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A Third-Year Law Student Discusses Her Work on Abortion Access in Texas

By Sarah Erdreich

October 23, 2009 - 6:00am

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One of the biggest challenges for small abortion funds is that our resources are so limited that often we can not adequately train people to deal with some of the hard cases. If there was something that I [didn’t] know how to handle, I would often call one of my colleagues and debrief and take care of myself first, to make sure that I was available to my client and wasn't doing them more harm then good.

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Corporate Christianity And Extremist Anti-Contraception Activism

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

October 4, 2009 - 10:33pm

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Bethany Moreton on the creation of Christian free enterprise. Also, Texas health care news and anti-choicers reveal the anti-contraception agenda.


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Advocates Unite to Oppose Criminalization of Being Pregnant

Reader diary posted by Lynn1, National Advocates for Pregnant Women

August 5, 2009 - 2:46pm

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More than 50 organizations and experts in the fields of medicine, public health, and child welfare asked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reject the state’s decision to incarcerate Amber Lovill because she was pregnant.


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Economics Of Family Planning And Ignorance In Texas

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

April 5, 2009 - 12:42pm

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David Wiley speaks about the state of sex education in Texas. Also: how the economy affects family planning, and how "sexting" is "stupid".

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The Good Old Days: When Sex Ed Wasn't Trying to Be Bad

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

March 4, 2009 - 8:00am

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The cobbled-together, patchwork sex ed I got at my West Texas high school in the 1990s was better than the outright lies abstinence-only programs push.

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After 36 years, Will Maine Back Out Now?

By Micah Steffes, RH Reality Check

February 10, 2009 - 6:24am

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Say this ten times fast: An Act to Protect the Safety of Maine Children by Requiring the Express Consent of Legal Guardian to Dispense Prescription Medication to a Minor.


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Ultrasound and Informed Consent

By Micah Steffes, RH Reality Check

February 9, 2009 - 2:07pm

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In the name of informed consent, more states are hopping on the ultrasound bandwagon.


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Roundup: Last Chance to Speak Out, Contraception for Gloucester Students?

By Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

September 25, 2008 - 10:20am

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Last chance to fight hypocritical and deceptive HHS rule; Powerful personal story about one woman's experience with abortion; Will Gloucester High provide contraception?; Texas judge orders woman to stop having children; LA Times against parental notification in California; and more.

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Progressive Bloggers Do Texas - And Confront Bad Sex Education Policies

By Marcela Howell, Advocates for Youth

July 16, 2008 - 7:00am

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Home to Netroots Nation this week, the progressive convention for political activists and bloggers, Texas is also home to the highest teen birth rate in the nation while spending more on abstinence-only programs than any state. The mix is the perfect recipe for political change.

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