Twenty-five thousand participants from around the world, including world leaders and activists, gather this week at the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Reports from our bloggers and advocates below. Click the pic!
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Family Planning for HIV Positive Women is a Human Right, A. Marr
- Sex Workers at IAC: "Listen to Us!," B. Johnson
- Young Voices Cry Out in IAC's Wilderness, A. Francis
- IAC Panel on Male Circumcision Ignores Social Realities, A. Marr
- Bringing Reproductive Health Providers to the Fight Against AIDS, H. Boonstra and B. Fredrick
- When You Think of Botswana and HIV/AIDS, Think of the Women, G. Sedio
- The Role of Faith-Based Orgs in Addressing HIV/AIDS, A. Grebe
- Latin America, Caribbean Embrace Sex Ed as HIV Prevention, B. Smith and E. Corona-Vargas
 An estimated one million illegal abortions occur in Brazil each year, yet very few women have ever been imprisoned for seeking abortion care. That may be about to change. In April the administration took a brisk departure from the nation's relative "tolerance" of illegal abortion practice.  Recent opposition from the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists frustrates efforts of midwifery advocates to ensure safe and available home births for pregnant women who want them.
1An administration that has done everything in its power to oppose abortion is now going after the very thing that can best prevent unintended pregnancies. The military already has manuals and PowerPoints on preventing and addressing sexual assault within its ranks. What it needs now is to transform these into lifestyle changes in the everyday treatment of women who report sexual assaults. Tim Kaine is consistently mentioned as a leading contender for Barack Obama's running mate. What are the Virginia Governor's positions on sexual and reproductive health issues?
2According to new HHS regulations, you can have an "abortion" without even being pregnant. On abortion, Obama can be consistently pro-choice to woo both moderate swing voters and his base, while McCain will have to wear two faces. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's evangelicalism has become one of the planks in pundit-class conventional wisdom about his chances of winding up John McCain's running mate. What has the governor said and done over the years on evangelicals' pet issues? 3At recent Congressional hearings on sexual assault in the military, the Department of Defense prevented its sexual assault prevention program director from testifying. In response to new numbers suggesting that the HIV infection rate in the U.S. is 40% higher than previously reported, Barack Obama called for a national HIV plan while John McCain failed to call for a national, coordinated strategy. Every one of the major professional associations representing health care providers who treat women and girls have signed a letter to HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt opposing draft regulations restricting access to birth control. 4Will comprehensive health reform give women access to the services we need, including reproductive health care? Only if we're on the front lines shaping health reform policy. As a women's health community, we must grapple with the ethical, moral, legal and financial impacts of IVF before others tell us what's best for our bodies and our children. Take action! Push back against HHS draft regulations that would protect health care providers who refuse to provide information and referrals on contraception. 5Minnesota lawmakers overwhelmingly passed legislation last year to ensure the availability of emergency contraception to rape survivors. Under new proposed regulations, those women could be denied appropriate treatment. When will the world's leaders gathered at the International AIDS Conference realize that young women are a priority concern in stopping the HIV/AIDS pandemic? This week on Get Real!, Heather Corinna's sexuality advice column for teens, Heather answers questions about crisis pregnancy centers.
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A Sheriff in Arizona has gotten away with implementing his own illegal rules for female prisoners, blocking abortion access and engaging in racial profiling. The ACLU has stepped in. Will his "reign of terror" end?
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