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Get Real! Real Sex Ed, That Is

Submitted by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on July 14, 2008 - 5:30pm.

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.

Population and Climate Change

Submitted by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on July 7, 2008 - 5:53pm.

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.

Obama's Abortion Quandary

Submitted by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on July 7, 2008 - 5:34pm.

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

The Myth of the Elective C-Section

Submitted by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on July 7, 2008 - 7:00am.

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.

Rape In War: Will the UN Walk Its Talk?

Submitted by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on June 27, 2008 - 1:09pm.

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.

I'm Pro-Choice and I Vote

Submitted by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on June 23, 2008 - 7:13pm.

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.

The Future of Fathers: Caring for Men's Reproductive Health

Submitted by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on June 16, 2008 - 5:15pm.

Feminism and the pro-choice movement have had a positive effect on fatherhood. But our damaged environment and lack of sufficient focus on men's reproductive health may not.

 

 

Obama: The Real Pro-Life Candidate

Submitted by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on June 11, 2008 - 2:14pm.

Obama has a huge opportunity to win over an unlikely voting bloc: pro-life voters. The facts of the abortion debate reveal surprising truths and they ought to be hammered home by Obama. Click the pic.

Hysterics: Are Hysterctomies Too Common?

Submitted by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check on June 10, 2008 - 7:00am.

One in three women has a hysterectomy before her sixtieth birthday. Is such major surgery medically necessary for all those women? And if not, how did this procedure become commonplace? Click the pic for more.