Analysis
Despite Progress, Forced-Adoption Practices Persist Throughout the United States
May 15, 2012 - 10:35am (Print)
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.
The Perfect SBA List Candidate? One Ignorant of Minimum Wage, Violence Against Women, and Other Key Issues
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
May 10, 2012 - 8:45am (Print)
What does it take to find a female candidate the SBA List will be willing to endorse? It turns out it helps if she knows little about policies affecting women.
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Family Makes Millions Taking in Federal Funds for Failed Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
May 4, 2012 - 4:30pm (Print)
During the Bush Administration, the official Hey Day of the abstinence-only-until-marriage industry, Heritage Community Services, a South Carolina organization thrived on $12 million of federal funding. Now, with the Obama administration placing its curriculum on the list of evidence-based programs, its poised to do so again.
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Ideological Crisis Pregnancy Centers Receiving Hundreds of Thousands in Federal Funding
by Sofia Resnick, The American Independent
May 4, 2012 - 4:01pm (Print)
Federally funded crisis pregnancy centers bring mazes, game shows, and questionable health information to teens.
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Olympics' Coverage Still Shortchanges Female Athletes
May 3, 2012 - 2:48pm (Print)
There are a lot of issues with the Olympic media when it comes to the appearances and presentation of women athletes, and many untapped and emerging opportunities, as well.
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United Nations Adopts Landmark Resolution on Adolescents and Youth
Late Friday at the 45th Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD), member states issued a bold resolution in support of young people’s sexual and reproductive health and human rights.
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North Carolina: Marriage Rights (but Not Equal Rights) on the May 8th Ballot
May 1, 2012 - 10:09pm (Print)
North Carolina polls are open for early voting in the primary election, and the rights of unmarried couples are being put to a public referendum.
Follow Susanna J. Smith on Twitter, @SusannaJSmith
Young and Restless at the United Nations, Youth Fight For Their Rights
by Jessica Mack
May 1, 2012 - 4:18pm (Print)
It was a youth takeover at the United Nations last week, for the 45th annual Commission on Population and Development, a global meeting to examine whether and how we are protecting the sexual rights and health of our youngest generation.
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New Hampshire's HB 217 May (Inadvertently?) Make Infertility Services in the State Scarce
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
May 1, 2012 - 2:20pm (Print)
A change in a proposed bill in New Hampshire may leave infertile women and couples seeking in-vitro fertilization with few options.
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He-Men, Virginity Pledges, and Bridal Dreams: Obama Administration Quietly Endorses Dangerous Ab-Only Curriculum
by Debra Hauser, Advocates for Youth
and Monica Rodriguez, Sexuality Information & Education Council of the US (SIECUS)
and Elizabeth Schroeder, Answer (at Rutgers University)
May 1, 2012 - 9:20am (Print)
Thirty years of public health science clearly demonstrates that providing young people with information about the health benefits of both abstinence and contraception and condoms, does not cause young people to initiate sex earlier or have sex more often. Abstinence-only-until marriage programs leave young people unprepared. They are unethical.
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