Encouraged by far right primary wins and a victory in removing abortion care from federal healthcare, anti-choice extremists are going even further to show their true colors and true agenda: taking away every woman's choice in all circumstances....
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A new report from the Center for Reproductive Rights reviews the losses of women's rights throughout the states in the aftermath of health reform.
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Just like some people have pervasive or seemingly illogical fears about heights or small spaces, some phobias are pregnancy-based, about becoming pregnant, being pregnant and/or giving birth....
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Black market misoprostol is being used to induce abortions on the U.S.-Mexico border; Pawlenty buys expensive ignorance; and more.
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Four days ago a young woman died giving birth in a bustling marketplace in New Delhi, just steps away from Parliament, and at the beginning of an international conference on maternal health. This is not acceptable....
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Two new reports reveal growing gaps in access to reproductive health care for women, especially among poor women, and those living outside major urban areas, and high rates of maternal mortality throughout the country....
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The Hyde amendment puts women in the most dire of situations. They have to choose between paying their rent or being pregnant, feeding their children or being pregnant, pawning their car or being pregnant....
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Pawlenty’s executive order will affect the elderly, teens, the poor and middle class, those in high risk insurance groups, rural Minnesotans, the mentally ill, new moms and newborns. You can do the math, but you can’t begin to calculate the damage....
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In California’s prisons, Black women, brown women, and Asian-Pacific Islander women are chained together with swollen ankles and big bellies—it is barbaric, like something from another time; but it’s not. It’s here and now....
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Women who need access to abortion services are using the Internet, so the Internet is where the information they need should be.
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What are the real dangers of teaching evolution in school? According to Colorado Right to Life spokesperson Bob Enyart, it will make teens get pregnant.
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Two bills with the power to significantly improve the health and lives of California's women and children await Governor Schwarzenegger's signing in the final days of the state's legislative session....
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The need to increase the number of trained workers to reduce maternal mortality can not be overestimated. But there are also other very cheap and highly effective methods of combating maternal mortality in the short run....
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Fertility rates in the US have fallen. But the needs of the news cycle for drama notwithstanding, nothing drastic or frightening is happening on the fertility front this year. It’s just plain family planning....
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This past weekend the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took the stage and tried to sell this nation a payday loan as the payment solution on that check her uncle spoke of 47 years ago.
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Wanna by the mayor of STD testing? Foursquare has launched a new partnership, and it could make a difference for sexual health.
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The opening plenary, Global progress on maternal health: the numbers and their implications, of the Global Maternal Health Conference 2010 in Delhi focused on global progress on maternal health and explored recent maternal mortality estimates....
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No on 62 held a rally yesterday to kick off their campaign to defeat the Colorado ballot measure that would define a fertilized egg as a person. Luckily, they kept their yard signs from two years ago, when they defeated a near-identical measure....
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An abortion storyline in True Blood echos a loving parody of small town life and the conflicted psyche of the modern American woman fed on both feminism and sexism....
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There are many ways to save women’s lives, but the success of any given intervention depends on local context. What works in one locale may not work in another.
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Aspiring to be the next Republican nominee for President, Governor Tim Pawlenty puts political aspirations over helping Minnesota children grow up healthier and safer.
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