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Sexualizing Tweens for Profit: A Q&A with Gigi Durham

T. M. Lindsey, New Journalist Fellow on May 14, 2008 - 8:00am
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Journalism professor Gigi Durham talks to T.M. Lindsey about the media messages hitting teen girls, teen sexuality, and "Grand Theft Auto."

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The Prison of Mandatory Pleasure Provision

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check on May 14, 2008 - 8:00am
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What would happen if our right to abortion hinged on the right to sexual pleasure rather than on a penumbra? Ecuador might just find out.

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When Getting Pregnant Isn't About Being a Mother

Angela Castellanos, RH Reality Check, Latin America on May 13, 2008 - 8:29am
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In Colombia, young women may be getting pregnant intentionally -- but not necessarily because they want to become mothers. Sexuality education advocates differ on how best to tailor a pregnancy prevention and sexual health curriculum to reach Colombian teens.

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Got Plan B? Why Access to EC Is Critical

Nikki, Pacific Women's Health Institute on May 13, 2008 - 8:27am
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In honor of the Back Up Your Birth Control with Emergency Contraception (EC) Campaign, Pharmacy Access Partnership and RH Reality Check teamed up to launch an essay contest open to young people 14-24 years of age. Read the winning entry!

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Pedaling into Local Reproductive Justice Activism

Nora Dye and Sh..., Pro-Choice Public Education Project on May 13, 2008 - 8:26am
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On May 26, the Wanderlust reproductive justice bicycle caravan will set off on an 1800 mile journey from New Orleans to New York City, meeting with and learning from reproductive justice activists along the way.

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Public Citizen Wants to Ban the Ortho-Evra Patch

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check on May 12, 2008 - 1:24pm
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Remember Ralph Nader? The group he founded, Public Citizen, wants the patch taken off the market, claiming it's too dangerous for use.

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Roundup: Ferraro Says Too Late to Worry About Supreme Court

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on May 12, 2008 - 10:44am
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Ferraro on women coming out for Obama, Pope on contraception, Lack of condom use in Britain.

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Abstinence-Only Sadism

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check on May 12, 2008 - 9:02am
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Dana Stone on a recent encroachment on women's rights in Oklahoma, the aftermath of the abstinence-only hearings, and more coverage of the march towards universal health care. Also, why you're a twit if you worry about Rachel Maddow's sexuality.



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Whose Safe Haven? Abandoned Baby Found in St. Louis

Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check on May 12, 2008 - 8:24am
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Have Safe Haven laws -- in which women can lawfully relinquish their infants within 30 days of birth -- become a substitute for universal health care and comprehensive sexuality education?

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Reproductive Justice Bill in Illinois Mobilizes New Allies

Veronica Arreola on May 12, 2008 - 8:20am
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Illinois's reproductive justice advocates are backing one of the most comprehensive reproductive health bills the state has ever seen. And they're bringing in new allies for the fight.

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