pro-choice legislation
Getting Real About the REAL Act
by Christopher White, National Sexuality Resource Center
May 5, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
A disease prevention model of sexuality education does little to address the real issues that young people face on a daily basis.
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Fighting Forward: Behind the Bill to Expand Reproductive Health Access in Illinois
by Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check
April 21, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
After years of being on the defensive, a coalition of pro-choice groups in Illinois worked together to draft a comprehensive pro-active, pro-choice piece of legislation in their state.
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Illinois Bill Would Ensure Reproductive Health Access
March 25, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
Opponents of the Illinois state Reproductive Health and Access Act are stoking fears on abortion. But the vast majority of Illinois residents support this comprehensive, reproductive justice-oriented bill.
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Prevention First Introduced in the Senate
January 6, 2009 - 5:37pm (Print)
The first day of the 111th Congressional session saw the introduction in the Senate of the Prevention First Act, a bill that would dramatically increase access to family planning services just as America's families find themselves on ever more precarious financial footing.
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True Common Ground for the 111th Congress
by Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check
January 5, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
The 111th Congress has an opportunity to pass true common ground legislation that will ensure access to contraception and sexuality education. But will this agenda be derailed by those who push "abortion reduction" instead of reproductive health?
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