The National Institutes of Health convened a conference to discuss a hotly debated topic--vaginal birth after cesarean section. Feminists are working to ensure that the voices of mothers are heard....
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Whether in regard to access to VBAC or to abortion, legislators, like physicians, have an ethical and professional duty to protect public health and respect women’s rights, not to bow to lobbies who wish to own them....
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Fourteen years ago, March 10 was chosen as the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers to honor those who continue our work despite the harassment meant to drive us away and to mourn those lost to violence....
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Banning abortion should engender the same reaction as forcing women to wear the hijab, forcing kids to say the rosary in school, or banning non-kosher food from restaurants -- an outrageous violation of religious beliefs....
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Unquestionably, the accessibility and safety of VBACs or vaginal birth after cesarean section has become an issue of controversy for pregnant women and birth activists. It's an issue taken up by more reproductive justice advocates who see the connection...
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HIV testing is understood to be a cornerstone in effective HIV prevention policy. Yet too many women are not tested because they or their healthcare provider do not perceive that they are “at risk,” says the HIV Law Project....
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Although HIV is considered a chronic manageable condition in the U.S., AIDS-related illnesses continue to be the leading cause of death among African-American women aged 25 to 34 years old....
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The abortion wars rage relentlessly on, in the United States and elsewhere, and the only lesson to be drawn from recent federal and state legislative action is that the wars show no signs of abating....
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A Roundup of International Women's Day stories, including free hospitals, birth control in Afghanistan, and the plight of the U.S. woman.
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James Dobson has officially stepped down as chair of Focus on the Family. However, Dobson won't be out of the public eye nor will the global evangelical media empire's chief, Jim Daly....
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More on the Atlanta billboards, an U.S. Rep says abortion "worse than slavery" and some religious musings on health care.
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Connie Saltonstall, a former county commissioner, plans to run against Stupak for the Democratic nomination of Michigan’s First Congressional District. She told RH Realitycheck "I am without a doubt pro-choice."...
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I am deeply struck by the continued blindness to the deeper structural challenges faced by women affected and infected with HIV in the United States, a blindness that makes progress virtually impossible....
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To coin a cliche on International Women's Day, I have to ask: Where's the beef? American women are being told that our most fundamental right--to control our reproductive destiny--should be of no consequence in health reform....
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Picketers holding anti-abortion signs in front of our clinic seek to confuse the public about our services. We don't provide abortions. But the picketers underscore the true meaning of "anti-choice."...
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Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.), who recently resigned his seat, is being investigated for allegedly groping male staffers according to the Washington Post.
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On Tuesday RH Reality Check hosted an audio media conference with experts and advocates working to combat and correct myths about abortion and African-American women.
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Women need to start assuming equality at all levels as our perfect right, as boys and men are socialized to do from birth. And then we need to act.
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