David Crary

• Disabled parents face bias, loss of kids

  By David Crary  |  November 26, 2012

  Millions of Americans with disabilities have gained innumerable rights and opportunities since Congress passed landmark legislation on their behalf in 1990. And yet advocates say barriers and bias still abound when it comes to one basic human right: To be a parent.

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  Abortion, birth control emerge as election year issues

  By David Crary  |  October 1, 2012

  Whether women have access to abortion services and birth control is a longstanding and divisive issue in politics, and it has flared up from time to time in this campaign despite the candidates' reticence to dwell on such hot-button topics.

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  More support needed for kinship caregivers

  By David Crary  |  May 23, 2012

  As more of America's children are raised by relatives other than their parents, state and local governments need to do better in helping these families cope with an array of financial and emotional challenges, a new report concludes.

• High stakes for HIV patients in health reform debate

  By David Crary  |  April 25, 2012

  For many HIV-positive Americans, and those who advocate on their behalf, these are days of anxious waiting as the Supreme Court ponders President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

• Limbaugh slur of law student draws Obama into fray

  By David Crary  |  March 3, 2012

  Ever eager to provoke, Rush Limbaugh has now succeeded into drawing the White House into a skirmish. The spark: Limbaugh telling his talk show fans that a law student was a "slut" for her testimony to Congress about the need for birth control coverage.

• American' remain split on abortion

  By David Crary  |  June 9, 2011

  Americans, regardless of generation, are deeply conflicted as they wrestle with the legality and morality of abortion, with a substantial majority identifying themselves as both "pro-choice" and "pro-life," according to a sweeping new survey.