Reality Cast

Contraception access is an economic issue. Fox News almost tells the truth about emergency contraception and then goes back to lying and Bill O’Reilly seriously has a problem with outspoken women. read more

Hobby Lobby sues to deny employees their earned benefits, the Value Voters Summit wages/denies the war on women and Andrea Grimes explains how Texas is cutting women off from medical care. read more

What do parents believe about their teenager's sex lives, and how does that compare to reality? The conventions make their pitches to women, and Texas Medicaid patients are set to lose access to gynecological care. read more

All about the creepy inside workings of crisis pregnancy centers. Katie Stack talks about the Crisis Project and there's also clips from inside CPCs. Also: The sexism of this election cycle is completely out of control. read more

Republicans don't want the "war on women" narrative to take hold, but can't seem to stop it. Doctor Nerdlove stops in to talk about geeks, sex, and dating. read more

This week's Reality Cast is dedicated to the Todd Akin blow up: What it means, what the reaction is all about, and why "rape exceptions" aren't a thing anyway. read more

Jessica Grose exposes us to the very under-covered issue of prenatal depression. Romney picks a hardline anti-choice running mate, and Komen gets back into the news because of their attempts to fix their massive P.R. problem. read more

Audacia Ray explains why using condoms as evidence of prostitution is such a bad idea. Breast-feeding gets newly controversial in NYC and conservatives continue to complain about the contraception mandate. read more

The no copay contraception benefit began last week, and the controversy continues. Personhood USA hasn't given up on Oklahoma, and feminists are rising up inside the skeptic/atheist movement. read more

A lawyer from the Center for Reproductive Rights fills us in on what's going on with the last clinic in Mississippi. A new HIV prevention drug has limited uses and pregnancy testing in bars is a really bad idea. read more

Steph Herold will be on to talk about her new project chronicling women’s abortion stories. Mississippi’s battle over the last abortion clinic ends on a strange note, for now, and the nation actually has a somewhat productive conversation about rape jokes. read more

Why are so many women who want sterilizations not getting them? NPR memorializes 30 years of AIDS with a series of programs about the modern state of the disease. Red states are now moving to reject the ACA. read more

Baltimore experiences a setback when it comes to regulating CPCs against lying. Mississippi's last abortion clinic hangs in, and the right wing meltdown over health care reform continues. read more

The Supreme Court upholds the ACA, and the right loses its minds. Darcy Burner speaks out about abortion, and Christine Overall asks you to think before you breed. read more

Michigan's new onslaught of anti-choice legislation gets attention....for the word "vagina". Washington parents lose their minds over sex education. Also: Looking at the intersection of sex and disability. read more