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President Obama, Please Keep Your Promise to Insulate Science from Politics and Ideology
by Wayne Shields, Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
January 9, 2012 - 11:11am (Print)
One of the most difficult things to do is tell a friend that we are disappointed or upset with them, but that is what we are doing here today.
Why Scientific Integrity Policies are So Important for Government Agencies
by Francesca Grifo, Scientific Integrity Program at Union of Concerned Scientists
January 6, 2012 - 6:15pm (Print)
Sadly, only about a quarter of the relevant agencies have developed scientific integrity policies as required under White House guidelines and publicly released them.
The Plan B Decision: A Dangerous Precedent
by Kelly Cleland, Office of Population Research (Princeton University)
January 6, 2012 - 4:58pm (Print)
To the FDA, the evidence is clear: Plan B is safe for women of all ages. Yet in a dangerous precedent, the Secretary overturned the decision based on pseudo-scientific concerns about misuse among younger adolescents.
The EC Decision: Where Were The President's Science Advisors?
by Susan Wood, ThePumpHandle.wordpress.com
January 6, 2012 - 4:34pm (Print)
Dr. Susan Wood discusses the recent misuse of science and data as part of the decision by the Secretary of HHS to overrule the scientific determination by the FDA Commissioner on bringing Plan B fully over the counter.
The Plan B Decision: Sacrificing "Change We Can Believe In" for Expediency?
December 19, 2011 - 8:52am (Print)
We cannot let the Democrats, let our president, lose sight of what this decades-old debate about access to all forms of reproductive healthcare is really about; that is, for women to have any sort of autonomy and self-determination within our society.
NARAL Pro-Choice NY President Andrea Miller & Others Discuss EC Decision on NY1
On December 7, 2011, NARAL Pro-Choice NY was outraged to hear that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius blocked the FDA's approval of Plan B One-Step for over-the-counter sale for all ages; one thing that pro & anti choice groups agree on in this case is that this decision made by the Obama Administration was entirely political.
See all our coverage of the Administration's 2011 Emergency Contraception Reversal here.
Anti-Choice Conservatives Target Birth Control
Congresswoman Diana DeGette talks about the battle for women's reproductive rights as conservatives take their war on abortion ever further to challenge birth control.
Despite the significant progress made to reduce violence against women since the landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) – authored by then-Senator Biden – was signed into law on September 13, 1994, young women aged 16-24 continue to experience the highest rates of rape and sexual assault. Over the next two weeks, young men and women are invited to join this important conversation by submitting their ideas via the new whitehouse.gov/1is2many page or by using the hashtag #1is2many on Twitter. (read more here)
STOKING FIRE: Clinic Violence Needs to Be Controlled
by Eleanor J. Bader, RH Reality Check
August 5, 2011 - 7:52am (Print)
Clinic escorts around the country say that antiabortion protesters are allowed great freedom, including physically touching, threatening, and lying to patients. It is imperative that protections for clinicians, patients, and health center property are expanded.
Repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell: The First SOTU Promise Broken?
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
February 2, 2010 - 12:01am (Print)
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