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Access Denied: Birth Control for College and Low-Income Women

Dian Harrison on June 17, 2008 - 8:00am
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Birth control is a basic health care need for some young women, a smart pregnancy prevention method for others. So why has Congress made it more difficult to access for low-income and college women?

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College Women Speak Out Against CPCs

Maureen Stutzman on April 1, 2008 - 9:58am
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Crisis Pregnancy Centers target college campuses. At UNC-Chapel Hill, young women are spreading the truth and organizing against deception by providing real resources and information for their fellow students seeking reproductive health services.


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Exposing Lies: CPC Advertising on College Campuses

Lauren Bull on April 1, 2008 - 9:57am
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When college women can access safe and medically sound reproductive health services and are knowledgeable about sexual health, crisis pregnancy centers will on longer be able to deceive and manipulate women.


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On Ramen Noodles and Birth Control

Dawna Cornelissen on November 21, 2007 - 9:14am
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College students all over the country are rallying, protesting, chanting and writing petitions to get Congress to reinstate affordable birth control at university health centers.

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Accidents and Intentions on Birth Control Pricing

Lon Newman on November 20, 2007 - 1:03pm
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Family planning advocates continue promoting common sense prevention solutions to intentionally avoid unplanned pregnancies. You can help by writing your Congressman about important changes to birth control pricing on campuses nationwide.


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RealTime: Bill Addresses Birth Control Pricing Crisis

Emily Douglas on November 1, 2007 - 3:25pm
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Tomorrow, Rep. Joseph Crowley will unveil a bill aiming to correct the loophole that prevents college and university health care centers and safety-net providers from accessing affordable birth control.


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Battling the Birth Control Price Hike

Carolyn Maloney on October 18, 2007 - 8:04am
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The Deficit Reduction Act made it costly for pharmaceutical companies to offer deep discounts on birth control to college health centers, but DHHS Secretary Mike Leavitt could easily close this loophole.


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Of Textbooks and Pill Packs

Amanda Marcotte on September 26, 2007 - 9:00am
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The heartbreak of early relationships can be painful, no matter how sex figures in. But better learn to confront these issues in your college years, when less is at stake than later.


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