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Six Congressional Races Where Birth Control Is Front and Center

Cristina Page on October 30, 2008 - 8:00am
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This year candidates who formerly fell victim to a caricature of being "pro-abortion" are returning fire. Some have turned the tables by exposing their opponents as not only anti-abortion, but, more radically, anti-contraception.

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Cuts to Family Planning Won't Help Jane the Plumber

Anna Clark on October 21, 2008 - 7:00am
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The presidential candidates have been challenged with the same question again and again: In our unprecedented economic crisis, what programs or services will you cut? If they cut family planning services, other reproductive health costs are sure to spiral leaving "Jane the plumber" without the critical health services she needs.

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EEOC Objects to New HHS Regulations

Emily Douglas on October 6, 2008 - 4:59pm
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has a filed a comment objecting to HHS's new provider conscience regulations.

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US Abortion Rate Lowest Since Legalization; Racial Disparities Persist

Emily Douglas on September 23, 2008 - 7:00am
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The 2004 abortion rate in the United States is the lowest it has been since national legalization, but the overall rate masks stark disparities in the abortion rate among different racial and ethnic groups.

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Public Comments On Patient Rights vs. Provider Conscience

Amie Newman on September 12, 2008 - 1:54pm
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There are only 13 days left to comment on the HHS regulations that allow physician's to opt out of providing services like contraception and family planning to which they object - even if it's in the best interest of the patient.

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With State Approval, Nurses Un-Educated on Contraception

Amanda Marcotte on August 13, 2008 - 7:00am
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A continuing education program for nurses in California indoctrinates providers with anti-contraception ideology -- part of the larger project to stock health care professions with anti-choicers who hide behind religion to refuse health care.

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The Bush Administration's Tortured Logic

Carole Joffe on August 7, 2008 - 7:00am
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An administration that has done everything in its power to oppose abortion is now going after the very thing that can best prevent unintended pregnancies.

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The Stealth Assault on Reproductive Rights

Katha Pollitt on August 6, 2008 - 7:00am
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According to new HHS regulations, you can have an "abortion" without even being pregnant.

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At IAC, Moving Forward on SRH/HIV Integration

Heather Boonstra on August 4, 2008 - 1:07pm
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At the International AIDS Conference, a broad global consensus supports the integration of reproductive health services in HIV prevention, while the U.S. government remains reluctant to acknowledge these crucial linkages.

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Minnesota Lawmakers Fight Proposed HHS Regs

Andy Birkey on August 1, 2008 - 7:00am
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Minnesota lawmakers overwhelmingly passed legislation last year to ensure the availability of emergency contraception to rape survivors. Under new proposed regulations, those women could be denied appropriate treatment.

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