contraceptive access

Letter to the Editor: Refuting Marcotte

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by Kirsten Powers Makary

March 16, 2011 - 9:42am (Print)

Amanda's Marcotte's piece "Refuting Powers: Many Obstacles to Contraceptive Access"  claimed that I wrote in a recent column that "contraception...may in fact cause abortion."  This is quite a doozy.

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CHIP and Contraception: Legislative Interference in Montana

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by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

June 23, 2009 - 10:41am (Print)

Montana is one of only four states—along with North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Texas—that have legislative bans on the coverage of contraceptives by CHIP.

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Parroting Propaganda on Family Planning

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by Julie Hollar, FAIR

April 6, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Of all the supposed "pork" in the proposed economic stimulus bill, perhaps none got so much media attention as the provision to extend family planning to more low-income women.
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DeMint Calls No-Cost Birth Control Pricing Fix an "Earmark"

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by Emily Douglas

March 4, 2009 - 2:13pm (Print)

How can a technical fix in legislation that costs the federal government nothing be smeared as an "earmark?" When it will restore three million low-income and college women's ability to access affordable birth control.
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Access to Contraception Should be a Medical Issue

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by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

February 10, 2009 - 10:12am (Print)

When access to contraception is politicized, the well-being of the young adult is not the primary concern.

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Taking Stock of Abortion Laws Across Europe

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by Anna Wilkowska-Landowska, RH Reality Check, Eastern Europe

November 22, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

A new Council of Europe report reiterates what we already know - availability of legal abortion reduces the rate of unsafe abortion.
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Bush Administration: We Can So Promulgate New HHS Regulations!

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by Emily Douglas

October 23, 2008 - 3:06pm (Print)

Is the Bush administration laying the administrative groundwork for promulgating the new HHS provider conscience regulations?

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Barriers to Birth Control Remain 43 Years After Griswold

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by Nancy Ratzan, National Council of Jewish Women

June 9, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

It's time to base our nation's family planning policy on the broad consensus Americans have developed in support of access to contraception. Our government's hostility to birth control must end before another Griswold anniversary comes and goes.
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Coming Soon to a Bedroom Near You

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by Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround

June 9, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

Buoyed by their success in rolling back abortion rights, anti-choice groups seek nothing less than a complete American lifestyle makeover: sex can't ever exclude the possibility of procreation.
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