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Roundup: NOW Endorses Obama, Biden's Fight for the Violence Against Women Act

Brady Swenson on September 17, 2008 - 11:04am

Reproductive health bill to be debated in Philippines; National Organization of Women endorses Obama; The story of Joe Biden and the Violence Against Women Act; Palin says she fired Monegan for going above her head to secure funds to fight sexual abuse; More funding needed to fight HIV in Cleveland; Family planning and global population.

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1 Unearthing Common Ground

By Debra Haffner on Dec 5, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

It's not about reducing abortion. The advocates for a new common ground correctly note the correlation between poverty and abortion rates. But they fail to mention how poverty first contributes to unintended pregnancies.

Anti-Abortion Group Pushes Failed "Personhood" Strategy

By Wendy Norris on Dec 5, 2008 - 8:00am | 7 comments

Despite the crushing 3-to-1 loss of a state constitutional amendment to confer civil rights on fertilized human eggs, the American Life League says it's their "only option left".

Get Real! Women Who Sleep With Women Losing Their Virginity

By Heather Corinna on Dec 5, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

What you're discovering is one of the many ways in which virginity as a concept doesn't make sense. If you two pursue sexual pleasure together, however you choose to do it, you're having sex.

2 Principled Choices

By Kirsten Moore on Dec 4, 2008 - 8:00am | 1 comment

President-elect Obama can teach us all a thing or two about respecting the choices that other people make in their lives and carrying that respect through into our public policies.

Women's Safety and Health in Post-Mumbai India

By Deepali Gaur Singh on Dec 4, 2008 - 8:00am | 1 comment

In response to terrorist attacks in Mumbai, more power will be vested in state machinery to be better prepared for a similar crisis in the future. That very same power can be used to exploit women.

Strengthening PEPFAR: A Plan for Immediate Action

By Jodi Jacobson on Dec 4, 2008 - 8:00am | 1 comment

PEPFAR presents the President-Elect both opportunities and challenges. The 2008 bill authorizes dramatic increases in funding for treatment and care. But the controversial policies supported by the Bush administration are still in place.

3 The Pro-Lie Movement Targets Hillary

By Cristina Page on Dec 3, 2008 - 8:00am | 3 comments

The "Susan B. Anthony List" claims Clinton, as Obama's Secretary of State, will "promote abortion" around the world, because of her support for UNFPA.

Putting Another Anti-Abortion Myth to Bed

By Cindy Cooper on Dec 3, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

In the wake of the crushing defeat of the South Dakota and Colorado ballot measures to ban abortion, anti-choice activists can no longer say that the "people haven't spoken" on the right to abortion.

HIV: Still Not Just a "Gay Thing"

By Amanda Marcotte on Dec 3, 2008 - 8:00am | 38 comments

The myth that HIV is strictly a "gay thing" has re-emerged from the shadowy world of rumor and email forwarding and is poking its head out in the right wing media.

4 Environmental Disasters in the Asia-Pacific: What About Reproductive Health in Emergencies?

By Ramona Vijeyarasa on Dec 2, 2008 - 8:00am | 0 comments

For pregnant women, any environmental disaster severely limits safe delivery options, which in turn exacerbates pre-existing vulnerabilities to maternal death and disability.

Anti-Abortion Groups Plan "Welcome" to White House for First Family

By Wendy Norris on Dec 2, 2008 - 8:00am | 8 comments

Christian anti-abortion activists announced a plan to chalk the sidewalks near 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with "pro-life messages and pictures" to greet the new first family as they settle into their White House digs.

Call For Justice, Health For Swazi Women

By Nosipho Dlamani on Dec 2, 2008 - 8:00am | 3 comments

Arrested in 2001 for killing over 40 women and children in Swaziland, David Simelane has not been brought to trial. Women in Swaziland are particularly vulnerable to sexual assault, violence and HIV/AIDS infection.

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Goodbye to Ideological Stem Cell Agenda, Guidelines for President-Elect Obama

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check
Dec 4 2008 - 7:42pm | 0 comments
President-Elect Obama has an opportunity to cleanse the federal government of far too many ideological, non-scientifically based restrictions placed upon science by President Bush over the last eight years. One of these has to do with federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
Saletan On HHS Conscience Regulation and The Morning After Myth

Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check
Dec 4 2008 - 1:27pm | 2 comments
William Saletan of Slate.com sets the president of the Christian Medical Association straight on the morning after pill and argues against Bush's impending HHS conscience regulation.
Roundup: Abortion Has No Long-Term Effect on Mental Health; Allergic Reactions to Gardasil Uncommon

Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check
Dec 4 2008 - 11:14am | 0 comments
Abortion has no effect on long-term mental health; Clinton's likely priorities as Secretary of State; allergic reactions to Gardasil uncommon; what effect would HHS conscience regulations have?

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Roundup: NOW Endorses Obama, Biden's Fight for the Violence Against Women Act

1

Unearthing Common Ground

Anti-Abortion Group Pushes Failed "Personhood" Strategy

Get Real! Women Who Sleep With Women Losing Their Virginity

2

Principled Choices

Women's Safety and Health in Post-Mumbai India

Strengthening PEPFAR: A Plan for Immediate Action

3

The Pro-Lie Movement Targets Hillary

Putting Another Anti-Abortion Myth to Bed

HIV: Still Not Just a "Gay Thing"

4

Environmental Disasters in the Asia-Pacific: What About Reproductive Health in Emergencies?

Anti-Abortion Groups Plan "Welcome" to White House for First Family

Call For Justice, Health For Swazi Women

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Sen. Clinton Accepts Secretary of State: Will She Champion Women's Rights Worldwide?

What Does "Abstinence" Mean To You?

Behind Nebraska’s Abandoned Kids, A National Shortage of Mental Health Care

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Goodbye to Ideological Stem Cell Agenda, Guidelines for President-Elect Obama

Saletan On HHS Conscience Regulation and The Morning After Myth

Roundup: Abortion Has No Long-Term Effect on Mental Health; Allergic Reactions to Gardasil Uncommon

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