Terry Gross Interviews Richard Cizik, Discusses "Abortion Reduction"

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by Emily Douglas

December 4, 2008 - 9:53am (Print)

Fresh Air's Terry Gross brought Richard Cizik, vice president for governmental affairs of the National Association of Evangelicals, to her show on Tuesday. Cizik talks to Gross about conversations within the evangelical movement over what issues to emphasize, the "pluralistic outlook" of younger evangelicals, At 11:16 Gross and Cizik begin a conversation about abortion "reduction." Cizik commits to supporting President-Elect Obama in "finding ways to reduce abortion."
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The Cancerous Politics and Ideology of the Susan G. Komen Foundation

by Jodi Jacobson
Feb 1, 10:30am
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This week it became clear there are things more important to the Susan G. Komen Foundation--the fundraising giant that each year during breast cancer awareness month virtually swathes the United States in pink, a la Christo--than ensuring women are able to access exams for early detection of breast cancer.  In a word: Politics.

Cervical Cancer is Preventable. Let's Make it a Global Priority

by Dr. Carmen Barroso
Dec 15, 9:04am
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Diseases such as diabetes and cancer cause tens of millions of deaths each year, many of which are premature. Once the burden of rich countries, these non-communicable diseases are increasingly affecting individuals in low- and middle-income countries where they impose heavy burdens on already fragile health systems. Among the most deadly—and preventable—of these diseases is cervical cancer.

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