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Sanity Prevails in Oklahoma, For Now
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
May 26, 2011 - 1:19pm (Print)
After facing strong opposition to a targeted attack on Planned Parenthood's WIC program, Oklahoma's legislators have allowed a bill threatening the health of needy infants and children to die in committee.
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Dear Congress: Women and Children (and Men) are Starving
reader diary by Lorraine Berry, SUNY Cortland
July 20, 2010 - 7:51am (Print)
I worked at the food bank last night. In an hour, we fed 15 percent of the population of the small, rural town in which I live.
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South Carolina Lt. Governor Compares School Children on Assisted Lunch Program to "Stray Animals"
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
January 25, 2010 - 1:45pm (Print)
South Carolina's Lt. Governor compares children and families reliant on reduced price and free school lunch programs to "stray animals."
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Motherhood in America: Some Apples for Your Pie
November 19, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
If motherhood is "the only life sentence without chance at parole you can get without committing a crime," low-income motherhood is infinitely harder still. Still, we judge these mothers and make their lives harder, as we force them into it.
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