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Gabe Arana talks gay marriage and ex-gay therapy. The war on women cover-up is not going well, and "Girls" balances humor with accurate sexual health information.

May 16, 12:02pm

In 2008 the US Government gave Malaysia the lowest rating in its annual Trafficking In Persons Report. Rather than address the real labour trafficking issues, the government set out to close down the sex industry. Now nearly all brothels in KL have been shut. Sex workers are forced to work in dangerous and difficult conditions on streets throughout the capital. For its violent efforts to suppress the sex industry the US Government raised Malaysia to tier 2 level in its 2009 TIP report.

May 16, 11:41am

The women from MoveOn's first War on Women ad are speaking out again. And this time, they're congratulating Mitt Romney.

May 15, 3:29pm

May 10, 2012 - Mississippi State Representative Bubba Carpenter, at an Alcorn County GOP meeting, tells the audience that Republicans have figured out a legal way to stop abortions. 

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An Arizona Congressman is pushing for an abortion ban on the citizens of Washington, D.C.  But the woman who represents that constituency isn't allowed to be there.

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How many times will the senate have to say no before the Speaker of the House will listen?

A new ad from MoveOn.org congratulates the likely GOP nominee on his win, and reminds him of all the women he threw under the bus to get it.

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The bill, which didn't pass in 2011, is being brought back to the floor so it can not become law again this year.

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A Mississippi legislator doesn't worry about dangerous abortions, because at least they've stood up for "moral values."

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In what is being called an unprecedented ruling recognizing bodily integrity and reproductive choice as fundamental rights under the Oklahoma state constitution, an Oklahoma state judge has found that a law restricting medical care for women seeking an abortion is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced.

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With Tom Barrett winning the primary, the Wisconsin battle will be between two old foes.

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The county board voted 10-7 to toughen up a law to combat "sidewalk counseling" at a local reproductive health center.

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Happy Mother's Day, have some totally made up facts by David Reardon as a gift.

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A judiciary committee is scheduled to hear a potential ban on abortions after 20 weeks for residents of the nation's capitol.

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Weekly global roundup: Nepali women learn about their right to divorce and increasingly do so; Argentina's new Gender Identity Law first in the world; Tanzania's President petitioned over contraception access; relativity in rape threats for women in South Sudan.

A New York Times article looks at how parents do (and should) react when their children inevitably see Internet pornography, an FDA advisory panel recommends approving a drug for HIV-prevention, and Massachusetts cuts over $1 million from its HIV-prevention and testing program in county jails. 

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Weekly global roundup: a revised family code in Mali oppresses women further; Fawzia Koofi makes waves in Afghanistan and worldwide; Venezuela wrestles with a stubborn maternal mortality rate; and a call for more midwives in Zambia.

In this week's sexual health round up: new research finds that only 38 percent of girls who start the HPV vaccine get all three shots; a new study finds that while the specific gene therapy tried did not impact HIV, the concept still shows promise; and a six-year-old is suspended from a Colorado elementary school for sexual harassment. 

 

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Weekly global roundup: Girls overtake boys in Bangladeshi primary schools; Philippines Lawmakers push to get the RH Bill passed; Women are in labor and still doing hard labor in Haiti; Training for sex workers in Rwanda provides options.

Let's recognize that the way to honor motherhood is to respect and support a woman’s decision about whether she is ready to be a parent. That means making sure that every pregnant woman, regardless of her ability to pay, has health care insurance coverage for all of her medical needs, including abortion.

If you ever want to sleep at night, don’t try raising a black boy in America, because it means not having the luxury of the safety bubble that other parents have around their children, and never having the luxury of being able to sleep at night.

There’s a big secret about the bill to address the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, introduced by Representative Adams, that’s no longer so secret:  it’s racist, elitist, homophobic and anti-victim.

When I think about Mother’s Day, I usually picture a Dad in plaid pajama pants destroying the kitchen with his kids in a clumsy effort to make his wife breakfast in bed. Mother’s Day looks a little different in our house.

Forty percent of adults ages 18-29 don't really believe birth control matters, and you'll get pregnant when fate decrees. They're underestimating their fertility and the effectiveness of contraception. The real question is why?

Unfortunately, House Republicans are advancing H.R. 4970, which would undermine the core principles of VAWA.  H.R. 4970 is not VAWA – it goes against the intent of VAWA which is to protect victims – if anything, this bill will only make it worse for victims. 

Prejudice is prejudice, wherever it comes from and whatever form it takes. Respect dictates we treat it as such. 

This has been a good year so far for an international community of mothers seeking redress for millions of forced adoptions that took place in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. 

We are appalled at the immigration provisions that the judiciary committee in the House of Representatives passed in HR4970. This bill erodes protections available to immigrant victims who are the victims of domestic abuse.

All this burning of fossil fuels ends up in our lungs, or in the sky warming our planet. I growl at the statistics. My blood boils at seeing mostly kids of color wheezing in the emergency room right alongside of us. We need a big transition.

A new show on Lifetime ask couples facing marital problems to commit to sex every night for a week. Can this kind of sex experiment save a marriage? And is reality television the right place for this kind of public sex therapy? A sex therapist evaluates the show.

On April 26th Canada’s Parliament debated M-312, a motion that calls for the formation of a special committee of Parliament to review whether the definition of a “human being” as described in the Canadian criminal code can be extended to unborn fetuses.