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New Data on Global Abortion Trends: Implications for U.S. Policy

By Susan Cohen, Guttmacher Institute

October 15, 2009 - 4:12pm

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A new report from the Guttmacher Institute highlights the urgency for increasing U.S. international family planning assistance and for the US to help mitigate the impact of unsafe abortion.

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Common Ground Rules

By Rachel Laser, Third Way

June 16, 2009 - 8:00am

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The Third Way has discovered that there are four steps towards achieving long-lasting common ground - no matter what the issue.

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Getting Back On the UN's Good Side

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

April 1, 2009 - 3:50pm

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Yesterday, the United Nations Commission on Population and Development convened for the 42nd time at UN headquarters here in New York. The Head of the US delegation, Margaret J. Pollack, announced the US’s continuing support of the ICPD’s goals, “most particularly universal access to sexual and reproductive health, and the protection and promotion of reproductive rights.”


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The Down and Dirty Politics of Sex

By Lon Newman, Family Planning Health Services

March 23, 2009 - 12:08pm

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The focus of this Congress, along with the presidential administration, must be on creating down-to-earth reproductive health care policy, instead of being swayed by battles over who holds the higher moral ground.

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For Kenyan Women, Repeal of the Global Gag Rule Means Safety and Health

By Florence Machio, RH Reality Check, Africa

March 7, 2009 - 8:00am

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A word of warning to African governments: don't wait for Obama alone to provide contraceptive security for your female citizens.

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Senate Votes Against Reinstating Global Gag Rule

By Emily Douglas

January 28, 2009 - 1:00pm

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The Senate voted 60-37 against an amendment to the SCHIP bill that proposed to reinstate the global gag rule.

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Obama Repeals Global Gag Rule

By Daniel Pellegrom, Pathfinder International

January 23, 2009 - 2:51pm

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The global gag rule has never reduced abortion -- rather, it resulted in an attack on the delivery of family planning services that could help reduce abortion. And now President Obama has repealed it.

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Global Gag Rule Going Down; What About Ideological Abstinence-Only Requirements?

By Emily Douglas

November 10, 2008 - 5:17pm

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Many of President Bush's harmful legacies for women's health will take years to undo. But President-Elect Barack Obama can reverse some of the Bush administration's retrograde policies on sexual and reproductive health with just the stroke of a pen.

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International Women's Health? Who's President Makes The Difference

By Craig Lasher, Population Action International (PAI)

September 29, 2008 - 7:00am

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On the global gag rule, on funding for UNFPA, and on PEFPAR -- who holds the office of the Presidency makes the critical difference.

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Preparing to Vote? Remember African Women

By Florence Machio, RH Reality Check, Africa

January 25, 2008 - 8:54am

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As you American readers prepare to vote for President in November, please remember the women of Africa. Never has the American debate over abortion become clearer to us in Africa than during the Bush administration.


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