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The Red Scare, Take 2: Reproductive Health Termination

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In Red-scare-like-manner, a group of old rich white men declare their outrage with organizations aimed at reproductive healtcare and population control for recommending legalization of abortion for the sake of worldwide well-being and women's health. Try to contain your outrage as you behold the illogic of granting the "right to life" to fetuses while taking away that right from women without proper healthcare around the world.

October 10, 2011 - 10:56am

In Red-scare-like-manner, a group of old rich white men declare their outrage with organizations aimed at reproductive healtcare and population control for recommending legalization of abortion for the sake of worldwide well-being and women's health. Try to contain your outrage as you behold the illogic of granting the "right to life" to fetuses while taking away that right from women without proper healthcare around the world.

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UNFPA Latest Victim of House Republican War on Women

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by Janine Kossen

October 7, 2011 - 5:00pm (Print)

Republicans voted eleven separate times this week to block funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). That's right, eleven separate times in the span of just three hours.

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An International Perspective on Current Budget Debates about RH

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reader diary by Jane Roberts, 34 Million Friends of UNFPA

April 15, 2011 - 7:33pm (Print)

This is pretty dry stuff. Wade through it please!

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America's Restored Funding to UNFPA Sends Strong Message to Women Worldwide

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by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA

March 12, 2009 - 12:11pm (Print)

President Obama's restoration of funding to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, sends a strong message to the world's women that the new president's promise of change is more than just a political slogan.
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US Restores Funding to UNFPA, Lifeline to Women Around the World

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by Michelle Goldberg

March 11, 2009 - 9:35am (Print)

The just-passed 2009 omnibus spending bill contains $50 million for UNFPA. But the agency remaining the bete noir of influential conservatives, and the controversy over the U.S. contribution to it isn’t going away.
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Obama to Restore UNFPA Funding, Says Congresswoman Maloney

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by Emily Douglas

November 13, 2008 - 10:57am (Print)

At the launch of UNFPA's annual State of the World report, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, a longtime advocate of international women's health, told reporters that President-Elect Obama will restore UNFPA funding.

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