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Unpacking a Bag Full of STI Stigma

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by Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com

April 25, 2011 - 10:10am (Print)

Feeling awful about having contracted a sexually transmitted infection? Here's the nitty-gritty on the stigmatization of STIs and people with them and how to deal.

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Morning Roundup: Pence Loves Title X's Work in "Inner Cities"

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by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check

March 22, 2011 - 9:19am (Print)

The first same-sex fertility center, Arizona Senate passes race and sex-based abortion ban, women still being given as crime compensation in Afghanistan, lawsuit filed over New York's CPC law, and Rep. Mike Pence likes what Title X does for "inner cities."

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Roundup: Protesting the Pope in the UK

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by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check

September 17, 2010 - 9:02am (Print)

Pope Benedict is in the United Kingdom for a four-day visit, and will be met with a "Protest the Pope" campaign by activists opposed to the Vatican's stance on the child sex abuse scandal, contraception, women, and homosexuality.

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Breath-Testing Pregnant Women in UK

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by Amie Newman

June 24, 2010 - 4:24pm (Print)

UK health officials want health providers to test the breath of pregnant women for carbon monoxide levels so they can tell the women smoking is bad for their health. Rather than, you know, asking the women directly if they smoke.

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Controversy Over Morning After Pill Advertising

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by Joe Veix, RH Reality Check

April 24, 2009 - 1:54pm (Print)

The first ever advertisement for a morning-after pill aired on television in the UK, despite arguments against the ad from an anti-choice group.

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Roundup: LA Times Says No on Prop 4, UK Makes Sex Ed Mandatory

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by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

October 23, 2008 - 9:59am (Print)

LA Times counters parental notification proponent's two central arguments; UK makes sex and relationship education mandatory in primary and secondary schools; British lawmakers leave Northern Ireland's women suffering; How the religious right drove Colin Powell to endorse Obama; Baptist minister says birth control is "murder."
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Roundup: Abortion Rights and Equal Pay at Stake in the Election

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by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

October 21, 2008 - 9:44am (Print)

The future of women's equality, including abortion rights and equal pay, are at stake in the election; Are Catholics shifting toward Obama?; Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier on the next steps in beating AIDS; 40 Days for Life protests clinics around the country; Dr. Karen Rayne's top ten things to do before you have sex.
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Roundup: UK Scouting Association to Offer Basic Sex Ed to Help Scouts Be Prepared

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by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

October 20, 2008 - 10:55am (Print)

UK Scouting Association to offer basic sex ed to Explorer Scouts between the ages of 14 and 18; What constitutes a mother's health?; Proposed South Dakota abortion ban could punish doctors with 10 years in jail and a $20,000 fine; Anti-choice groups divided about SD abortion ban; Madagascar announces nationwide family planning initiative.
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Roundup: Ab-only Confusing Teens, More Women Than Ever Asking for Birth Control

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by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

August 14, 2008 - 11:16am (Print)

Adolescents and teens often hold seemingly irreconcilable ideas about having sex; Is HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt deliberately trying to stifle debate on proposed regulations?; More women than ever seeking birth control; UK government reduces compensation payments to rape victims who had been drinking.
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Roundup: G8 Makes Big Promises on AIDS, Religious Right and Your Orgasms

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by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

July 8, 2008 - 11:41am (Print)

G8 promises $60 billion to fight disease in Africa, A book review on the Religious Right and sex, Obama needs women, UK's Family Planning Association proposes new comprehensive sex ed plan.
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