health disparities
By Amie Newman, Managing Editor October 22, 2009 - 2:31pm
Listen to RH Reality Check's Wendy Norris on KPTK's Uprising Radio this morning as she delves into why the media has almost completely ignored women's distressing health care disparities when discussing The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything.
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Politico reports that that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has stated the Senate "would not attempt to pass sweeping health care reform until after returning from the August recess."
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Sixteen governors have written a letter to Senate and House Leadership urging swift action on the Medicaid Family Planning State Option under health care reform, a change in law that will improve health and save money.
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By Sharon Camp, Guttmacher Institute June 15, 2009 - 9:00am
A new report provides strong evidence debunking claims by anti-choice activists that high abortion rates among minorities result from targeted marketing to minority communities.
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By Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check February 24, 2009 - 9:00am
The nation's family planning program, Title X, is effective but needs an overhaul, a new Guttmacher study finds. Gains made against unintended pregnancy are stagnating, and funding is flat.
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Seven states take Bush's provider conscience regulations to court; African-Americans living in Utah face serious health disparities; pregnancy a serious health risk to women in the developing world; students form anti-choice groups in Dallas public schools.
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The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has issued its concluding observations on the United States, noting that the U.S. needs to do a better job of reducing racial disparities in sexual and reproductive health.
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Recent studies from Maryland, North Carolina, and Alabama shed light on racial infant and maternal health disparities.
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