Topic: Concerned Women for America
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Why nobody is happy with FDA ruling on Plan B (+video)
The FDA has lowered the age restriction on buying Plan B One-Step, a type of morning-after pill, without a prescription from 17 to 15. Some groups want no limits on access; others want bigger barriers.
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'Morning after' pill: why a judge ordered that even preteens can access it
The judge gave the government 30 days to make the morning-after pill available over the counter, without age restrictions. The order is likely to spark a new round of debate over the drug.
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Election 2012 results: Women to reach landmark – 20 percent of senators
The female newcomers to the Senate include four Democrats and one Republican. While the economy was a top voter issue, other issues important to women such as abortion also factored in.
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We know Paul Ryan is a budget hawk. But what about other issues?
As a seven-term member of Congress, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan has a record on issues other than the federal budget – abortion, immigration, national security, and gay rights, for example.
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Mitt Romney raising money at home of 'morning-after pill' exec
The $50,000-a-plate fundraiser Wednesday night is at the Miami home of Phil Frost, chairman of Teva Pharmaceuticals, which makes 'morning-after pills.' Mitt Romney opposes their use, calling them 'abortive pills.'
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Vox News Limbaugh vs. Maher: Which one's words were worse?
As the Rush Limbaugh-Sandra Fluke controversy enters its second week, conservatives work to shift the conversation to left-leaning comedian Bill Maher and his rude comments about women.
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On eve of new Congress, GOP struggles with rift over social issues
While the tea party movement has focused on fiscal concerns, social issues remain key for other GOP lawmakers, who are unhappy that such issues seem to have less importance these days.
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Navy submarines: What’s really in the way of women serving?
If mixing crew genders can work for NASA, Canada, and Norway, it can work on a Navy submarine.
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