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Get Real! Should I Have His Baby to Make Him Stay?

September 26, 2009 - 9:25am

A baby isn't a bargaining chip. Having a child with someone doesn't increase your chances of having that person stick around. Having a baby with a guy means doesn't mean you'll cement him to you. Think twice...and again.

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Teens Who Parent Still Need School

By Anna Clark, RH Reality Check

May 21, 2009 - 8:00am

The nation with the highest adolescent pregnancy and birth rates in the industrialized world has not figured out how to meet the educational needs of pregnant and parenting teens. In fact, we're going the other direction - gutting the too-rare programs that have developed to meet the unique needs of teen parents.

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Levi Johnston: Victim in the Spotlight?

By Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

April 7, 2009 - 2:01pm

As amusing as the Sarah Palin family circus may seem to gleeful liberals, there is something sad about it too. How many lives have been ruined by the kind of high-minded, impractical approach to sex that Sarah Palin's party pushed?

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Tyra Banks, Sex Ed Teacher?

By Emily Douglas

April 7, 2009 - 12:00pm

There's something appealing about Tyra Banks's non-nonsense approach to Levi Johnston: she'd make a pretty good big sister, if a bad sex ed teacher.

Emily Douglas's blog | 3 comments | Read more |

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Roundup: Spain to Liberalize Abortion Laws

By Emily Douglas

February 23, 2009 - 12:32pm

Spain to liberalize abortion laws; anti-choicers target state funding for Planned Parenthood; Brazil shuts down websites selling misoprostol; medical records follow Phill Kline to Virginia; Sarah Palin silent as National Abstinence Education Association criticizes Bristol; men's reactions to abortion.

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Bristol Palin: Media Maven with a Message

By Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround

February 17, 2009 - 6:24pm

In a stroke of media mastery, Bristol Palin harnessed the Palin family-doting Fox News last night to announce a powerful message for policy makers: abstinence only is "not realistic."

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Instead of Inciting Blame, Young Father in Britain Should Remind Us Ab-Only Doesn't Work

By Erin Wethern, Choice USA

February 17, 2009 - 3:39pm

An entire country is outraged over a very young father. Instead of looking for someone to blame, we should all realize: abstinence-only has failed young people.

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VIDEO: Bristol Palin Says Abstinence "Isn't Realistic"

By Emily Douglas

February 17, 2009 - 2:18pm

Bristol Palin tells Fox News: abstinence isn't "realistic," teen parenting isn't something to "strive for," and having her baby Tripp was her choice, not her mother's.

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VIDEO: Britain's "Baby" Daddy

By Joe Veix, RH Reality Check

February 16, 2009 - 5:29pm

Britain's 13-year-old father is a textbook example of why we need to rethink sexuality education standards.

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A Mom Before the Prom

By Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround

October 9, 2008 - 8:00am

Recent public displays of contraceptive failure by girls of visibility and means gives the misleading appearance that teen motherhood might be a lifestyle upgrade.

Cristina Page's blog | 8 comments | Read more |

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News & Commentary

1 Florida Agency Set to Ban VBAC in State's Birth Centers

By Anna Clark on March 19, 2010 - 3:55pm | 1 comment

This Wednesday, Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration is expected to permanently ban Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (VBAC) in the state’s birth centers. Legal challenges are already in the works.

South Carolina House Passes Bill Banning State Coverage of Most Abortions

By Rachel Larris on March 19, 2010 - 4:04pm | 0 comments

On Thursday the South Carolina House approved an amendment to the state budget that would ban state insurance policies from covering abortions except to save the life of the mother.

Reproductive Justice for Latinas: The Struggle Continues

By Veronica Bayetti Flores on March 19, 2010 - 9:00am | 0 comments

Immigrant women face considerable obstacles in accessing health care, including low-paying jobs without health insurance and linguistic and cultural barriers. On Sunday, I will march for reproductive justices. Will you join me?

2 Resurrected CO "Egg-as-a-Person" Initiative Could Make Ballot

By Wendy Norris on March 19, 2010 - 7:00am | 0 comments

A ballot measure seeking to give constitutional rights to fertilized eggs may rise again. And if not by sheer volume of petition signatures, proponents will sue the state to advance the cause.

