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Rashida Jones On Being Sex-Positive But Still Challenging The Porn Industry

One of the many disturbing moments in “Hot Girls Wanted,” a new documentary produced by Rashida Jones, features young woman who, after filming a porn scene that she wasn’t comfortable with, says: “I was terrified, I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know if I could tell him no.” It’s this sense of a …

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She is not a criminal. Tell Ireland to change its abortion law

She’s pregnant. Doctors say the foetus won’t survive. But Irish law says she has to carry the pregnancy to term. She was raped. Now she’s pregnant. And each day that the pregnancy continues reminds her of the horror she went through. Still, Irish law says she has to carry on. She needs an abortion, but …

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There’s a Reason Gay Marriage Is Winning, While Abortion Rights Are Losing

Are these two CULTURE wars” issues really that similar? Katha Pollitt Why are reproductive rights losing while gay rights are winning? Indiana’s attempt to enshrine opposition to gay marriage under the guise of religious freedom provoked an immediate nationwide backlash. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has allowed religious employers to refuse insurance coverage for birth control—not …

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