Anu Kumar
Anu Kumar is Executive Vice President for Ipas, an international women's reproductive health and rights organization based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She holds masters degrees in public health and anthropology, and received her doctorate in anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to joining Ipas, Dr. Kumar spent worked at the World Health Organization in the Reproductive Health Research Division, and spent seven years at the Macarthur Foundation in their Population and Reproductive Health Division.
How HR 358, the Let Women Die Act 2011, Violates International Human Rights Standards
In Nicaragua, after a total ban on abortion was passed, a woman with an ectopic pregnancy was allowed to languis in a hospital, waiting for her fallopian tube to rupture before a doctor agreed to operate even though there was no doubt regarding the outcome of her pregnancy. This is the world that Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA) would like to bring to America with the passage of H.R. 358, the Let Women Die Act of 2011.
Honoring Elizabeth Edwards by Trusting Women
The media's and the public's treatment of Elizabeth Edward's decisions mirrors our society's treatment of women's decisions writ large: Do they really know what they're doing?
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