Katherine Ragsdale, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice on July 23, 2007 - 9:55am
Rev. Katherine Ragsdale shares her experience in Alabama at the New Women All Women Health Clinic, as a representative for the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.
Vicki Saporta, National Abortion Federation on July 19, 2007 - 9:10am
Operation Save America descended on Birmingham, Alabama this week to attempt to close the city's two abortion clinics. Vicki Saporta shares updates from National Abortion Federation staff in Birmingham.
Rachel Larris gets to the bottom of what really happened in Alabama this week when anti-choice protestors face off against clinic staff women trying to do their jobs.
Next week Operation Rescue takes their show on the road to Kansas to Dr. Tiller's clinic and Operation Save America prepares to "commemorate" convicted killer Eric Rudolph's sentencing - at the site of the Birmingham clinic he bombed; and all of the usual suspects will be there.
Andrea Lynch, RH Reality Check on July 6, 2007 - 9:00am
Andrea Lynch addresses clinic violence and the anti-abortion strategies of misinformation, coercion and intimidation to build a so-called culture of life.
A senior public health official in Jamaica recently called for decriminalization and taxation of commercial sex work. Other government officials decried the proposal, but have few effective suggestions of their own.
Iowa Department of Public Health officials report that total cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in the state reached record levels in 2007 -- with some major spikes among teen-age populations.
The increasing incidence of STD diagnoses in Minnesota is prompting lawmakers and public health departments to come up with strategies to address the emerging epidemic.
RH Reality Check is having some fun in the sun starting Saturday, June 28th and won't be publishing for the week. Check back on Monday, July 7th for brand new, exciting content!
This year's Bush administration denial of $40 million to UNFPA comes as no surprise. But buried in the statement lies the threat that other international family planning groups who work in China may also have their U.S. government funding cut.
Next month, the Parliament of India will vote on an amendment that could further stigmatize and violate the human rights of sex workers by criminalizing the purchase of sexual services in India.
A handful of states are totally free of any federal abstinence-only money and close to half of all states have turned down Title V ab-only grant money for the coming fiscal year. The ab-only industry barely defends itself anymore.
A leading figure in the Christian right anti-trafficking establishment, Linda Smith embodies the tensions between feminists and religious right activists working on this issue.
There appears to be movement in the Senate on PEPFAR. But because negotiators started from a position of weakness, the movement is mostly backwards. Scrap it until the new Congress, and learn from the mistakes.
Pact or no pact, public furor over the teen pregnancy spike in Gloucester, Massachusetts, reveals our profound discomfort with teens who decide, for whatever reason, that they want to have children.
Arguing that their petition to overturn Manila's ban on modern family planning services is an issue of "transcendental importance," Manila residents ask the Court of Appeals to hear their case.
On June 19, 2008, in the wake of decades of reports of vicious sexual violence in conflicts across the globe, the United Nations Security Council declared that it is time to act.
California state officials and HIV advocacy groups have teamed up to establish a Web site that focuses exclusively on the impact of HIV/AIDS and other health disparities on African-Americans.
When bigotry strikes women, the usual suspects don't object. William Saletan is only to happy to excuse pharmacists who would deny women emergency contraception.
The Eighth Circuit has lifted a preliminary injunction against a South Dakota law that requires doctors to inform patients seeking abortion care that that abortion would "terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being."
Bush denies UNFPA funds for seventh straight year, Today is National HIV Testing Day, Good news in the fight against breast cancer, Conservapedia says conservatives don't get STDs.
In a new TV ad (watch), the Family Research Council distracts attention from a discussion of responsible parenting to inject the question of when life begins into the presidential debate. Stock up on contraception now, before it is too late.
