http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/reproductive_choice This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Reproductive Choice en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200007 Rush Limbaugh stated that Sen. Barack Obama "believes it is proper to kill a baby that has survived an abortion" and Ann Coulter said that Obama "wants the doctors ... chasing it through the delivery room to make sure it gets killed." They based their claims on Obama's opposition to an Illinois bill that he and other opponents said posed a threat to abortion rights and was unnecessary. Indeed, the Illinois Department of Public Health reportedly said that conduct alleged by proponents of the bill, if it had occurred, would have violated then-existing law. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200007 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:37:44 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150013 Discussing Jerome Corsi's <em>The Obama Nation</em>, Rush Limbaugh falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama "numerous times, three times in Illinois voted for legislation that would allow doctors and patients to murder babies who survived abortions and were out of the womb. Radical stuff. Three times he voted for this." Limbaugh misrepresented the legislation Obama voted against, a bill that amended the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975 and that opponents said was unnecessary, as the Illinois criminal code unequivocally prohibits killing children, and posed a threat to abortion rights. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150013 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:56:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807200002 Discussing the issue of whether health insurance plans that cover Viagra should also cover birth control, Fox News' Bill O'Reilly asserted: "Viagra is used to help a medical condition -- that's why it's covered. Birth control is not a medical condition, it is a choice." But O'Reilly's assertion is contradicted by professional medical associations that have stated that pregnancy is a medical condition and that "[c]ontraception is medically necessary" for women. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807200002 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:44:47 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806160006 On <em>Hardball</em>, Chris Matthews asserted, "I don't hear Democrats talk ... about the need to reduce the number of abortions." He continued: "[Y]ou don't hear them talking a lot about the need for education, for much fewer, maybe enormously fewer, unwanted pregnancies, which is the reason people get abortions." In fact, Sen. Barack Obama said in April, "[W]e should be doing everything we can to avoid unwanted pregnancies that might even lead somebody to consider having an abortion." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806160006 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:28:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806090011 In recent comparisons of Barack Obama's and John McCain's positions, Gannett News Service and the Associated Press claimed that McCain opposes a constitutional amendment banning abortion. However, McCain has previously asserted that he supports such an amendment, and McCain advisers have reportedly said that he would not try to change the Republican Party's platform on abortion, which in 2004 called for a constitutional ban on abortion. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806090011 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 17:22:41 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200712160002 A <em>Washington Post</em> article by Dan Balz described Rudy Giuliani as "[a]t odds with the majority of his party on abortion, guns and gays," but failed to note that Giuliani has shifted his position on these issues, moving toward more conservative stances on them, since launching his campaign for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. http://mediamatters.org/items/200712160002 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:13:10 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710140004 On ABC's <em>This Week</em>, <em>The Washington Post</em>'s George Will asserted "What they [Republican primary voters] have learned about Giuliani is that he doesn't flip-flop. ... [H]e's taken exactly the un-Romney approach to his problem, which was to say, 'Look, this is me. Take it or leave it.' " But as NPR senior news analyst Cokie Roberts said, "[H]e equivocated on guns. He equivocated on abortion." http://mediamatters.org/items/200710140004 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:42:26 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709270009 http://mediamatters.org/items/200709270009 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:17:47 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200707260009 http://mediamatters.org/items/200707260009 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:51:45 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705170001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705170001 Thu, 17 May 2007 12:21:50 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705160008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705160008 Wed, 16 May 2007 17:16:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704250010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704250010 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:00:40 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704230005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704230005 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:28:36 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704190005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704190005 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:02:51 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704180008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704180008 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:44:26 EST