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Contraception
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Australians Protest Pope’s Position on Birth Control
The Canberra Times: Condoms All Round as Annoying Law Dashed, by Malcom Brown: RACHEL EVANS and Amber Pike handed out condoms on the steps of Sydney's Federal Court yesterday -…
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Dems Urge Bush to Drop Proposed Funding Restrictions That Would Curb Access to Contraception
ABC News: Lawmakers Urge Bush to Halt Abortion Proposal, by Matthew Jaffe:More than 100 members of Congress wrote President Bush today, urginghim to "halt all action" on a proposal they…
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People Wearing NARAL T-Shirts Are Ejected From McCain Town Hall Event
RH Reality Check: McCain + Birth Control = Attention to His Position, by Marjorie Childress:John McCain seems to be having increasing difficulty with the issue of birth control.At his town…
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Clinton Condemns Bush Adminstration Proposal To Define Contraception as Abortion
Reuters: Clinton vows to fight "insulting" abortion plan, by Michelle Nichols:A Bush administration plan to define several widely usedcontraception methods as abortion is a "gratuitous, unnecessary insult"to women and faces…
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Young, Single Men Turn to Vasectomies for “Liberation”
Via Feminist Law Professor Bridget Crawford:The August 2008 issue of Detailsmagazine reports on a new “trend” in young men receiving vasectomies. In ”The Birth-Control Extremists” Richard Morgan writes:[L]ately,vasectomies are becoming…
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Katha Pollitt on McCain’s Vote Against Contraceptive Coverage
And Another Thing (The Nation): McCain Opposes Contraception -- Pass it on, by Katha Pollitt:I realize it's not as world-shaking as the caricature of the Obamas onthe cover of The…
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Bush Proposal to Redefine Abortion as Contraception Incites Uproar
ABC News: Bush Proposal to Change Abortion Definition, by Matthew Jaffe:Congressional Democrats are criticizing the Bush administration for adraft proposal they say would change the definition of abortion andlimit women's…
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Bush Administration Moves to Impose Onerous Conditions on Birth Control Funding
New York Times: Abortion Proposal Sets Condition on Aid, by Robert Pear:The Bush administration wants to require all recipients of aid under federal health programs to certify that they will…
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World Bank Urges Improved Access to Contraception
Reuters: World Bank urges more focus on contraception:More emphasis is needed on family planning issues in poor countries,the World Bank said on Thursday, citing new data that it said showed…
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Midwest Sees Declining Abortion Numbers
Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, Abortions Drop in Wisconsin for 2007 by, Jeannine Aquino Fewer women in Wisconsin had abortions for the fourth year in a row in 2007, the lowest recorded…