(VIDEO) So... About that Video

By Heather Corinna on March 19, 2010 - 7:00am | 1 comment

Heather critiques a sexuality education video from a national organization which, she argues, unnecessarily perpetuates negative stereotypes about both men and women.

Where the Wild Things Weren't: Daily Beast's Women's Summit Avoids Controversial Realities

By Megan Carpentier on March 18, 2010 - 7:00am | 1 comment

The Daily Beast's first Women in the World Summit played stuck to lowest-common denominator issues, and avoided the "scary" and "controversial" (read: political) realities of women's lives.

3 Risky Business: Pregnant in America

By Amie Newman on March 18, 2010 - 7:00am | 6 comments

Pregnant women in the U.S. have a greater risk of dying from pregnancy or childbirth related complications than women in 40 other countries around the world. It's past time to fix this.

Youth Lead Advocacy For Sexual and Reproductive Health

By Maria de Bruyn on March 17, 2010 - 9:19pm | 0 comments

Youth advocates at the 54th Commission on the Status of Women challenged a multi-generational, multinational audience to examine their own thinking about sexual and reproductive health and rights.

In Absurd Move, Canada Drops Family Planning from Maternal Health Plan

By Jodi Jacobson on March 17, 2010 - 2:52pm | 3 comments

The Canadian government is excluding family planning from its initiative to save the lives and improve the health of mothers in poor countries. One small problem: You can't address maternal mortality without family planning.

4 "Slow Death by Rubber Duck:" What We Don't See Can Hurt Us

By Miranda Spencer on March 17, 2010 - 7:00am | 4 comments

Want to know about the effects on human health of environmental toxins? A new book provides the perfect primer.

"We're Not Dolls! Don't Play With Women's Lives"

By Tatiana Mckinney on March 17, 2010 - 7:00am | 0 comments

A demonstration on the steps of Brooklyn's Borough Hall on March 10 raised awareness of the effects of HIV and AIDS on women and girls.

Midwives Barred From California Hospital

By Amie Newman on March 16, 2010 - 7:07pm | 5 comments

Midwives in California are fighting for their right to be reinstated at a hospital where administrators have so far provided no proof for their abrupt dismissal, saying only it was for "patient safety."

5 Is Hormone Replacement Therapy Worth the Risks?

By Pamela Merritt on March 16, 2010 - 7:00am | 0 comments

News that there may be a link between hormone replacement therapy and lung cancer has renewed questions about the use of hormones to treat the symptoms of menopause.

Adulthood and the Right to Make Our Own Choices

By Anat Shenker-Osorio on March 16, 2010 - 7:00am | 6 comments

What does it mean when a group is systematically denied the right to marry? Or when another group is denied the right to determine what happens to their bodies? At some level, even if only unconsciously, it means we think they aren’t adults.

The Ethical, Spiritual, and Moral Foundation of the Abortion-Provider Community

By TrustingWomen on March 16, 2010 - 7:00am | 187 comments

Those who provide access to abortions have ethical, spiritual, and religious wisdom that this world needs, and this community needs to claim and celebrate its power, goodness, morality, and justice.

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Pelosi's Last Stand: Offers Executive Order on Abortion In Exchange for Health Bill Passage

Amie Newman, Managing Editor
Mar 20 2010 - 4:35pm | comments (1)

As the hours tick by, House Speaker Pelosi is determined to pass health reform - without added abortion restrictions but with the possibility of an executive order from President Obama restating restrictions on federal funding of abortion. Will Stupak and his anti-choice holdouts accept?

Canada "Opens Door" to Family Planning Programs in Global Effort to Reduce Maternal Death

Jodi Jacobson, Editor, RH Reality Check
Mar 19 2010 - 12:00pm | comments (0)

In response to severe criticism of its rejection of family planning as part of global maternal health programs, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper now says that the "door is not closed" on providing contraception.

Roundup: Stories That Remind Us Why Healthcare Reform is Needed

Rachel Larris, RH Reality Check
Mar 19 2010 - 10:16am | comments (0)

While Congress counts votes for healthcare reform, New Jersey debates eliminating family planning funding, and South Carolina's budget is tough for those with HIV/AIDS.

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