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Keep Your Stigma: Latina/o Youth Need Real Support
by Marisol Franco, California Latinas for Reproductive Justice (CLRJ)
March 13, 2012 - 9:02am (Print)
In order to address adolescent pregnancy and parenting in the Latina/o community and beyond, we must collectively start to change the discourse and norms to include youth sexuality and health needs from a perspective that acknowledges young people’s rights to education, access, autonomy and opportunities.
Contraceptive Coverage: Essential Care for Women of Color
by Jessica Arons, Center for American Progress and Center for American Progress Action Fund
and Lucy Panza
February 29, 2012 - 6:20pm (Print)
Women of color experience much higher unintended pregnancy rates than their white counterparts. As a group they also suffer higher rates of chronic diseases, including pregnancy-related conditions, which can be prevented with consistent use of contraceptives. The new regulation guaranteeing access to contraception without a co-pay will help greatly with these and other health issues.
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Latina Women Are Watching
Women are Watching is Planned Parenthood Action Fund's 2012 campaign to educate women and men across the country about the unprecedented attacks on women's health and where candidates stand on pivotal health care issues, empower women to hold anti-women's health candidates of either party accountable, and work to elect pro-women's health candidates up and down the ballot. ¡Ojo! http://www.womenarewatching.org
Screen More Women for Cervical Cancer — Not the Same Women More Often!
Problems with cervical cancer screening practices are a major contributor to more than 4,000 women per year dying of this 100% prevantable cancer.
Can Latinos Change the Conversation on Abortion to Focus on Respect, Compassion, Fairness and Justice?
by Lorena Garcia, Colorado Organization For Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights
January 25, 2012 - 7:37am (Print)
In many ways, Latino views on reproductive health put us at the forefront of efforts to find a constructive public dialogue regarding abortion. Latinos want the conversation in the states and nationally to be less judgmental and less stigmatizing, both in our language and our treatment of a woman making the decision about whether or not to end a pregnancy.
How to End Cervical Cancer? We Must Refocus on Common Sense, Medical Evidence and Love for Our Children
by Sinsi Hernández-Cancio, Families USA
January 20, 2012 - 10:24am (Print)
No woman should die from cervical cancer. Medical science has finally given us the tools to prevent the deaths of women living with it.
Cars, Condoms, and Cervical Cancer: Get Vaccinated and Get Screened for Free!
by Dania Palanker, National Women's Law Center
January 20, 2012 - 10:21am (Print)
What can you do? You can get screened. You can get vaccinated. You can let others know to get screened and get vaccinated.
Latinas and Cervical Cancer: The Fight for Greater Health Care Access
by Natalie Camastra, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
January 19, 2012 - 8:23am (Print)
No woman should be diagnosed, let alone die, of cervical cancer. For the first time, we have a comprehensive set of tools to prevent and fight the disease.
Why Cervical Cancer is an LGBT Issue
by Verónica Bayetti Flores, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
January 9, 2012 - 4:55pm (Print)
When talking about bringing the number of cervical cancer deaths to zero, it is crucial not to forget about LGBTQ people’s distinct experiences accessing health care.
The EC Decision: Dismissing the Concerns of Latinas and Low-Income Women
by Ryann Dubiel, Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR)
December 19, 2011 - 10:55am (Print)
The Administration's decision to ignore medical and scientific evidence and deny increased access to Plan-B suggests a failure to understand and acknowledge the effects of this decision on Latinas, women of color, undocumented immigrants and low-income women.
