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SEIU: Pelosi Bill Outlaws Domestic Violence as PreExisting Condition; Grassroots Action Critical in Gains

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

October 29, 2009 - 11:33am

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The House health care bill language, released today, includes a clause specifically outlawing the practice of treating domestic violence as a "pre-existing condition."

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Abortion Down, But Ridiculousness Up

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

October 25, 2009 - 9:59pm

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Abortion down worldwide, but unsafe abortion remains high. Also, more on health care reform and why can't everyone just agree to be against rape?


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Court Clears Sleepwalking Rapist

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

October 23, 2009 - 9:45am

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A young man was acquitted in London today on a rape charge. His defense? He was asleep.


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Drugged, Raped and Denied Insurance

By Chris Turner

October 23, 2009 - 6:00am

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After being drugged and raped on a business trip, I received counseling and anti-HIV medications to help me survive. But to insurance companies my rape and treatment were "pre-existing conditions."

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Insurance Company Tells Rape Victim Her Assault Would be a Pre-Existing Condition

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

October 21, 2009 - 10:32am

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“Nope, we won’t take her.” This is what insurance companies in Florida said when asked whether they would provide insurance coverage to a hypothetical applicant who had survived rape, according to the rape survivor at the launch of the National Women's Law Center's campaign on women in health reform. NWLC asks: First, who was asking the question? Second, why was the applicant’s history posed as a hypothetical? Third, what can we do to change this dire situation?


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Roman Polanski: Justice Needs To Be Served

By Joan Dawson

October 8, 2009 - 6:00am

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Why is it that we “pardon” or overlook some individuals for their crimes? Many others before him have fled their sentences but eventually served their time. So why do some think he’s above the law?

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Universities Target Rape Prevention Through Alcohol Awareness Program

By Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

October 5, 2009 - 6:00am

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Every year, more than 71,000 American college students between the ages of 18 and 24 are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape, and some 110,000 students reported being too intoxicated to know if they consented to having sex.

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Nicaragua: The Reality of Abortion Restrictions Revealed

By Angela Castellanos, RH Reality Check, Latin America

September 10, 2009 - 7:00am

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Think concerns over "egg-as-person" laws in the US are overblown? In Nicaragua, pregnant women suffering from cancer are refused appropriate treatment and girls pregnant as a result of rape are compelled to carry to term, to name just a few...

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The Every Day "Jaycee's"

Reader diary posted by RHRefugee, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.

September 9, 2009 - 12:58pm

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Eighteen years ago, Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped and made into a slave, bearing two children after being raped by her captor. Americans are outraged, and rightly so. Her story is horrifying. While this Lake Tahoe headline hit particularly close to home, most of us are perhaps unaware that kidnappings and sexual slavery occur every day in war torn areas.


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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Kristof and Wudunn

Reader diary posted by Jane Roberts, 34 Million Friends of UNFPA

August 28, 2009 - 8:24pm

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Pulitzer Prize winning authors Kristof and Wudunn put it all together in a new book, Half the Sky:Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. .


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