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• The Stupak Amendment: An Assault On Women

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 709
  The Abortion Care Network, a national organization of independent abortion providers and allies, decries passage of the Stupak-Pitts amendment to the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Once again the United States Congress has turned its back on women.   In a shocking act of disdain for American women, the ...
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• Young People In Hillingdon To Receive Information On How To Get Chlamydia Tests Through The Post, UK

  
  Information on HPV — Authority: 143
  During this month, more than 40,000 young people in Hillingdon will be receiving Chlamydia information through the post and a chance to order a free Chlamydia postal test kit. Young people can get tested for free at many sites in the borough including their GP, local Pharmacies, Contraception and sexual health ...
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• NOW Opposes Health Care Bill That Strips Millions of Women of Abortion Access

  
  http://www.now.org/news/whatsnew.html — Authority: 120
  http://www.now.org/press/11-09/11-08.html Statement of NOW President Terry ONeill: The House of Representatives has dealt the worst blow to womens fundamental right to self-determination in order to buy a few votes for reform of the profit-driven health insurance industry. We must protect the rights we fought for ...
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• Anger and Pride

  
  Brendan Calling — Authority: 517
  The price of health care has been women’s reproductive rights : Stupak wants to outlaw abortion coverage in the new health insurance Exchange, where individuals and small businesses will purchase their coverage. Instead, women would only be able to purchase abortion coverage in a “abortion rider” plan – a ...
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• "This Is Only the First Salvo In the Bishops Campaign Against Womens Health"

  
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  Behavior in recent weeks tells us and the American voters a lot about core values. We in the prochoice community stayed true to our core values, seeking to overcome the struggles ordinary Americans have making ends meet. These struggles mean that many cannot afford basic healthcare or have to choose between ...
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• The Answer to the Stupak? Overturn Hyde Now

  
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  Sorting through feelings as well as strategies in the faceof the enormous defeat that the passage of a health care reform bill that soseverely and punishingly restricts access to abortion will take time and hardpolitical decisions. One wants to punish those who voted for the Stupakamendment and especially Stupak as ...
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• Who Voted to Take Away Your Basic Rights Tonight? The 64 Dems Who Voted "Yes" on Stupak

  
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  Wanna know which Dems voted to give away your rights by passing the Stupak amendment in the health reform bill? Heres a list of the 64 who voted yes.   Altmire Baca Barrow Berry Bishop (GA) Boccieri Boren Bright Cardoza Carney Chandler Childers Cooper Costa Costello Cuellar Dahlkemper Davis (AL) Davis (TN) ...
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• The MOGS-FPAI Avabai Wadia Indo-Israeli Workshop & Conference on Contraception

  
  The Rotunda Weblog — Authority: 103
  The MOGS FPAI Dr Avabai Wadia Memorial Workshop on Contraception was held on 26 September 2009. Cases were conducted at the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Sion and relayed live to the Regus Convention Center, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai. The Workshop was held in two sessions. In the morning session, ...
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• Do Catholic Bishops Run the United States Government?

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 709
  Tonight, with the aide of some 60 Democrats, womens rights were effectively negated by the US Congress as the House passed the Stupak amendment to HR 3200, the Affordable Health Care Act of 2009. More in-depth analysis of how we got here is forthcoming.  But one thing is clear: The US Conference of Catholic Bishops ...
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• Close Vote on Stupak: Updated List of Members to Call NOW!

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 709
  The following members are leaning "pro" or "yes"on Stupak.   Arcuri (D, NY-24)   Bean (D, IL-08) Bishop, S. (D, GA-02) Boswell (D, IA-03) Butterfield (D, NC-01) Cardoza (D, CA-18) Costa (D, CA-20) Doyle (D, PA-14) Etheridge (D, NC-02) Gordon (D, TN-06) Kratovil (D, ...
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• Capps Speaks Out Against Stupak/Pitts Amendment: Full Text of Remarks

  
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  The following is drawn from a statement sent out by the Office of Congresswoman Lois Capps as well as an unaltered version of Congresswoman Capps preparted statement to be presented on the floor of the House in opposition to the Stupak/Pitts Amendment. A statement from the office of Lois Capps reads as follows: ...
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• (Video) "I Object!" Republicans Seek to Prevent Women Congressional Leaders from Speaking About Health Care

  
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  In a childish effort to obstruct Congresswoman Lois Capps from speaking on the House floor on health reform, Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) repeatedly intoned "I object."    
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• Whose Leaning on Stupak? Is it Your Rep?

  
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  The House will vote this morning on an amendment to the health reform bill that if passed will effectively ban private insurance plans from providing coverage for abortion care. Where does your rep stand?   These Dems lean pro-choice but need shoring up.  Click here to find your representative and ...
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• House Will Take "Up or Down" Vote on Stupak Amendment, Threatening Womens Rights

  
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  House Democratic leaders will allow an up-or-down vote on the Stupak/Pitts amendment, which seeks to block even private insurance plans from funding abortion care. In other words, this amendment, if passed and included in a final health reform bill, would block you from getting insurance to cover legal procedures in ...
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• Mass. Town Rejects Ballot Initiative To Overturn School Contraception Policy

  
  Information on HPV — Authority: 143
  Voters in Revere, Mass., on Tuesday rejected a ballot initiative that would have overturned a policy allowing the high school’s health clinic to make contraception available, including condoms and emergency contraception, the Boston Globe reports. Source: Mass. Town Rejects Ballot Initiative To Overturn School ...
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• Kathleen Kennedy Townsend: The Health Reform Bill is Abortion-Neutral. Lets Pass It.

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 709
  In a remarkable piece at Newsweek.com, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend writes that it is in the national interest "to pass meaningful health-carereform and not litigate abortion in the process. Too much is at staketo let differences over abortion derail real health reform." Townsend recalls the words of her uncle, John F. ...
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• Wis. Sex Education Bill Advances; Requires Instruction On Contraception

  
  Information on HPV — Authority: 143
  The Wisconsin Assembly on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a bill (AB 458) that would require schools that teach sex education to include instruction on contraception, the AP/Sheboygan Press reports. Source: Wis. Sex Education Bill Advances; Requires Instruction On Contraception
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• Roundup: Calling Health Reform the "Greatest Threat to Freedom" Boehner Leads Circus on the Hill

  
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  Hows this for hyperbole?  At a press conference yesterday, House minority leader John Boehner called the House health reform bill "the greatest threat to freedom I have seen in my 19 years in Washington." John Boehners impassioned hyperbole at a GOP health care rally on November 5th. A piece of legislation ...
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• Confused About Condoms? The Seven Best Condoms Rated for You

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 709
  And you thought Consumer Reports was only the place to go for the safest automobile or the best buy on a vacuum cleaner. How about the most reliable condom? One lucky, lucky mystery shopper was tasked with purchasing 15,000 condoms so that Consumer Reports products testers could provide you with a list of ...
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• PEPFAR: Are Abstinence Requirements Really Gone?

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 709
  In mid-September, I was lucky enough to be a part of a group of youngpeople from Advocates for Youth, comprised of students and activistsfrom the US, Jamaica, Nigeria, and Ethiopia, that met with the Officeof the Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC).  OGAC is responsible foradministering and overseeing the President’s ...
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