UK
By Joe Veix, RH Reality Check April 24, 2009 - 2:54pm
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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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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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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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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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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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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UK abortion limit unchanged, Virgina abortion law unconstitutional, Clinton on misogyny and Dr. Rayne takes issue with Guttmacher study.
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UK parliament votes tonight on abortion limits, Catholic Cherie Blair defends contraception, being gay in hip hop, the GOP Family Values Parade just won't end.
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Texas teen denied entry to prom, Hagee issues apology to Catholics, UK abortion debate heats up.
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Anti-choice legislators in Britain are challenging the current 24-week abortion limit with blatantly unscientific claims.
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