Title X
Family planning expansion not in 2009 spending bill; family planning funds cost-effective, Guttmacher study finds; anti-choicers disagree about North Dakota personhood strategy; anti-choicers protest possible Sebelius pick; new anti-choice archbishop in New York.
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By Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check February 24, 2009 - 8:00am
The nation's family planning program, Title X, is effective but needs an overhaul, a new Guttmacher study finds. Gains made against unintended pregnancy are stagnating, and funding is flat.
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By Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround February 13, 2009 - 8:00am
The goal of a Georgetown University study is to integrate "natural family planning" into the contraceptive services offered by Title X recipients. That sends warning signs flashing.
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Pelosi defends inclusion of family planning funds in economic stimulus plan; Obama to seek to restore funding to UNFPA; reactions to the repeal of the global gag rule.
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The first day of the 111th Congressional session saw the introduction in the Senate of the Prevention First Act, a bill that would dramatically increase access to family planning services just as America's families find themselves on ever more precarious financial footing.
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By Marilyn Keefe, National Partnership for Women & Families November 5, 2008 - 10:15am
A supporter of reproductive health and rights will occupy the White House come January. The ranks of pro-choice legislators in the House and Senate will grow significantly. There is a lot for a new administration to do and undo on reproductive health, but it's what we voted for.
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By Amie Newman, Managing Editor October 31, 2008 - 7:00am
A new administration, a new agenda for sexual and reproductive health and rights advocates. What's new? What's changed? What are we still fighting for after all these years and how can a new leader make the greatest impact on women's health and lives globally?
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By Anna Clark, RH Reality Check October 21, 2008 - 7:00am
The presidential candidates have been challenged with the same question again and again: In our unprecedented economic crisis, what programs or services will you cut? If they cut family planning services, other reproductive health costs are sure to spiral leaving "Jane the plumber" without the critical health services she needs.
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Can I get a prescription for birth control from a doctor? Can I get contraception from a Title X program? Do I know how to use it? Some answers for you - depending upon either a McCain or an Obama administration.
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By Amie Newman, Managing Editor September 8, 2008 - 4:01pm
Unless John McCain and Sarah Palin make a point of discussing specific policies that support young people's access to sexual health education, contraception for low income Americans, health care access for needy children and more - they are not "mixed" on reproductive health care and rights issues.
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