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The media discussions over the inclusion, and then exclusion, of contraception funds in the stimulus package ignored actual experts. And the fact that family planning has profound economic benefits.

In a broken economy, do Americans realize that moralizing about sex doesn't address people's real needs?

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The financial crisis is enormous but with a foreign policy debate upcoming, a debate where we'd love to hear where the candidates stand on funding crucial global health care programs, Senator McCain is stating he wants to postpone it.