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Despite Anti-Choice Defeats, Pro-Choice Groups Brace For More

by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

November 14, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

Voters definitively beat back anti-choice ballot initiatives on November 4, but opponents of legal abortion say they'll be back for another round. What can women's health advocates do to build up support before the next round of attacks?

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Science and Medicine Trump Anti-Choice Ballot Initiatives

by Dr. Susie Baldwin, Physicians for a National Health Program

November 10, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

Despite the anti-abortion movement's best efforts, Americans in three states voted to protect pregnant women and their physicians from interference by the government.

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Proposition 4: Constitutional Amendments for Sale

by Maya Manian, University of San Francisco School of Law

November 3, 2008 - 3:10pm (Print)

Two wealthy Californians have bank-rolled this year's parental notification ballot initiative as well as the two nearly identical prior measures, corrupting the ballot initiative process and putting teens at risk.

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California's Prop 4 Jeopardizes the Doctor-Patient Relationship

by Carole Joffe and Dr. Eleanor Drey

November 2, 2008 - 4:49pm (Print)

Dr. Eleanor Drey, an OBGYN from California, says that Proposition 4 would place the duties of police and detectives in the hands of doctors, jeopardizing the crucial doctor-patient relationship.

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Roundup: "Pro-Life, Pro-Obama" Radio Ad, High Rate of HIV Infection in Philadelphia

by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

October 28, 2008 - 10:04am (Print)

Radio ad says "Too many unborn lives are being lost while we wait for judges to get it right."; Opponents of California's Prop 4 and Prop 8 join forces on college campuses; HIV rate comparatively high in Philadelphia; Abortion laws liberalized in 16 countries since 1998; What if pro-choice Tom Ridge had been on the McCain ticket?; Birth attendants in Zambia.

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Roundup: LA Times Says No on Prop 4, UK Makes Sex Ed Mandatory

by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

October 23, 2008 - 9:59am (Print)

LA Times counters parental notification proponent's two central arguments; UK makes sex and relationship education mandatory in primary and secondary schools; British lawmakers leave Northern Ireland's women suffering; How the religious right drove Colin Powell to endorse Obama; Baptist minister says birth control is "murder."

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National Radio Project On Pregnant Teens, Physicians and Prop 4

by Amie Newman

October 8, 2008 - 6:12pm (Print)

For the nuance and complexities of young women's lives when it comes to reproductive and sexual health as well as what physicians think about California's Parental Notification measure, check out this radio program.

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Roundup: Older Children Abandoned Under Law for Babies

by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

October 3, 2008 - 10:18am (Print)

In Nebraska older children abandoned under law for babies; Palin and Biden agree on gay rights at debate; McCain administration would be a setback for women; Bush puts popular California family planning program at risk; Complaints filed against Bloomberg for pregnancy bias; EU to offer 18 weeks of maternity leave; and more.

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Roundup: Women Fight Against Violence, Romney's Sex Ed Hypocrisy

by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

September 18, 2008 - 10:20am (Print)

Women fight to put violence on global agenda; San Francisco Chronicle warns proposition 4 threatens choice; Mitt Romney's sex ed hypocrisy; British org publishes sex ed booklet for six-year-old students; Progress on fight against TB/HIV; Tyra Banks takes on teen pregnancy.

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