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No Sex Please, We're American - The Passion for Cutting International Family Planning Funds

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by Alexander Sanger, International Planned Parenthood Council

May 11, 2011 - 2:36pm (Print)

Why should the American taxpayer pay for an IUD for poor women in other parts of the world? Because private sex has public consequences, and these consequences have a price tag. We can pay a small amount now or a larger amount later.

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No More Taj Mahals: We Can Reduce Maternal Deaths

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by Alexander Sanger, International Planned Parenthood Council

April 21, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

Conventional wisdom won't help reduce death and illness related to complications of pregnancy, childbirth or unsafe abortion. But a multi-facted approach to reducing maternal death and illness can.

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A Better Health Agenda for the Americas

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by Alexander Sanger, International Planned Parenthood Council

May 22, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

The new "Health Agenda for the Americas" is more significant for what it omits: sexuality education, safe abortion access, emergency contraception, and measures to combat domestic violence, than for what it addresses.
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The No-Brainer Syndrome

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by Alexander Sanger, International Planned Parenthood Council

March 4, 2008 - 7:51am (Print)

Both male circumcision and the new HPV vaccine have been called "no-brainers" in the fight to reduce HIV and HPV infection rates. But are they really the magic bullet solutions that they seem to be?

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