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Hmm, instead of 'One Less' I'll be one more?

Reader diary posted by Erica Sackin, Planned Parenthood of New York City

June 25, 2009 - 9:06am

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I'm too old to get the HPV vaccine. Is it worth shelling out $600 for? And is it really fair that I'm considered "too old" in the first place?


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The Palin Pregnancy Circus And Better Sex Ed For Kids

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

April 19, 2009 - 10:20pm

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The Palin teenage pregnancy circus continues. Also, women get hurt worse by health care premiums, and Robie Harris talks about age-appropriate sex education for children.

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Reproductive Health Professionals Alarmed by House Version of Health Care Reform, Call on Congress to Remove It

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

November 10, 2009 - 10:48am

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Today, the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals called on Congress to remove the Stupak Amendment from the rinal version of the House health reform bill.

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UPDATED: DeGette Leading Charge Against Stupak Amendment in the House

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

November 9, 2009 - 4:36pm

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Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), co-chair of the House Pro-Choice Caucus and a leader of efforts to defeat the Stupak Amendment in the House health care reform bill last Saturday is now collecting signatures of House members who are vowing to vote against reform unless the language is stripped.

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Angry But Not Surprised About Stupak

Reader diary posted by ReligiousInstitute, Religious Institute

November 9, 2009 - 10:55am

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I want to be happy that the
House passed its version of Health Care Reform. Really. I believe so
strongly about making health care a right not a privilege.


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House Will Take "Up or Down" Vote on Stupak Amendment, Threatening Women's Rights

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

November 7, 2009 - 8:45am

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House Democratic leaders will allow an up-or-down vote on an amendment blocking any money in its healthcare overhaul from funding abortions, risking the votes of members who support abortion rights.

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Kathleen Kennedy Townsend: The Health Reform Bill is Abortion-Neutral. Let's Pass It.

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

November 6, 2009 - 5:16pm

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In a remarkable piece at Newsweek.com, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend writes that it is in the national interest "to pass meaningful health-care reform and not litigate abortion in the process. Too much is at stake to let differences over abortion derail real health reform."

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Roundup: Calling Health Reform the "Greatest Threat to Freedom" Boehner Leads Circus on the Hill

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

November 6, 2009 - 10:15am

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How's this for hyperbole? At a press conference yesterday, House minority leader John Boehner called the House health reform bill "the greatest threat to freedom I have seen in my 19 years in Washington."

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National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) – Contest Winners Selected

Reader diary posted by Farah Diaz-Tello, National Advocates for Pregnant Women

October 23, 2009 - 10:05am

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NAPW has selected the winners of its first law student writing contest on the topic of challenging denial of vaginal delivery to women with a prior cesarean surgery.


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We need a second Obama election night - for health care

Reader diary posted by Harry834

October 19, 2009 - 1:36am

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We must repeat the victory of November 2008, this time for health care reform in 2009.


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