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What Catholics Really Want in Health Care Reform

By Jon O'Brien, Catholics for Choice

November 3, 2009 - 8:00am

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What some are really doing in the health reform debate is projecting their own vision of what is moral onto those who will be most affected by distorted views and limited coverage: the taxpayers who will fund and use whatever system emerges.

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Covering It All: Don't Neglect Condoms for Prevention

By Joseph DiNorcia Jr, SIECUS

October 29, 2009 - 7:00am

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Condoms are affordable, easy to use with the proper instruction, and extraordinarily effective in preventing both STDs, including HIV, and pregnancy if used consistently and correctly. Why aren't more of us using them?

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Dr. Tiller Murdered Again by NBC's Law and Order

By Charlotte Taft

October 26, 2009 - 7:00am

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When members of the Abortion Care Network learned that NBC’s Law and Order would do a "ripped from the headlines" episode on the assassination of Dr. George Tiller, many of us were upset. Now that we have seen it, we are furious.

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The "A-Word": A Birth Activist Speaks Out

By Shel Lyons, Mothers' Rights Network

October 22, 2009 - 7:00am

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Childbirth activists must find common ground with fellow reproductive rights activists, and feel comfortable discussing abortion in order to ensure that birth rights are respected and valued as well.

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Midwife Connection: How Is Real Midwifery Practiced?

By Leslie Ludka, American College of Nurse-Midwives

October 8, 2009 - 8:00am

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Whenever I think about midwifery as a career, I remember Sister Angela Murdaugh’s words: “Midwifery is a calling. If you do not believe that you were called, you should get out of midwifery.” But, how do we know if we were called?

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A Man's Perspective on Midwifery and Gender

By Peter Johnson, American College of Nurse-Midwives

October 7, 2009 - 7:00am

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It's National Midwifery Week! Today a male midwife asks how midwifery can guard against gender discrimination against male midwives while also honoring the rights of women who prefer female care providers.

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Midwife Connection: Should Pregnant Women Take the H1N1 Vaccine?

By Eileen Ehudin Beard, American College of Nurse-Midwives

October 5, 2009 - 12:02pm

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During National midwifery week, a midwife recommends the swine flu vaccine for pregnant women in the United States and offers up more resources and information.

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Daily Pulse: Public Option Is Alive and Kicking

By Lindsay Beyerstein, RH Reality Check

September 28, 2009 - 1:23pm

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Reports of the death of the public option were greatly exaggerated. In fact, Democrats now have a chance to move further to the left. Also, can reproductive choice help reverse climate change?

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G20 Coverage: Funeral Procession for HIV and AIDS Funding?

By Max October, ACT-UP Philadelphia

September 22, 2009 - 2:08pm

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People living with, being treated for or at risk of getting HIV and AIDS in the global south are being victimized again - by the current economic situation that is severely affecting funding for both prevention and treatment, says AIDS activists.

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Sex, Rights, and Politics--From Cairo to Berlin

By Gill Greer, International Planned Parenthood Federation

September 18, 2009 - 8:00am

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Sex happens: 125 million times each and every day. So how is it that in the 21st century this precious element of human existence is still taboo? Strengthening sexual and reproductive health and rights must become a global priority. Our future depends on it.

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