1Those who support a woman's right to choose and those who oppose it should be able to work together to forge common ground for policies that make adoption a genuine choice.
Conscience clauses are becoming an increasingly popular mode of anti-choice legislation. While a bill in Louisiana represents a compromise position, bills pending in other states are more restrictive. To be right, sexual intimacy has to feel right before, during, and after. Taking a break from sexual activity to be sure of how you feel may be the right thing to do, no matter your age.
2Abortions declined in Minnesota in 2008 for the second straight year. Reproductive health advocates point to expanded access to birth control as the reasons for the decline. Despite the annual show of presence in different parts of India during gay pride parades, lesbians continue to remain one of the more closeted groups amongst the LGBT community. For the first time, research on gender and HIV in Colombia is focused not solely on "groups at risk," but on the social context and conditions that increase the vulnerability among women to HIV transmission. 3Dr. Tiller believed that "abortion is a matter of survival for women." It was for me. As hard as it
has become in the US context
to explore common ground in the abortion debate, in places like the Philippines,
even mustering a public discussion about contraception has become increasingly
difficult in recent years. RH Reality Check's Laura Janoff spoke to Jessica Valenti about liberal parents, schoolgirl fetishes, and women's sexuality unleashed. 4There can be no common ground unless all parties are truly safe. The pro-life movement must reject violent acts and violent messaging and the Obama administration must be more proactive in addressing violence against clinic workers. The more evidence shoved in our faces that marriage just doesn't work as well as we want, the more we bury our heads in the fantasy. If we're going to do health care reform we need to do it right -- lest we expand the historic failure of government-provided healthcare for Native Americans nationwide. 5Over 175 state and national organizations are pressing the Obama White House and Congress to replace silo-ed sex ed programs with truly comprehensive efforts to reduce teen pregnancy and infection. Michigan lawmakers introduce a series of bills to address crises of sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancies. The Ugandan government plans to reintroduce and promote the female condom this fall, where it may give women another tool for safer sex negotiation and protection.
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