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Got Plan B? Why Access to EC Is Critical

Nikki, Pacific Women's Health Institute on May 13, 2008 - 8:27am
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In honor of the Back Up Your Birth Control with Emergency Contraception (EC) Campaign, Pharmacy Access Partnership and RH Reality Check teamed up to launch an essay contest open to young people 14-24 years of age. Read the winning entry!

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Ab-Only: Where Do We Go From Here?

James Wagoner, Advocates for Youth on April 30, 2008 - 9:45am
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The time has come for the Democrats to correct course and stop government funding of ineffective abstinence-only programs. How can congressional leaders continue to ignore the public health consensus about science-based programs?


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Hearing Highlights Ab-Only Industry In Peril

William Smith, SIECUS on April 30, 2008 - 9:42am
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Both the members of Congress and the lone public health researcher who spoke in support of abstinence-only at the recent Congressional hearing were scrambling for evidence.


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In Colorado, Playing "Who Hates Abortion More?"

Wendy Norris, New Journalist Fellow on April 30, 2008 - 9:07am
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Hard-line anti-abortion forces in Colorado say they are backing off their fiery criticism of conservative U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer for not supporting a controversial state ballot measure. Or are they gearing up for Round Two?


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Not Everything About Sex Is Sexy

Marilyn Keefe, National Partnership for Women & Families on April 29, 2008 - 9:44am
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It's time for Congress to take a hard look at some less sexy aspects of sex and sexuality -- like the high rates of STIs contracted by teen girls.


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Hearings Assess the "Only" in Abstinence-Only

Matthew Blake, New Journalist Fellow on April 29, 2008 - 9:42am
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A congressional hearing Wednesday by the House oversight committee that promised to "assess the evidence" on abstinence-only demonstrated that social conservatives still shape the public debate on sexuality education.


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Thousands Protest Chilean Court Decision Limiting EC Access

Angela Castellanos, RH Reality Check, Latin America on April 25, 2008 - 9:54am
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On April 4, the Constitutional Court of Chile banned the free distribution of emergency contraception. The reason: the Court claims this method is "abortive," despite unequivocal World Health Organization information to the contrary.


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Family Planning Funds Nixed by Iowa House

Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow on April 24, 2008 - 9:42am
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Iowa Right to Life wanted to prevent clinics that provide abortion services from receiving family planning funding for low-income women in the state. Now the funding has been cut altogether.


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True Reality Television: Where's Abortion?

Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow on April 23, 2008 - 9:48am
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Through our television sets, it seems, we get nearly every possible opinion and viewpoint on nearly every possible topic. Just not abortion.


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Cardinal Was Principal Defender on Abortion

Gillian Kane, International Women's Health Coalition on April 22, 2008 - 9:48am
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At the funeral mass for the Colombian Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo this Wednesday, Pope Benedict will likely commemorate the Cardinal's work to prevent women from accessing abortion and laud his efforts to eliminate contraceptives.


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