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For LGBT Health, What Happens in Wisconsin Shouldn't Stay in Wisconsin
by Kenneth Katz
April 27, 2011 - 7:29am (Print)
A recent study on LGBT healthcare in Wisconsin underscores the importance of passing a proposed law in California to improve the health of its LGBT residents. In doing so, California can teach Wisconsin a thing or two.
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Illinois' Home Birth Safety Act Awaits Passage
by Amie Newman
January 5, 2011 - 8:37am (Print)
It's the bill advocates are calling "the solution to the Illinois home birth maternity care crisis" and some have been waiting 30 years for its passage. But a strong and active state medical association is blocking the bill at every turn. Why?
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The Onus Is on Women or How the HHS Rules Keep Women In The Dark
by Amie Newman
December 22, 2008 - 6:45pm (Print)
Deborah Kotz of US News & World Report tells a radio interviewer why the latest HHS rules "leave women in the dark."
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Roundup: Responses To the HHS Proposal
by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check
July 16, 2008 - 12:37pm (Print)
Family planning groups and NY Rep. Nita Lowey respond to the HHS proposal that would limit access to contraception for women, AMA apologizes for history of racial inequality, WaPo article on homosexuality and youth.
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Bad Medicine: AMA Seeks To Outlaw Home Births
by Amie Newman
June 16, 2008 - 3:28pm (Print)
In an unmistakably insecure and aggressive move, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a resolution at its annual meeting last weekend to introduce legislation outlawing home birth.
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