Across histories and cultures, people in prostitution and sex work have historically been cast as social deviants. With the arrival of HIV and AIDS, they have been further stigmatized, as carriers and transmitters of the disease, and have been excluded from policy decisions that threaten their health and well-being. …
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Beyond Vice and Victimhood: Recognizing the Human Rights of People in Sex Work
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Rape In War: Will the UN Walk Its Talk?
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/features/rape-in-war-will-un-walk-its-talkNo other international actor has as much power to do something about rape in war, and as disappointing a record, as the United Nations Security Council. But on June 19, 2008, in the wake of decades of reports of vicious sexual violence in conflicts across the globe, the Security Council declared that it is time to act. …
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Eighth Circuit Rules South Dakota Abortion Law Is Likely Constitutional
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/06/27/eighth-circuit-rules-south-dakota-abortion-law-is-constitutionalIs your head spinning yet? The reproductive health news is flying fast and furiously today. Bush refuses to join the effort to save women's lives and prevent unintended pregnancy by denying funding to UNFPA for the seventh consecutive year. Family Research Council unveils an ad targeting Obama for his position on choice. …
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South Dakota’s new abortion law
http://my.zestead.com/austindwilawyer/uncategorized/south-da...Here's the latest installment in shitty laws that hurt women, coz Lord knows we have so many of them now. The Eighth Circuit Court has lifted an injunction filed by Planned Parenthood against a 2005 law which
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South Dakota’s new abortion law
http://apparatchicks.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/south-dakotas-...Here’s
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C-sections on the rise in Canada too
http://radicaldoula.com/2008/07/03/c-sections-on-the-rise-in...more pregnancy complications necessitating a C-section can arise, and older maternal ages. Canada’s rate is still behind our 1 in 3 rate, but may not be far behind. They are also more supportive of midwives and out-of-hospital births. Check out RH Reality Check on Monday for my feature on the myth of the elective c-section. Thanks to Derek for the link!
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Should the Democratic Party Really Be the Party of Abortion?
http://healthybagofpolitics.blogspot.com/2008/07/should-demo...because of my personal position on a moral issue, I'm not a "real Democrat." I'm a closet member of the religious right to these individuals. Many people who make this statement argue that there can be no questioning of whether abortion by Democrats. Some of these pro-choicers even argue that the number of abortions should be increased: "Of course, pro-choicers want to do much more than just keep existing reproductive rights from being rolled back; we want to expand upon those rights and make them more uniform throughout the country. We want women in cities, suburbs and rural places
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Mothers in America
http://carldems.blogspot.com/2008/07/mothers-in-america.htmlis the leading cause of maternal death. SPC Megan Lynn Touma was murdered while pregnant two weeks ago. Araceli Camacho Gomez yesterday. The UNFPA decision comes rather on the heals of the adoption of a resolution by the AMA condemning homebirth, or any birth outside of hospitals. Midwifery is still illegal in fourteen states. (Relatedly, Madeline Holler writes about her illegal homebirth.) Meanwhile, a small but growing number of pharmacists
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Maggie's Notebook
http://maggiesnotebook.blogspot.comthe Council's attention. With the new resolution, they will no longer be able to do so.The resolution creates a clear mandate for the Security Council to intervene, including through sanctions, where the levels or form of sexual violence merit it. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Technorati Tags: U.N., U.N. Peacekeepers,U.N.Security Council, Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Rape,
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Beyond Vice and Victimhood: Recognizing the Human Rights of People in Sex Work
http://thinkgirl.net/?p=4071to abuse and marginalization of sex workers. Criminalization forces sex work to be clandestine and gives latitude to the police to be abusive of sex workers, as well as opening the door for criminal elements to become prominent in the sex trade. RH Reality Check Share This
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Headlines
http://theleftofcollegestation.blogspot.com/2008/07/headline...The 10 Most Awesomely Bad Moments of the Bush Presidency Foreign Policy The Deal That Derails Politics Swift Boaters Support McCain Civil Rights Abu Ghraib Inmates Sue Contractors, Claim Torture Women’s Issues Rape in War: Will the United Nations Walk Its Talk? Drugs How Long Does Drug Prohibition Need to Continue Before It's Declared a Failure? Environment Drilling Deeper Opinion The Obama Agenda From the Blogs Bryan & College Station, Texas: What to do on the 4th of July, 2008
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Unwanted vs unplanned pregnanies
http://impersonated.blogspot.com/2008/06/unwanted-vs-unplann...abortions, they should support easy access to birth control and family planning services because that's what prevents unplanned pregnancies, not misleading information and abstinence only education. Just one more reason that the anti-choice promotion The Pill Kills is more about imposing conservative sexual mores on society than it is about preventing abortions. Last week, James Dobson from Focus on the Family said that Obama was "deliberately distorting" the Bible to fit his own theology.
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Work: Do not want. Links: Will post instead.
http://blonderandthinner.blogspot.com/2008/06/work-do-not-wa...obtain birth control get their BS arguments about "protecting our religious rights" listened to because nobody really cares that much when women get the short end of the stick. I mean, why should ladies get to have teh sex without getting teh babeez? Freedom's Just Another Word for Punishing Women. (Amanda Marcotte at RH Reality Check) -And speaking of teh babeez, once we force women to have them, we shouldn't ever let them out of the house or give them any help whatsoever in caring for them. Because, that's like, against America's Jesusiest
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