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Budget Cuts Spell Crisis for Women with HIV

March 14, 2011 - 3:54pm (Print)

In addition to the fate of unions and public sector employees at the local and state level -- the majority of whom are women -- the battle over budgets will also determine the fate of key social services.

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Catholic Church Threatens to End Social Services in DC if Gay Marriage is Approved

by Eric Sheptock

December 8, 2009 - 5:00pm (Print)

Washington, DC
has joined several other states in its quest for same-sex marriage. The DC
Council voted 11 to 2 in favor of same-sex marriage on December 1st. According
to DC Law, they must vote a second time on December 15th and then the bill goes
to Capitol Hill for Congressional review. Congress then has 30 days
to vote on it, or it becomes law by default.

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Roundup: Catholics Have a Tough Choice, Can Social Spending Reduce the Abortion Rate?

by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

August 27, 2008 - 11:04am (Print)

Catholics have a tough choice to make in the presidential election; Can social spending reduce the abortion rate?; Tackling that age old question, When does life begin?; Abortion opponent Bob Casey speaks at the Democratic National Convention.

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Whose Safe Haven? Abandoned Baby Found in St. Louis

by Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check

May 12, 2008 - 7:24am (Print)

Have Safe Haven laws -- in which women can lawfully relinquish their infants within 30 days of birth -- become a substitute for universal health care and comprehensive sexuality education?

Follow Pamela Merritt on Twitter, @SharkFu

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