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Global Gag Rule Just the First Step: The US International Abortion Funding Ban

Patty Skuster on December 19, 2008 - 8:00am

The impact of repealing the global gag rule will be significant. But repealing the gag rule will not end the longstanding ban on foreign aid for safe abortion care.

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World to Governments: Women Shouldn't Be Imprisoned for Abortion

Patty Skuster on June 20, 2008 - 7:00am

A new poll shows that the public is at odds with their country's laws. Most people reject using criminal penalties to prevent abortions.

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1 Midwives Deliver

By Jennifer Block on Jan 6, 2009 - 8:00am | 3 comments

America is overspending and under-serving women and families. The problem is not access to care; it is the care itself.

Agenda for Compassion: Death With Dignity A Reproductive Justice Victory

By Logan Kelly on Jan 6, 2009 - 8:00am | 1 comment

Just as all women benefit from legal affirmation of their right to choose abortion, so do all terminally ill Americans benefit when they are free to make affirmative choices about how their lives will end.

Interpretations of Islamic Law Deny Women Choice in Indonesia and Malaysia

By Ramona Vijeyarasa on Jan 6, 2009 - 8:00am | 0 comments

In most Muslim-majority countries, abortion is generally prohibited with exceptions made where the health of the mother is at risk, but doctors often aren't aware of the legal exceptions.

2 Health Care Reform: Good for Patients, Good for Workers

By Amanda Marcotte on Jan 5, 2009 - 8:00am | 5 comments

Our country should view health care reform as an economic investment that can create jobs that women are likely to take.

Stemming Fistula: Social Contraception In Pakistan

By Zofeen T. Ebrahim on Jan 5, 2009 - 8:00am | 5 comments

Pakistani specialists say fistula can be prevented by stopping early marriages, delaying the age of first pregnancy and by timely access to good emergency obstetric care -- but education is also key.

Empowering Adolescents to Make Wise Sexual Choices

By Danielle Toppin on Jan 5, 2009 - 8:00am | 0 comments

While acknowledging the "cultural context" in which many students live, Jamaican Minister of Education Andrew Holness has refused to supply students with condoms in the schools.

3 The Dissembler

By Cristina Page on Jan 3, 2009 - 12:12pm | 1 comment

Steven Mosher attacks UNFPA and Cristina Page, again. The facts speak for themselves and demonstrate just how desperate the fringe of the far-right is getting.

2008 Top Ten Wins for Women's Health

By Beth Fredrick on Dec 24, 2008 - 8:00am | 1 comment

From Connecticut to Colombia, here are the International Women's Health Coalition's top ten wins for women's health in 2008.

HHS "Provider Conscience" Rule Puts Public Health in Danger

By Jessica Arons on Dec 24, 2008 - 8:00am | 5 comments

The right of conscience is a time-honored value in our society. But it is not only health providers who have rights; so do patients.

4 Rocks and Hard Places for Gay Christians this Christmas

By Scott Swenson on Dec 23, 2008 - 1:13pm | 31 comments

During this Holy Season for every faith, many are up in arms over a prayer Rick Warren will offer, some planning to disrupt it, which will only cede the moral authority progressives now have.

HHS Rule Out of Touch with Medical Reality

By Dr. Anne Davis on Dec 23, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

Health care providers already strain to serve women while respecting workers' rights under existing laws. Now Secretary Leavitt has put even more obstacles between patients and the health care they need.

The Time to Lift the Global Gag Rule Is Now

By Isaiah Ndong on Dec 23, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

While the Global Gag Rule was designed to reduce abortion, there's no evidence that it has. And the policy's domino effect has had negative effects on people's lives in ways that have nothing to do with abortion.

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Change is NOT Coming to the Pro-Life Movement: Worn Out Rhetoric Greets Obama Appointments

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check
Jan 6 2009 - 1:04pm | 0 comments
Calendars everywhere read 2009, but in the "pro-life" movement it seems they are stuck in 2004.
Roundup: Opposition to HHS Rule; Religious Right Leaders Grumble Over Warren's Planned Invocation

Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check
Jan 6 2009 - 10:54am | 0 comments
Reporting on the widespread opposition to HHS rule; religious right leaders grumble over Warren's planned invocation; make mothers vectors for health information; Ariel Levy reviews new and old editions of "Joy of Sex," "Our Bodies, Ourselves."
Stop HHS Regulations: Sign the Petition!

Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check
Jan 5 2009 - 4:53pm | 1 comment
President Bush's provider conscience expansion is set to go into effect January 18, but the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association has launched a petition to block the new regulation.

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