STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention
A Global Impact: Multipurpose Prevention Technologies
reader diary by Yukti Malhotra, Reproductive Health Technologies Project
April 6, 2011 - 11:54am (Print)
While women have made huge strides in the social, economic, and political spheres, our most fundamental right—the right to control our reproductive health—remains in serious jeopardy all over the world. Thanks to exciting new Multipurpose Prevention Technologies (MPTs), we have the potential to revolutionize a woman’s control over her reproductive life.
(UPDATED) All Those Alternatives to Planned Parenthood? In Texas, At Least, They Don't Exist
April 5, 2011 - 10:13pm (Print)
Spending scarce time, money, and energy, Andrea Grimes goes on a hunt to find one of those many "alternatives" to Planned Parenthood anti-choicers claim will provide access to reproductive health care. Problem is, in Texas they don't exist.
Roundup: Montana Governor Vetoes Abortion Insurance Prohibition Bill
by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check
April 5, 2011 - 10:13am (Print)
Governor Brian Schweitzer vetoed a bill that would have prohibited coverage of abortion in state insurance exchanges; the wife of Kermit Gosnell is released on house arrest; Justice Sotomayor will visit a birthing center/Head Start provider in DC next week; and could HPV contribute to lung cancer?
Ideological Earmarks and Deficit Hypocrisy
by James Wagoner, Advocates for Youth
April 4, 2011 - 3:13pm (Print)
On Tuesday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will vote to eliminate a program based on evidence in favor of one with no evidence of effectiveness. Earmarks are ok, as long as they are ideological.
Roundup: ACLU Suing Alabama Prisons for Treatment of HIV-Positive Prisoners
by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check
April 1, 2011 - 10:06am (Print)
Wisconsin library will show the anti-choice documentary, U.S. House committee passes bill preventing pre-tax dollars from being spend on abortion, ACLU sues Alabama prisons, and Virginia governor asks for abortion to be excluded from state insurance exchanges.
Roundup: Anti-Choice Group Sues Wisconsin Library for Not Showing Movie
by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check
March 31, 2011 - 10:17am (Print)
40 Days for Life is suing a library who declined to show an anti-abortion documentary that would disrupt normal library functions, could allowing HIV-positive people donate organs save lives, and three cheers for the NBA and WNBA for AIDS education!
Leslee Unruh: The Queen of Ab-Only and CPCs Now Leads Anti-Choice Efforts in South Dakota
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
March 29, 2011 - 11:41am (Print)
Leslee Unruh's fundraising is one of the forces behind South Dakota's newest abortion restrictions. Who is she and what does she believe?
Roundup: Reusing Condoms in Rural Kenya
by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check
March 29, 2011 - 9:55am (Print)
Reusing condoms due to lack of availability in Kenya, Governor McDonnell signs TRAP law in Virginia, North Dakota pushes abstinence-until-marriage, and looking at discrimination of transgendered persons.
More Teen Virgins? Not So Fast
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
March 28, 2011 - 3:02pm (Print)
New data suggest there are more "teen virgins." Are there? Well....kind of.....
Roundup: Texas HIV Programs Forced to Turn Away Low Income Patients
by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check
March 28, 2011 - 10:28am (Print)
Montana may have parental notification ballot measure, homebirth by midwife could be covered by insurance in Vermont, Texas turning away HIV patients, hospital merger in Arizona, and Planned Parenthood of South Florida responds to Rep. Alan West.
