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Nicaraguan Laws Increase Maternal Mortality

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

July 29, 2009 - 2:43pm

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According to a report today from Feministing, Amnesty International has
started a campaign to repeal the anti-abortion laws in Nicaragua, which
were enacted one year ago—laws that ban abortion in every single case,
regardless of the state of the mother or the fetus’s health, mandating
prison sentences for women who request them and doctors who perform
them.


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Senate Takes First Step Toward Banning Global Gag Rule

By Emily Douglas

July 10, 2009 - 7:00am

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A Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday passed an amendment that, if passed in the final foreign aid appropriations legislation, will ban future imposition of the global gag rule.

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Roundup: Bristol Palin on Today Show, Good Morning America

By Emily Douglas

May 6, 2009 - 9:49am

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Bristol Palin: "ambassador for abstinence" or for safer sex?; Obama, Clinton sound different themes on abortion and reproductive health; "Choose Life" license plates pass Texas House; what conscience clauses really do.

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Clinton Takes on the Antis: This Is What Diplomacy Looks Like

By Emily Douglas

April 22, 2009 - 10:39pm

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In a speech for the history books, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a clear and uncompromising case for lifesaving role of international reproductive rights and health care access when testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday.

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As Thunder Is Not Yet Rain, In Ethiopia, Legal Rights to Abortion Are Not Yet Access

By Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

April 21, 2009 - 8:00am

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Filmmaker Lisa Russell talks to RH Reality Check about "Not Yet Rain," a new documentary examining the impact of liberalized abortion laws in Ethiopia.

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We're Back! US Reclaims Leadership Role in International Reproductive Health

By Sharon Camp, Guttmacher Institute

April 14, 2009 - 7:00am

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At the recent Commission on Population and Development, for the first time in eight years, the US was front and center advocating an increased global commitment to reproductive health and rights.

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Backing Up Rhetoric with Funding

By Alanna Shaikh, Change.org

March 31, 2009 - 4:27pm

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We need to prove our commitment to international women's health by paying our fair share. Rhetoric means nothing if we don't back it up with resources.

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If I Had a Billion Dollars...

By Isaiah Ndong, EngenderHealth

March 30, 2009 - 7:00am

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If I had a billion dollars, I know exactly how I would spend it: improving women's access to family planning in the world's poorest communities.

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Once the Evil Empire Is Gone

By Alanna Shaikh, Change.org

March 27, 2009 - 3:53pm

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We spent an enormous amount of time and energy fighting bad policy. Suddenly, that weight has been lifted. How do we keep our momentum going in a world where we can move forward instead of just trying to avoid sliding back?

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