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Bill Donohue: The Bully's TV Pulpit

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check on May 12, 2008 - 8:11am
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A new report details a pattern of media manipulation by Bill Donahue and the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights -- making them neither religious, nor civil.

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UK 24-Week Abortion Law Challenged By Un-Science

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check on May 9, 2008 - 7:28pm
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Anti-choice legislators in Britain are challenging the current 24-week abortion limit with blatantly unscientific claims.

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Welcome to RH Reality Check 3.0!

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check on May 5, 2008 - 5:39am
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RH Reality Check celebrates our second anniversary with a new look and new features to make the reader experience better. Thanks for helping create this fast growing online community.


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Decrease Funding, Increase Births

Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check on May 2, 2008 - 10:53am
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As funds for family planning decrease, high birth rates create poverty in the Philippines.

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Rest In Peace Rupert Walder

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check on May 1, 2008 - 4:17pm
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We join with many friends and family around the world mourning the death of Rupert Walder from the United Kingdom: writer, communicator, tireless advocate for progressive ideas on sexual and reproductive health.


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Is Europe Pro-Choice Now?

Rupert Walder, RH Reality Check, Europe on April 30, 2008 - 9:10am
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While the Council of Europe's recent vote on abortion is not legally binding, it represents the first pan-European call on European countries to decriminalize abortion where it remains illegal and to ensure that women and men have access to contraception.


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Pope Drops By My 'Hood

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check on April 17, 2008 - 12:02pm
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I went looking for protests as the Pope dropped by my neighborhood. As the Mass begins I can hear the cheering crowds from my apartment, but no chants from protesters. I'll have to go to a women's clinic to find protesters.

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Fear and Bigotry In Missouri Immigration Legislation

Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check on April 14, 2008 - 9:48am
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The impact of anti-immigration policies on women is clear and reflects poorly upon our society. Pamela explores the impact in her home state of Missouri, in her own neighborhood.


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Triggering Passion Through Personal Connection

Anika Rahman, Americans for UNFPA on April 10, 2008 - 9:46am
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How can we trigger passion for social justice in young people? Nothing touches people like personal connection. That's why last year Americans for UNFPA started the Student Award for the Health and Dignity of Women.


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Managing the Muddle: Sex and PEPFAR

Carolina Austria, RH Reality Check, Asia on April 8, 2008 - 9:40am
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PEPFAR's "anti-prostitution" pledge favors strategies that are penal in character over health-based interventions that reach out to educate sex workers.


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