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If You Want To Contracept, Put A Ring On It

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

March 2, 2009 - 12:42am

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A San Antonio doctor explains why she denies birth control to single women. Also, fighting against maternal mortality, and how our sex lives are affected by the recession.

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What Bubbe Hannah Knew: Lessons for Health Reform From A 19th Century Midwife

By Cathy Raphael

October 23, 2009 - 6:00am

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What would a late 19th century midwife think of the fact that some 100 years later, the U.S. ranks 42nd globally in maternal mortality rates, the highest among industrialized countries?

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Guttmacher Responds to Critics of Global Abortion Study

By Susan Cohen, Guttmacher Institute

October 20, 2009 - 6:00am

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Some anti-choice activists have criticized the findings and policy recommendations of a recently released Guttmacher Institute study on global abortion trends. Susan Cohen responds to these critiques and debunks their misleading arguments.

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Roundup: Birth Control Makes You Ugly and Less Able to Mate with Orlando Bloom

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

October 8, 2009 - 7:47am

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Researchers uncover pointless "information" about women and birth control pills, health care reform legislation in the Senate would save money, millions of women and babies are dying in childbirth around the world.

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Failing African American Mothers and Babies

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

September 25, 2009 - 6:00am

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September is Infant Mortality Awareness Month. It's a good time to explore a woefully under-addressed topic: the shocking disparity between the maternal and infant mortality rates of Blacks and Whites. 


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My Healthcare Manifesto

Reader diary posted by Alison Cole

September 15, 2009 - 3:43pm

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Please, if you haven't watched this short film, do now:  http://www.reducinginfantmortality.com/


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International Aid, Made Local

By Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

September 15, 2009 - 6:50am

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By using the peer-to-peer model, the Minnesota International Health Volunteers program avoids, or at least reduces, public health obstacles that arise when there’s a culture clash.


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The Every Day "Jaycee's"

Reader diary posted by RHRefugee, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.

September 9, 2009 - 12:58pm

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Eighteen years ago, Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped and made into a slave, bearing two children after being raped by her captor. Americans are outraged, and rightly so. Her story is horrifying. While this Lake Tahoe headline hit particularly close to home, most of us are perhaps unaware that kidnappings and sexual slavery occur every day in war torn areas.


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