Recent opposition from the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists frustrates efforts of midwifery advocates to ensure safe and available home births for pregnant women who want them.

Bush's Department of Health and Human Services proposed regulations that would allow any federal grant recipient to obstruct a woman's access to contraception.

• War on Contraception and Science Going Strong, S. Wood
  
• HHS Moves to Define Contraception as Abortion, C. Page
• Proposal Only Latest Attempt to Redefine Abortion, A. Newman
• Will McCain Also Define Contraception as Abortion?, N. Keenan
• Tell Secretary Leavitt to Block Bush Proposal!, MJ Gallagher

It's not easy being a teen today – especially when it comes to getting straight answers to your questions about sex and sexuality. RH Reality Check is thrilled to bring you Get Real!, Heather Corinna's teen sexual health advice column, now on RH Reality Check every Friday.

• Get Real! What Are Some of the Benefits of Having Sex?
• Get Real! When Is It the "Right Time" for Sex?
• Get Real! Meet Your Prostate
• Get Real! The Great No-Orgasm-from-Intercourse Conundrum

The U.S. Senate debates U.S. Global AIDS policy starting Monday, ignoring evidence and expertise that suggest modest improvements, in favor of rigid ideology.

• DeMint Breaks Senate Agreement on PEPFAR Debate, S. Swenson
• Fix PEPFAR Now to Prevent HIV Infections, Save Lives, S. Swenson
• Global Gag Rule Poses Moral Challenge for HIV Funding, M. Signer
• Managing the Muddle: Sex and PEPFAR, C. Austria
• PEPFAR Politics vs. Public Health, K. Castagnaro
• Marriage Is No Protection Against HIV, F. Macchio
• No Room for Orthodoxy in HIV Prevention, D. Gaur Singh
• What Kind of Movement Are We?, H. Thompson
• It is "Suicide" to Ignore Sex Workers, P. Merritt
• PEPFAR: Beware of Americans Bearing Gifts, R. Walder
• New Thinking Required to Win the Fight, M. Biriwasha
• Prostitution Pledge or Zambia's Women and Girls, W. Smith
• PEPFAR Bill Fails to Promote Proven Strategies, R. Messinger
• Fix PEPFAR for Women and Girls, A. Germain
• Lantos Never Compromised Principle; Why is Bono?, S. Swenson

There are many ways to frame the linkages between population and climate change -- and the reproductive health community can make the connection in a way that promotes women's rights and empowerment.

• Taking On Population and Climate Change, C. Vogel
• Talking About Population and Climate Change K. Hardee
  
• Global Warming Brings Population Back to the Agenda, L. Jiang
  
• Climate Change: What Does it Mean for Women?, M.H. Young

Barack Obama's recent statements about late term abortions have caused a storm of debate. Women, advocates and writers alike, share their thoughts below. 

• Where Is Obama's Truth on Late Term Abortion?, A. Newman
• Obama's Comments Ignore Stark Realities, L. Waddington
• Obama and the Acceptable Abortion, J. Filipovic
• The Pain of Late Term Abortion (Audio Podcast), A. Marcotte
• Are Democrats Backpedaling on Abortion Rights?, K. Michelman/F. Kissling
• A Brief History of the 'Health Exception', V. Saporta

When the media covers the rising rate of c-section, it's often ready to lay the blame at the feet of the busy career mom scheduling her delivery between important business deals. While some moms may be requesting surgical birth, research shows that has little to do with the overall increase in c-section rates nationwide.

No other international actor has as much power to do something about rape in war, and as disappointing a record, as the United Nations Security Council. But on June 19, 2008, in the wake of decades of reports of vicious sexual violence in conflicts across the globe, the Security Council declared that it is time to act. Click the pic.

Overwhelmed by the congressional races, the anti-choice ballot initiatives and the candidates breaking party rank on reproductive health issues? Dana Goldstein demystifies Election 2008 for you.

• Is the GOP a Mixed Choice Party?
• The New Anti-Choice Democrats: Can We Work With Them?
• Pro-Choice Candidates Fight for Senate Seats
• 2008 Anti-Choice Ballot Initiative Watch
• RH Reality Check's Election 2008 Page