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Weekly Pulse: The Rocky Road to Reform

By Lindsay Beyerstein, RH Reality Check

July 26, 2009 - 8:00am

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Healthcare dominated domestic politics last week. The president wants a bill passed before the August deadline that keeps healthcare costs in check. A new CBO study said the Dem's healthcare bills won't cut spending.


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Report: Higher Rates of Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion Among Women of Color

By Sharon Camp, Guttmacher Institute

June 15, 2009 - 8:00am

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A new report provides strong evidence debunking claims by anti-choice activists that high abortion rates among minorities result from targeted marketing to minority communities.

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Harkin: "We Aren't Dancing Around the Edges" of Health Care Reform

By Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow

June 11, 2009 - 7:00am

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The current state of health care delivery in America is so grim that U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin no longer uses the word "care" in reference to reform.

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Study Highlights Grim Realities of Rural Obstetric Access

By Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow

June 9, 2009 - 8:00am

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In 1985, over 87 percent of hospitals in remote areas provided obstetric services. Seventeen years later, less than half of existing hospitals offered obstetric services to their communities.

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An Open Letter to Secretary Leavitt

By Mary Jane Gallagher, National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association

August 25, 2008 - 7:00am

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What I ask of you, Secretary Leavitt, is to clarify the new HHS regulations. Release a statement saying that pressing the definition of abortion to include contraception is an unacceptable distortion of these regulations.

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