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Study: Having An Abortion Does Not Increase Risk of Mental Health Problems, Unwanted Pregnancy Does
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
December 16, 2011 - 1:53pm (Print)
The world's largest, most comprehensive and systematic review of mental health outcomes and abortion care shows abortion does not increase the risk of mental health problems, but unwanted pregnancy does. The results led to a British medical journal calling for reversal of the recent HHS decision to deny young women access to emergency contraception.
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Women's Health Care Is About More Than Keeping Women Alive
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
August 27, 2011 - 4:04pm (Print)
Anti-choicers have taken to claiming that women shouldn't have contraception, because "pregnancy isn't a disease". This makes as much sense as saying women shouldn't have access to exercise, because being out of shape isn't a disease.
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What Are They Doing Out There? Misguided, Sometimes Dangerous "Prayer Warriors" Abrogate Human Rights
by Lon Newman, Family Planning Health Services
March 21, 2011 - 8:30pm (Print)
“What are they doing out there?” So-called prayer warriors misinform and mislead the public, intimidate clients, and prevent people from exercising their rights to health care.
Personal Reflections on Contraceptive Choice
May 6, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
My own experiences made me realize how important it is to have real choices in contraceptive methods, and to know that my doctor or provider will give me unbiased information based on good evidence.
Keep Abortion Safe and Legal? Yes. Make it Rare? Not the Point.
by Aimée Thorne-Thomsen, Pro-Choice Public Education Project
April 26, 2010 - 12:34pm (Print)
What if we stopped focusing on the number of abortions and instead focused on the women themselves?
In Absurd Move, Canada Drops Family Planning from Maternal Health Plan
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
March 17, 2010 - 1:52pm (Print)
The Canadian government is excluding family planning from its initiative to save the lives and improve the health of mothers in poor countries. One small problem: You can't address maternal mortality without family planning.
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What's the Message on Miscarriage and Abortion...Suffer in Silence or Be Shamed?
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
November 17, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
The Every Day "Jaycee's"
reader diary by RHRefugee, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.
September 9, 2009 - 12:58pm (Print)
Eighteen years ago, Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped and made into a slave, bearing two children after being raped by her captor. Americans are outraged, and rightly so. Her story is horrifying. While this Lake Tahoe headline hit particularly close to home, most of us are perhaps unaware that kidnappings and sexual slavery occur every day in war torn areas.
