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Latinas Demand Governments Do More to Keep Promises

By Susanna Smith, International Women's Health Coalition

April 7, 2009 - 7:00am

Brave women and men at the Commission on Population and Development reminded governments that 15 years ago 179 nations committed to making the health and rights of women and young people central to global family planning policies.

1 How the Bishops Lost Sight of Their Own Priorities

By Jessica Arons on Dec 4, 2009 - 12:00pm | comments

An analysis of the criteria originally set out by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops as priorities for health reform finds that the Bishops have moved the goal posts on their original insistence that reform be "abortion-neutral."

Are You Uninsured If You Have Health Insurance But Can’t Access or Afford Care?

By Amanda Dennis on Dec 4, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (3)

Like bills now moving through Congress, health care reform in Massachusetts sought to reduce the number of uninsured. But recent research shows that many of those now "insured" still can't access care or afford essential prescriptions.

‘Millennial’ Misunderstandings and the Movement For Reproductive Justice

By Liz Kukura on Dec 4, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (5)

The New York Times story about a chasm between the “menopausal militia" and the “millennials” misses the mark in a sad but revealing way.

2 The Human Faces of Climate Change in Ethiopia

By Karen Hardee on Dec 4, 2009 - 7:00am | comments

The old adage, think globally and act locally, is key to addressing climate change. Community-based, integrated approaches and solutions are essential to adaptation.

Unintended Consequences of Health Reform in Massachusetts: New Barriers to Contraception

By Kelly Blanchard on Dec 3, 2009 - 7:00am | comments

One unintended consequence of Massachusetts’ innovative 2007 reform legislation is reduced contraceptive access for low-income women. We can't repeat this mistake nationally.

From a Young Woman to (Some) of the 'Menopausal Militia'

By Shelby Knox on Dec 3, 2009 - 5:00pm | comments (11)

Shelby responds to Rebecca Sive's post in her reader diary.

3 'Menopausal Militia' to Young Women: It's Your Body!

By Rebecca Sive on Dec 2, 2009 - 6:16pm | comments (47)

Young women of America: Today’s fight is a defining battle for American women. Fail to understand this at your peril.

MT Medicaid Fraud Probe Snares "Egg-as-Person" Leader

By Wendy Norris on Dec 3, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (4)

The primary care physician leading the Montana "personhood" campaign is under multiple investigations for Medicaid fraud: She allegedly insisted that patients pray with her.

A Dangerous Precedent: Using Anti-Terrorism Laws to Prosecute HIV Transmission

By Positive Women's Network on Dec 2, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (1)

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The misuse of bio-terrorism laws to prosecute an HIV positive man is but one example of how efforts to criminalize HIV stigmatize individuals and simultaneously threaten public health.

4 Bridging An Inexplicable Divide: Integrating Reproductive Health Services and the Global HIV/AIDS Response

By Jeffrey Sturchio on Dec 2, 2009 - 7:00am | comments

Integrating reproductive and sexual health services with HIV prevention is essential to ending the AIDS epidemic. Yet US policies continue to hamper effective strategies.

Whatever Happened to Separation Of Church and State?

By Carole Joffe on Dec 2, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (1)

Democratic leaders will be doing both the right thing, as well as the politically strategic one, if they keep religion out of public policy.

(VIDEO in Spanish): Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Forces Woman to Give Birth While Shackled

By Mariela Rosario on Dec 1, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (1)

Telemundo 52 recently reported on Alma Minerva Chacon, a woman who was terrorized by Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio by being forced to give birth in chains despite the pleading of nurses and other medical staff.

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Ben Nelson Latest Elected Official to Ask Catholic Bishops to Give Their Approval to US Law

Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor
Dec 4 2009 - 11:23am | comments (1)

Just in case you had any doubt about the direct--and I mean direct--intervention of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops in curtailing women's rights in US health reform legislation, here is the latest evidence of how some representatives are working at what appears to be the behest of the bishops. Ben Nelson is holding a Senate Stupak Amendment until the Bishops "have time to review it."
*Updated* Victory for Women's Health: Senate Passes Mikulski's Women's Health Amendment

Amie Newman, Managing Editor
Dec 3 2009 - 12:26pm | comments (3)

Today, the Senate passed the Mikulski Amendment ensuring that women's preventive health services like pelvic exams and STI testing are covered by all private insurers, at little or no additional costs to women.
Pregnant in Colorado? One Reporter's Search (and Failure) to Find Maternity Coverage

Kate Redding, Colorado Independent
Dec 2 2009 - 7:14pm | comments (5)

Posing as a 34 year-old woman whose COBRA insurance was running out, this reporter went in search of an individual insurance plan that included maternity coverage in case of a future pregnancy and found not one, single plan in the entire state of Colorado that would cover maternity care.

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Here Comes the Next Generation of Leaders

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Dec 1 2009 - 4:04pm | comments
Sex Worker Movement Building: What I've Learned From a Year of Professional Feminism

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From a Young Woman to (Some) of the 'Menopausal Militia'

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Dec 3 2009 - 5:00pm | comments (11)
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'Menopausal Militia' to Young Women: It's Your Body!

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