reproductive health services
One Year Later: Protecting the Gains, Correcting the Flaws of Health Care Reform
by Adam Sonfield, Guttmacher Institute
March 23, 2011 - 9:14am (Print)
Reproductive health advocates must fend off repeated attacks on health reform, work on implementation and fix the flaws.
A Foundation of Mistrust
by Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check
February 14, 2008 - 8:45am (Print)
Google "black genocide" and a multitude of web sites indicting Planned Parenthood and other health providers for perpetrating genocide on black people fill the computer screen. It's tempting to scoff at such claims as the delusional ranting of the lunatic fringe, but that wouldn't be wise.
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The Every Day "Jaycee's"
reader diary by RHRefugee, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.
September 9, 2009 - 12:58pm (Print)
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.
Republicans Call for an End to Planned Parenthood's Federal Funding
by Andy Birkey, New Journalist Fellow
July 15, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
Congressional Republicans took the floor last week to call for the federal defunding of Planned Parenthood because the network of reproductive health care clinics offer abortion services.
Reading Between the Lines
by Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check
March 17, 2008 - 8:42am (Print)
Two-thirds of hysterectomies in the United States may be unnecessary. But less-invasive alternatives require either money or solid insurance coverage.
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Minimums Matter: RH Access in New York Jails
by Rachel Roth, RH Reality Check
March 4, 2008 - 11:07am (Print)
A report released today by the New York Civil Liberties Union discovers that access to reproductive health care services for women in New York jails is unregulated and lacks minimum standards.
In Canada, Some Doctors Refuse to Do Paps
by Pamela Pizarro, RH Reality Check, North America
February 22, 2008 - 8:48am (Print)
Think that religious policing only applies to abortion and contraceptives? Doctors in Canada are now refusing to perform pap smears on young women, citing "religious beliefs."
