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One trademark of the far right is misinformation. They make ideology sound like fact, belief sound like scientific data. We bring you the most widely circulated fictions about reproductive health, and the facts and resources to dispute them. If you are confused about how to determine if a study is real, this primer provides you with a great framework to evaluate any research study you read

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1 What Is the Message From This Election? Ultraconservatives Are Emboldened

By Margaret Conway on Nov 5, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (1)

Only time will tell how this this week's election and phase of ultra-conservatism among Republicans will play out. What do you predict--and how should pro-choice, pro-reproductive justice advocates respond? Let us know.

PEPFAR: Are Abstinence Requirements Really Gone?

By Liz Bayer on Nov 5, 2009 - 7:00am | comments

While prevention restrictions under US Global AIDS Policy were made looser in last year's reauthorization bill, the new law includes worrisome reporting requirements for prevention programs.

Michigan Corrections Officials Push Change to Policies on HIV-Positive Prisoners

By Todd Heywood on Nov 5, 2009 - 7:00am | comments

A Michigan Department of Corrections official confirms that the department is seeking changes to a controversial policy barring HIV-positive prisoners from working in food service jobs.

2 Planned Parenthood Director's Holes in Story Revealed In Recent Radio Interview

By Amie Newman on Nov 3, 2009 - 1:02pm | comments (14)

Last week, Abby Johnson, the director of a Texas Planned Parenthood health center that provides abortions, resigned citing a "conversion". But a radio interview just weeks earlier leaves many questions unanswered.

Battleground Nebraska: Extremists Turn Focus to Carhart

By Wendy Norris on Nov 3, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (5)

Shortly after Dr. George Tiller was murdered on May 31 and his Wichita clinic subsequently closed, other providers bravely stepped into the breach. Among them is Dr. LeRoy Carhart, now targeted by anti-choice forces in an eerily similar campaign.

Refusing to Have Sex With HIV-Positive People: Why It's Not a Prevention Strategy

By Trevor Hoppe on Nov 4, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (4)

"I would never have sex with an HIV-positive guy," a friend told me. But rather than promoting real risk reduction, such statements reinforce and reproduce harmful stigma against HIV-positive people.

3 So There's This Conversation With My Pharmacist....

By s.e. smith on Nov 4, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (5)

Why is it that every time I try to refill my prescription for birth control I have to engage in the same 40 minutes of wrangling with my pharmacist?

"What If My Mother Had Aborted Me?"

By Amanda Marcotte on Nov 3, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (51)

“How would you like it if your mother had an abortion?” ask anti-choicers, without realizing that’s like asking, “How would you like it if the night you were conceived, your dad decided to go to bed early while your mom watched Johnny Carson?”

What Catholics Really Want in Health Care Reform

By Jon O'Brien on Nov 3, 2009 - 8:00am | comments (5)

What some are really doing in the health reform debate is projecting their own vision of what is moral onto those who will be most affected by distorted views and limited coverage: the taxpayers who will fund and use whatever system emerges.

4 Catholic Pastors Directed to Distribute Anti-Health Reform Materials at Mass

By John Tomasic on Nov 3, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (2)

This past weekend the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops instructed pastors at parishes across the country to distribute material urging Catholics to oppose the health reform bills they say allow public funding for abortion.

House Health Reform Bill Repeals Popular CHIP Program

By Mike Lillis on Nov 3, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (1)

Not even nine months after President Obama, with much fanfare, signed into law a five year, $33 billion reauthorization of the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program, House Democrats have proposed to dismantle it.

Financial Issues Dog Second Colorado Egg-As-Person Campaign

By Wendy Norris on Nov 2, 2009 - 7:00am | comments (3)

The peculiarities on Personhood Colorado campaign's recent financial disclosure form may be an oversight by fledgling activists...or a much more cynical attempt to thwart public accountability by a well-oiled theocratic political machine.

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Push, Push, Push - Certified Professional Midwifery In Health Care Reform

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check
Nov 4 2009 - 3:23pm | comments

Time is running out to ask your Senators to sponsor an amendment that would ensure Certified Professional Midwives are covered under Medicaid, in the Senate health care reform bill. Midwifery gives low risk pregnant and birthing women a safe option and reduces overall costs in health care as well!
NWLC Launches National Day of Action for Health Reform

Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check
Nov 4 2009 - 2:28pm | comments

As a vote nears--or is rumored to be near--at least on the House health care reform bill, the stakes are rising for legislation that comprehensively addresses women's health care needs, including sexual and reproductive health care and yes, including access to abortion care. The National Women's Law Center's campaign provides a platform for action.
Roundup: National Day of Action for Women's Healthcare Reform, Anti-Abortion Dems Stall Reform?

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check
Nov 4 2009 - 1:15pm | comments

Today is the National Day of Action for Women's Health Care; Health care reform is stalled - are anti-choice Democrats to blame?; more news from around the web.

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Decriminalizing Homosexual Sex in India: An Inspiring Movement

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