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In Focus: China Considers Ending One-Child Policy

Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check on March 4, 2008 - 9:05am

Late last week Chinese family planning officials made headlines by indicating that Beijing might consider relaxing its thirty-year-old mandatory one-child policy. China's family planning policies are notable not only for being baldly coercive but also for being the excuse the Bush administration offers for defunding the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

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Demography Is Not Destiny

Gib Clarke, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars on March 4, 2008 - 9:02am

Demographic trends can interact with other factors such as poverty, poor governance, competition for natural resources, and environmental degradation to exacerbate tensions and contribute to conflict. But demography is not destiny, and family planning and reproductive health can play an important role in preventing and reducing instability.

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News & Commentary

1 The Maverick Steps Back in Line

By Carole Joffe on May 16, 2008 - 8:00am | 1 comment

If John McCain insists on placating the anti-choice fanatics in his party, let him start paying a price.

Reducing Maternal Mortality Is Easy with Safe Abortion

By Alicia Meulensteen on May 16, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

Reducing maternal deaths from unsafe abortion is one of the most straight-forward public health problems to remedy. But this can never be fully realized unless governments start including abortion in realistic approaches to protecting women's health.

Get Real! I Hate Being a Girl. What's Wrong?

By Heather Corinna on May 16, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

Heather Corinna brings Scarleteen's popular sexual health advice column to RH Reality Check! This week, Heather talks to a young woman who doesn't like being a girl.

2 Using "States' Rights" to Restrict Abortion

By Wendy Norris on May 15, 2008 - 8:00am | 3 comments

Conservative activists are gearing up to enact state laws to restrict abortion. Colorado is once again serving as a political incubator in yet another attempt to chip away at Roe v. Wade, this time in the form of an amendment stating that life begins at conception.

Pregnant Trans People Need Care, Not Media Circus

By Erin Wilkins on May 15, 2008 - 8:00am | 5 comments

Pregnancies, both planned and unplanned, happen to trans folks, too. It is imperative for reproductive health care providers to seek appropriate education and training in order to be able to provide comprehensive care to these patients.

Retrograde "Iron Man" Hits the Big Screen

By Sarah Seltzer on May 15, 2008 - 8:00am | 7 comments

Given the alarmingly sexist and racist undercurrents rearing their heads in this presidential election, it's not illogical to look at "Iron Man" and see a reflection, and perpetuation, of prejudices that just won't die.

3 The Prison of Mandatory Pleasure Provision

By Amanda Marcotte on May 14, 2008 - 8:00am | 6 comments

What would happen if our right to abortion hinged on the right to sexual pleasure rather than on a penumbra? Ecuador might just find out.

Sexualizing Tweens for Profit: A Q&A with Gigi Durham

By T. M. Lindsey on May 14, 2008 - 8:00am | 15 comments

Journalism professor Gigi Durham talks to T.M. Lindsey about the media messages hitting teen girls, teen sexuality, and "Grand Theft Auto."

Debate Rages in Minnesota House As Stem-Cell Funding Passes

By Andy Birkey on May 14, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

The Minnesota House last Wednesday passed a bill that would allow the University of Minnesota to use state funds to conduct research using embryonic stem cells. The measure prompted a flurry of amendments by anti-choice Republicans designed to derail the bill.

4 Domestic Gag Rule? Déjà Vu All Over Again

By Marilyn Keefe on May 13, 2008 - 11:55am | 1 comment

Last week, nearly 80 conservative groups led by the Family Research Council asked President Bush to strip family planning clinics of their eligibility for Title X funds if they refer patients for abortions or share facilities with abortion providers -- which would bring the global gag rule home.

When Getting Pregnant Isn't About Being a Mother

By Angela Castellanos on May 13, 2008 - 8:29am | 0 comments

In Colombia, young women may be getting pregnant intentionally -- but not necessarily because they want to become mothers. Sexuality education advocates differ on how best to tailor a pregnancy prevention and sexual health curriculum to reach Colombian teens.

Pedaling into Local Reproductive Justice Activism

By Nora Dye and Shelby Knox on May 13, 2008 - 8:26am | 0 comments

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On May 26, the Wanderlust reproductive justice bicycle caravan will set off on an 1800 mile journey from New Orleans to New York City, meeting with and learning from reproductive justice activists along the way.

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Midwives May No Longer Be Felons In Missouri?

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check
May 16 2008 - 7:02pm | 1 comment
Midwives in Missouri may go from felons to legal health care providers if the legislation that has passed the MO Senate today also passes the House.
GOP Candidate Who Paid for Abortion Asked to Quit Race

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check
May 16 2008 - 4:37pm | 0 comments
Oregon Right to Life calls on anti-choice candidate who paid for girlfriend's abortion two years ago to quit race. But they sat on the story for two years.
Anti-Family Planning Org's Unholy Alliance

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check
May 16 2008 - 1:50pm | 1 comment
The Family Research Council is petitioning our government to severely restrict federal funds for our contraception and family planning program - a program that is headed by one of their own.

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