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Another Advance for HIV Prevention: STD Testing

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by William Smith, National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD)

November 30, 2010 - 6:12pm (Print)

Nearly 15 years ago the Institutes of Medicine called for development of a national STD strategy to address the destructive links between STDs and HIV. To this day, it remains mostly unheeded.

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(VIDEO) Behind Bars: Life Stories of People Affected by the Criminalization of HIV

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by Kevin Osborne, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)

November 29, 2010 - 6:06pm (Print)

Behind Bars show how a simplistic "law-and-order‟ response to HIV can intensify a climate of denial, secrecy and fear and provide a fertile breeding ground for the spread of HIV.

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The Pope, Condoms, and Contraception: Let's Get This Conversation Started

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by Frances Kissling

November 28, 2010 - 9:46pm (Print)

The Pope's remarks on condoms have created an opening for a debate that up to now the church has wanted to avoid.  Let's take up the Pope’s remarks about sexuality as well as the basis of the opposition to contraception and kickstart that long overdue debate.

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HIV-Positive and Pregnant in the United States

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by Margo Kaplan, Center for HIV Law and Policy

December 9, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

In the United States, women living with HIV are often considered incapable or unworthy of having children, and if pregnant, unable to make appropriate medical decisions during pregnancy.
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