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by Jamia Wilson When the Obama administration excluded abortion care in the temporary insurance pools, they compromised the health and safety of women with pre-existing conditions that may result in risks during pregnancy. Women with breast cancer, ovarian cancer, AIDS, diabetes, and other pre-existing conditions [...] by Michelle Chen Originally posted to RaceWire, 6/4/10 When health care reform finally limped past the finish line on Capitol Hill, the compromises littering the final bill left many activists disillusioned, but some hoped that action on the state level could keep the progressive reform movement moving forward. On reproductive rights, however, it looks like the states [...] by John Leland Originally posted to New York Times, 6/2/10 At least 11 states have passed laws this year regulating or restricting abortion, giving opponents of abortion what partisans on both sides of the issue say is an unusually high number of victories. In four additional states, bills have passed at least one house of the legislature. In [...] Originally posted to NPR, 6/2/10 Supporters of three HIV-positive women in Namibia who say they were sterilized without their consent held protests to support the women’s decision to sue the government, a legal aid group said Wednesday. The Legal Assistance Center said protesters began staging sit-ins at two state hospitals in the southern African nation on Wednesday. The [...] by Nancy L. Cohen Originally posted to LA Times , 5/29/10 Despite recent hype, a majority in U.S. don’t want abortion criminalized. But the nation is split between those who call themselves pro-life and those who are pro-choice, a term needing an update. The idea has taken hold that Americans have become more conservative on abortion. Sarah Palin put [...] by Alice Eve Cohen Originally posted to USA Today, 5/28/10 Dr. George Tiller, who was murdered one year ago Monday, rescued countless women who would otherwise have died as a result of medical complications. He saved the lives of girls as young as 9 years old, who were victims of rape and incest, and whose child-sized organs [...] Originally posted to NPR, 5/27/10 The pill is still the No. 1 contraceptive for American women, but it’s even more popular in other countries, according to the first government report comparing nations. More U.S. women, however, get their tubes tied than elsewhere, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday. In the U.S., 16 percent of married [...] By Nicholas Kristof Originally posted to New York Times, 5/26/10 We finally have a case where the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy is responding forcefully and speedily to allegations of wrongdoing. But the target isn’t a pedophile priest. Rather, it’s a nun who helped save a woman’s life. Doctors describe her as saintly. The excommunication of Sister Margaret McBride in [...] Originally posted on Ms. Magazine, 5/26/10 The Oklahoma state legislature overrode Governor Brad Henry’s (D) veto of a bill that will require doctors to report detailed information about patients seeking abortions to the government yesterday. The state Senate voted 33 to 15 in favor of the override yesterday and the state House had already voted 84 [...] Originally posted to The Independent, 5/24/10 On May 24, at M2010, the sixth biennial meeting of the International Microbicides Conference in Pittsburgh, researchers presented three new drug delivery methods to protect women against HIV-AIDS. For decades public health professionals and researchers have been battling HIV and studying the links between mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) and ways to empower [...] |
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