African-American women's health
Billboards, Wombs and Women's Reproductive Rights
May 6, 2011 - 5:42am (Print)
The most dangerous place for an African-American child is not in the womb, but in hands of lawmakers and anti-abortion groups that fail to realize the critical importance of funding family planning medical services.
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Health Care Inequality is Key in Abortion Rate Disparities
by Dr. Melissa Gilliam, University of Chicago
August 13, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
Behind virtually every abortion is an unintended pregnancy. African American women have higher abortion rates than their white peers because they have much higher rates of unintended pregnancy -- three times higher than those of white women.
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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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More Needed on Black Women and Breast Cancer
by Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check
May 5, 2008 - 4:37am (Print)
Recent studies have discovered a dramatic decline in breast cancer incidence resulting from a reduction in the use of hormone replacement therapy. It's good news -- except that it's not true for African-American women.
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