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Chile: The Struggle Over Emergency Contraception

By Angela Castellanos, RH Reality Check, Latin America

October 19, 2009 - 6:00am

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In Chile, a conservative country in which women's rights are contested on many levels, there is an ongoing struggle to make emergency contraception available to women at all income levels.

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Chile: The Long Struggle for Access to Emergency Contraception

By Angela Castellanos, RH Reality Check, Latin America

October 19, 2009 - 6:00am

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In Chile, a conservative country in which women's rights are contested on many levels, there is an ongoing struggle to make emergency contraception more accessible to women at every level of income.

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Chile: The Long Struggle for Access to Emergency Contraception

By Angela Castellanos, RH Reality Check, Latin America

October 19, 2009 - 6:00am

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In Chile, women’s rights are perhaps even more contested than in other countries in Latin America. It is the only country in the region where the law grants men the right to “manage the patrimony” of their marriage.  It was the last country in the region to legalize divorce. And it is one of the few countries in the world where therapeutic abortion is criminalized.

 


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Emergency Contraception: Have We Come Full Circle?

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Asserting that emergency contraception is "not effective enough" begs two questions: what level of effectiveness is enough and who decides this - women or providers?

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LifeSiteNews Lies to Women About Plan B and Abortion

By Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

August 5, 2009 - 10:01am

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This article, one of the worst examples of LifeSiteNews's consistent mischaracterization of EC, is truly negligent.


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Kenya Gets Plan B

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

July 15, 2009 - 2:15pm

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While here it has, generally, become a widely accepted emergency option, the BBC
reported today that in Kenya, the emergency pill—or e-pill, as it’s
called there—has caught on as many women’s favorite method of birth
control, “some even buying the pills in advance.”


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State-level Anti-Choice Efforts Target Pharmacies and Provider Conscience Laws

By Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check

July 3, 2009 - 8:00am

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Conscience clauses are becoming an increasingly popular mode of anti-choice legislation. While a bill in Louisiana represents a compromise position, bills pending in other states are more restrictive.

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Michigan Lawmakers Seeking to Reduce High Rates of Unintended Pregnancy, STDs

By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow

June 29, 2009 - 8:00am

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Michigan lawmakers introduce a series of bills to address crises of sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancies.

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