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New App Tracks Impact of Texas’ Family Planning Budget Cuts

Texans can now track the impact of state lawmakers' cuts to family planning funds using a web and mobile app developed university researchers.

Texans can now track the impact of state lawmakers’ cuts to family planning funds using a web and mobile app developed by university researchers.

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Vagina Is an ‘Inappropriate’ Word, and Other Ridiculous Tales from the World of Sex Ed

An Idaho science teacher has found himself under investigation for using the word vagina in a class on human reproduction. As ridiculous as this sounds, he is not alone.

An Idaho science teacher has found himself under investigation for using the word vagina in a class on human reproduction. As ridiculous as this sounds, he is not alone.

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The Struggle for Abortion Rights in Ecuador

Despite recent advances and increases in social services spending in Equador, widespread disparities and inequalities in access to health care remain, and access to safe or legal abortion services is nonexistent.

Despite recent advances and increases in social services spending in Equador, widespread disparities and inequalities in access to health care remain, and access to safe or legal abortion services is nonexistent.

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North Dakota Strips Amendment to Block Sex Ed Program for At-Risk Youth

After a bad week for sex ed last week, there's some good news as Nevada's assembly passes a law to expand and improve sexuality education in the state.

Anti-choice North Dakota lawmakers may be ready to ban abortion and possibly some forms of birth control, but even they recognize that blocking federal money for a sex ed program serving at-risk teens may be going too far.

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The 83rd Texas Legislature: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

What does the 83rd Texas Legislature hold for the future reproductive and sexual health of the state's residents?

What does the 83rd Texas Legislature hold for the future reproductive and sexual health of the state’s residents?

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Sexual Health Roundup: Condoms at Catholic Schools, Meds for STI-Exposed Partners, and Bacon-Flavored Condoms

Bacon condoms: Coming to a store near you.

This week, Boston College gets support for its decision to halt student condom distribution, Nebraska tries to pass an expedited partner treatment law, and the bacon condom arrives just in time for April Fool’s Day (but it’s not a joke).

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Legal Wrap: Marriage Equality, Contraception, and the NRA Teaming Up With Anti-Abortion Groups

Sacramento, California, November 22, 2008: Protest against the passage of Proposition 8

While the Supreme Court took up marriage equality, the NRA and anti-abortion groups joined forces to block an important judicial appointment.

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North Dakota Lawmakers Fight Sex Ed While Trying to Ban Safe Abortions

After a bad week for sex ed last week, there's some good news as Nevada's assembly passes a law to expand and improve sexuality education in the state.

If you really want there to be fewer abortions, you need there to be fewer unintended pregnancies, right? And yet anti-choice lawmakers from the state are trying to end a sex-ed program for at-risk youth.

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Boston College Alumni: Why Our Alma Mater Is Wrong for Denying Access to Sexual Health Care

Boston College spokesperson Jack Dunn speculated that students who continue to provide condoms to their peers could face expulsion from the university.

All people deserve access to the information and resources they need to make informed decisions about their own health, including students at a Catholic university.

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Texas Women’s Health Coalition Awarded Control of Federal Family Planning Dollars

The federal government has awarded a three-year Title X family planning grant to the Women's Health and Family Planning Association of Texas (WHFPT).

In a rare victory for reproductive health advocates in Texas, the federal government has awarded a federal Title X family planning grant not to the Department of State Health Services, but to a coalition of specialized family planning providers, including Planned Parenthood.

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