Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown

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In a new push for the medically unnecessary and imbecilic concept of “personhood,” Arizona anti-choicers are pushing a bill to track every embryo ever. (RH Reality Check)
Asinine Arkansas just passed a bill outlawing abortions at 12 weeks — the most extreme abortion ban in the country. (CRR)
In case you weren’t aware, abortion providers risk their lives and property in the name of choice. (Truth-out)
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is putting the finishing touches on legislation that would guarantee women in New York the right to late-term abortions when their health is in danger or the fetus is not viable. (NYT)
Guess what, anti-choicers? Better Prenatal Testing Does Not Mean More Abortion. So get a friggen clue already. (The Atlantic)
In a thought-provoking piece, clinic workers answer tough questions on abortion. (Tres Sugar)
Surprisingly, German Bishops OK Contraception in Rape Cases (ABC News)
Two ultrasound bills are making their way through the Indiana legislature. And they both suck. (HuffPo)

In “wanting it both ways” news, a Catholic hospital is claiming that fetuses aren’t human beings in order to help themselves win a malpractice lawsuit. So, essentially, fetuses are only human beings when someone’s trying to abort them. Otherwise — NOPE! (Jezebel)
President Obama is here to remind you how pro-choice and awesome he is. (YouTube)
Religious women love their birth control as much as the rest of us. (Guttmacher)
In what will be a true victory for choice, Dr. Tiller’s former clinic is gearing up to start serving patients again. (The Daily Beast)
Taking time away from other controversies, the Catholic bishops have announced that they will not compromise with Obama on birth control. (NBC News)
Proving that all schools would benefit from giving students access to contraception, NYC has seen its teen pregnancy rate plummet. (Center for Reproductive Rights)
In nearly every state, the total number of abortion providers has dropped since 1978. (The American Prospect)
Guess what, naysayers, condoms won’t prevent you from having great sex after all! (New York Daily News)
Dear lovely lesbians, Pap testing is super important for you guys, too! (The Advocate)

President Obama, ever the pacifist, is kowtowing to the demands of Catholic bishops who care more about their dogma than the health and livelihoods of women. (MSNBC)
Planned Parenthood is OK with the president making the concession though — whatever it takes to ensure women have access to birth control, we’re on board! (ABC News)
Speaking of birth control, you can credit the drop in teen pregnancy and abortions to it. (WebMD)
The Arizona Legislature (with the help of the Center for Arizona Policy) is coming out with guns blazing against choice this year. Again. (Tucson Citizen)
Arizona Republic columnist E.J. Montini notes the hypocrisy of our legislature’s seemingly immense care and concern for fetuses while lacking the same for actual born children. (AZ Central)
Planned Parenthood: Prioritizing the health and safety of black women. (HuffPo)
Rather than, say, creating jobs and passing legislation that will resuscitate the current economy, Congress seems to be solely focused on taking down reproductive rights and Planned Parenthood. (The Hill)
Just what we don’t need — the Old Boys’ Club dictating “wisdom” on contraceptive coverage. (RH Reality Check)
Students at a Pennsylvania college can now access emergency contraception via a vending machine! (CNN)

Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona