Sharia Law, topless, topless jihad, Tunisia, women, women's rights

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Ashley Yang
Contributor

It blurs the line between mainstream and fundamentalist Islam.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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FEMEN Activists Wage 'Topless Jihad'

Comments (3) | amina tyler, Berlin, Europe, FEMEN, femen topless protest, feminism, Huffington Post, international topless jihad day, islam, Islamism, islamists, kiev, Nation and World, paris, Sharia Law, topless jihad, Tunisia, women, women's rights, world

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Francesca Bessey
Executive Producer

Activists staged topless protests outside mosques and Tunisian embassies across Europe.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

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A Woman's Right Over Her Body Not Up For Debate

Comments (13) | abc news, abortion, abortion clinics, abortion debate, abortion law, anti-abortion, Constitution, female CEOs, jack dalrymple, new york times, North Dakota, Opinion, pregnancy, red river women's clinic, Roe v. Wade, states' rights, Supreme Court, tammi kronemaker, United States, women, women in politics, women's rights

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Daffany Chan
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A new North Dakota anti-abortion law violates the Constitution and Roe v. Wade.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

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Surrogate Mother's Baby Should Never Have Been Born

Comments (2) | abortion, abortion laws, birth defects, Crystal Kelley, morality, Opinion, Religion, right to choose, surrogacy, surrogacy laws, surrogate, women's rights

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Ashima Agrawal
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If you had the option to save a child from a life of pain and suffering, would you do it?

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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Abortion Is Beyond The Point In Controversial Surrogacy Case

Comments (1) | abortion, baby s, crystal kelly, Opinion, right to choose, surrogacy, surrogate, washington post, women's rights

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Christopher Robinson
Contributor

We must have a unified national policy that is consistent with existing rights, including the right to choose.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Rape Culture Exists In America, Too

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Francesca Bessey
Deputy Opinion Editor

When exactly will the U.S. recognize the victims of gender-based violence within its own borders?

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

House Reauthorizes Violence Against Women Act

Comments (0) | domestic abuse, domestic violence, LGBT, National, President Obama, Sexual Abuse, violence against women act, women's rights

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Cara Palmer
Executive Producer

The House Minority Whip said that this was "probably the first positive act we've taken this Congress."

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Salazar Pushing Gun Control In The Wrong Direction

Comments (0) | college, college women, concealed carry, concealed weaponry, George Zimmerman, Gun Control, gun control debate, gun laws, guns, Joe Salazar, Opinion, rape, self-defense, sexism, sexual assault, sexual violence, weapons, women, women's rights

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Martha Greenburg
Contributor

Instead of asking whether women are capable of handling a gun, we should be asking: is anyone? 

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