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A Foundation of Mistrust

by Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check

February 14, 2008 - 8:45am (Print)

Google "black genocide" and a multitude of web sites indicting Planned Parenthood and other health providers for perpetrating genocide on black people fill the computer screen. It's tempting to scoff at such claims as the delusional ranting of the lunatic fringe, but that wouldn't be wise.

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Roundup: HIV Infection Rate Among Young Blacks "Alarming", Abortion Returns to Spotlight

by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

September 12, 2008 - 10:00am (Print)

CDC calls HIV infection rate for young black men "alarming"; Abortion has returned to the glaring spotlight of the 2008 election; Judge rejects abortion related anti-Obama group's request for FEC injunction.

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Roundup: Startling Realities

by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

August 1, 2008 - 9:59am (Print)

Over 70% of Catholics think the church's ban on contraception should be lifted or revised; If Black America were a country by itself it would rank 16th in the world in HIV/AIDS prevalence.

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One Love Provides One Stop HIV Info for African-Americans

by Kim Tolley

June 25, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

California state officials and HIV advocacy groups have teamed up to establish a Web site that focuses exclusively on the impact of HIV/AIDS and other health disparities on African-Americans.

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Anti-Choicers' Fake Concern for Racial Equality

by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

March 19, 2008 - 8:32am (Print)

Out of many examples of anti-choicers' deeply cynical willingness to pretend to embrace any cause in the fight against women's rights, the ugliest might be the fake concern for racial equality.

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Gloria Steinem and Melissa Harris-Lacewell on Race and Gender in Election 08

by Emily Douglas

January 14, 2008 - 3:17pm (Print)

Check out Democracy Now's discussion with Gloria Steinem and Melissa Harris-Lacewell, professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton University.

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