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Abortion Again! A Right, a Necessity, a Crime?

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Suzanne Loebl

Around 1968, soon after it was founded, Population Connection—then called Zero Population Growth—called the members of its small New York group and asked them to counter a major march by the right-to-life forces, who were assembling in Central Park. My … Continue reading →

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The Evaluation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Suzanne Loebl

Congress is in the process of evaluating the suitability of Amy Coney Barrett to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. In reality her potential appointment is a very realistic threat to the hard-won legal right of women … Continue reading →

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Planned Parenthood and The Marseillaise: Aux Armes, Citoyens!

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Suzanne Loebl

To arms, citizens, Form your battalions Let’s march, let’s march Let an impure blood Soak our fields This is the refrain of the Marseillaise, forever the battle-song of oppressed humanities. It was composed by Claude Rouget de Lisle in 1792 … Continue reading →

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The Hobby Lobby Ruling Shames America

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Suzanne Loebl

A hundred years ago Margaret Sanger distributed five thousand flyers in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood that read: Mothers! Can you afford to have a large family? Do you want any more children? If not, why do you have them? DO NOT … Continue reading →

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Conception, Contraception Revisited

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Suzanne Loebl

Forty years ago I wrote a young adult book entitled Conception, Contraception: A New Look. It details the miracle of conception and explores humanity’s millennia-long search to understand its mystery. The book was also meant to alert young readers to … Continue reading →

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Discussing Birth Control a Century After Margaret Sanger

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

The current discussion about birth control brings to mind Margaret Sanger, who a century ago fled her native land for Europe to avoid being put in jail for distributing birth control information via the U.S. Postal Service. Sanger spent the … Continue reading →

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