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Peru Addresses Indigenous Women's Reproductive Rights

Karim Velasco on May 22, 2008 - 8:00am

For indigenous women in the Andean and Amazonian areas of Peru, giving birth at health care facilities, in the presence of strangers and lying down, is unbearable. New standards in health care delivery better respect their rights and traditions.

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1 McCain Flip-Flops on HIV Prevention

By Todd Heywood on Oct 7, 2008 - 8:00am | 1 comment

John McCain changed his stance on several key issues of concern to HIV prevention and sexual health advocates in a recent interview with the Washington Blade.

What Would a Women's Issues Debate Look Like?

By Sarah Seltzer on Oct 7, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

Grab your popcorn and get ready to bang your head against the wall -- debate season is in full swing. RH Reality Check envisions the questions we wish the candidates would face before an audience of millions.

Council of Europe Puts Violence Against Women on the Agenda

By Anna Wilkowska-Landowska on Oct 7, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

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The Council of Europe's recent campaign fighting violence against women has successfully reframed domestic violence as a human rights violation, not a private matter.

2 Supreme Court Will Not Hear Case Seeking to Limit Abortion Rights

By Rachel Roth on Oct 6, 2008 - 12:02pm | 1 comment

The Supreme Court opened its new term with some good news for women: it rejected an appeal from the state of Missouri, which had hoped for one more chance to defend its unconstitutional policy banning abortions for women in the prison system.

2008-2009 Supreme Court Term Begins

By Emily Douglas on Oct 6, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

This winter, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a number of cases that could expand or curtail women's ability to challenge discrimination in the workplace.

Population, Family Planning and Presidential Priorities

By Jeffrey Locke on Oct 6, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

Family planning is recognized in public health as a crucial element in improving the health of mother and child. In light of the economic crisis, will international family planning programs be a financial priority for America's next President?

3 PEPFAR's Target Countries Need Sexual Health Information, Not Abstinence-Only

By Ariana Childs Graham on Oct 6, 2008 - 8:00am | 2 comments

While PEPFAR funds abstinence-only programs, SIECUS finds the program's target countries desperately need basic sexual health information.

Both Candidates Say They Favor Equal Pay, But How Do They Vote?

By Kay Steiger on Oct 3, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

Pay discrimination, paid family and medical leave, and flexible work hours get little attention from pundits. But the candidates running for president have very different positions on these critical economic issues.

On Maternal Mortality, Why Africa Falls So Far Behind

By Edna Adan Ismail on Oct 3, 2008 - 8:00am | 3 comments

What leads the women of Africa to their graves during pregnancy and childbirth? Nutrition, education, high fertility, female genital mutilation, improper care at delivery and inadequate health facilities all play a part.

4 Get Real! He Doesn't Feel Desire for Sex, But I Want a Sexual Relationship

By Heather Corinna on Oct 3, 2008 - 8:00am | 6 comments

While sexuality is fluid, we can't force change to happen when it isn't happening organically, and attempts to force it tend to be both psychologically unhealthy as well as futile.

NRLC Recycles Debunked Born Alive Attacks

By Emily Douglas on Oct 2, 2008 - 3:06pm | 6 comments

NRLC has announced plans to air a radio ad charging that in voting against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act Sen. Barack Obama is "responsible for killing a bill to provide care and protection for babies who are born alive after abortions."

New Poll: Parents Overwhelmingly Support Age-Appropriate Comprehensive Sex Ed

By Scott Swenson on Oct 2, 2008 - 12:00pm | 0 comments

A poll released today shows parents overwhelmingly support K-12 age-appropriate comprehensive sex ed including abstinence and medically accurate information about preventing HIV, STDs, and unintended pregnancies.

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Roundup: Research for Sex Work, Candidates' Judicial Philosophies

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check
Oct 7 2008 - 11:19am | 0 comments
2008 edition of Research for Sex Work published; Wall Street Journal takes an in depth look at the candidates' judicial philosophies; Supreme Court again rejects abortion poster case; Doctors walk fine line on teen pregnancy; NYC seeks to increase availability of EC for teens.
EEOC Objects to New HHS Regulations

Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check
Oct 6 2008 - 5:59pm | 0 comments
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has a filed a comment objecting to HHS's new provider conscience regulations.
VIDEO: Gretchen Peters Donates Royalties from "Independence Day" to Planned Parenthood in Palin's Name

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check
Oct 6 2008 - 4:55pm | 0 comments
Singer/songwriter Gretchen Peters is citing hypocrisy on reproductive health issues and the use of her song, "Independence Day" by the McCain-Palin campaign as reason to donate royalties from the song to Planned Parenthood, in Sarah Palin's name.

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