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• The Human Faces of Climate Change in Ethiopia

  
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  The old adage, think globally and act locally, should beheeded in discussing solutions to climate change.   While changes in industrialized country consumption patternsand technological solutions are needed to help stop the flow of dangerous greenhousegases into the atmosphere and rendering the planet hotter and ...
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• ‘Millennial’ Misunderstandings and the Movement For Reproductive Justice

  
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  In her feature on the supposed generational divide in the pro-choice movement , which ran in Sunday’s New York Times ,Sheryl Gay Stolberg correctly observes that abortion has hit theheadlines recently in the context of health care reform and thehorrendously restrictive Stupak amendment—and it’s not ...
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• Are You Uninsured If You Have Health Insurance But Can’t Access or Afford Care?

  
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  Health care reformin the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was passed in April 2006 with the goal of dramaticallyexpanding access to affordable health insurance for Massachusetts residents.   This is the same goal articulated inthe U.S. Senate and House health care reform bills—both of which are designed toreduce the ...
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• Victory for Womens Health: Senate Passes Mikulskis Womens Health Amendment

  
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  By a vote of 61-39, the Senate passed the Mikulski Amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act today. The Mikulsi Amendment, submitted by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), requires all health plans to cover comprehensive womens preventive care and related screenings, at no additional charge to women. ...
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• Man held for killing wife

  
  Mission & Justice — Authority: 151
  3/12/09; http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=129031&d=3&m=12&y=2009A young Saudi in his 30s was arrested on charges he murdered his wife, in her 20s. The couple had been married for only seven months. Police said on Wednesday the man beat his wife to death with a metal rod. The ...
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• MT Medicaid Fraud Probe Snares "Egg-as-Person" Leader

  
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  The primary care physician leading the"personhood" ballot measure campaign in Montana is under multipleinvestigations for Medicaid fraud. In a one-sided news story published in the Daily Inter Lake, Dr.Ann Bukacek confirmed that state and federal investigators launched the probeafter allegations were raised ...
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• Unintended Consequences of Health Reform in Massachusetts: Reduced Access to Contraception

  
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  Clearly the US health care system needs reform.   Massachusetts’ innovative reform legislationin effect since 2007 provides many lessons that federal policymakers shouldheed as they consider models to reform health care across the nation. Ibis Reproductive Health and the Massachusetts Department of PublicHealth ...
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• Pregnant in Colorado? One Reporters Search (and Failure) to Find Maternity Coverage

  
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  This post is re-published from The Colorado Independent, as part of an editorial partnership between RH Reality Check and the Center for Independent Media, the non-profit that operates Colorado Independent and five other state-based online news sites.  In advance of a bill in the state legislature that would ...
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• Weekly Pulse: Senate Prepares to Cast First Votes

  
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  The Senate is scheduled to begin voting on proposed amendments to the health care reform bill today. It takes 60 votes to pass anamendment and most of the proposed measures for the health care billwill never pass. It’s a great opportunity to grandstand over petissues, however. For example, Sen. John McCain wants ...
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• Hundreds of Pro-Choice Advocates Converge on Capitol Hill as Hatch and Nelson Prepare Senate Stupak Amendment

  
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  As advocates for womens health--including leaders of pro-choice, faith-based, and health service delivery organizations--converge on Capitol Hill to ensure womens basic health needs are included in health reform, two conservative Senators--Orrin Hatch (R-OR) and Ben Nelson (D-NE) are planning introduction of a ...
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• Man charged with murder in niece’s death

  
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  Rana Husseini; 2/12/09Criminal Prosecutor Ali Abu Zeid on Monday charged a 30-year-old man with the premeditated murder of his niece in an Amman neighbourhood, official sources said. The 19-year-old victim, who was not identified by officials, was reportedly shot eight times in the head and legs by her uncle at her ...
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• Bridging An Inexplicable Divide: Integrating Reproductive Health Services and the Global HIV/AIDS Response

  
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  This article is part of a series on global AIDS issues to be published by RH Reality Check throughout December. Other articles in the series can be found by searching "global AIDS 2009" on RH Reality Check. Imagine two projects in asub-Saharan African country, both supported by the U.S. government. One of themis a ...
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• Whatever Happened to Separation Of Church and State?

  
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  Item: A New York Times article describing a Republican strategy session   after the successful gubernatorial victories of two   conservatives,   Robert McDonnell in Virginia andChristopher Christie in New Jersey, notes   “there was barely a whisper about abortion, gay marriage or gun control”as the ...
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• A Dangerous Precedent: Using Anti-Terrorism Laws to Prosecute HIV Transmission

  
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  This article is authored by Ellen Roelofs, Vanessa Johnson, Brook Kelly, and Naina Khanna, all of the Positive Womens Network.  It is part of a series on global AIDS issues to be published by RH Reality Check throughout December 2009.  Other articles in the series can be found by searching "global AIDS 2009" on RH ...
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• Little Green Footballs: Why I Parted Ways With The Right

  
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  1. Support for fascists, both in America (see: Pat Buchanan, Robert Stacy McCain, etc.) and in Europe (see: Vlaams Belang, BNP, SIOE, Pat Buchanan, etc.)
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• US Global AIDS Policy: Emergency Course Correction Required

  
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  This article is part of a series on global AIDS issues to be published by RH Reality Check throughout December.  It is drawn from a report co-produced by HealthGAP, Africa Action, Treatment Action Group and Global AIDS Alliance.  A full copy of the report including all tables, graphs and references cited can be ...
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• Smart Investments in AIDS and Global Health: Building on What Works

  
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  This article is part of a series on global AIDS issues to be published by RH Reality Check throughout December.  It is drawn from a report co-produced by amfAR (The Foundation for AIDS Research) and The Center for Global Health Policy of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. A full copy of the report ...
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• Fighting HIV and AIDS in South Carolina

  
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  South Carolina is known by most Americans for its long,sunny days, gorgeous Atlantic Ocean beaches and outstanding golf courses.   Unfortunately, most public healthprofessionals know South Carolina for its staggering rates of HIV and AIDS.This is   a public health issuewhich needs to be understood better by the ...
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• (VIDEO in Spanish): Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Forces Woman to Give Birth While Shackled

  
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  This article was originally published at Latina.com. The news team for Telemundo 52 recently reported on Alma Minerva Chacon, a woman who was terrorized by Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio .Unfortunately, she is just the latest in a long line of Latinos whohave suffered at the hands of the ruthless Sheriff whose ...
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• If the Vilna Gaon was right, the 3rd Temple is on its way

  
  Mission & Justice — Authority: 151
  Nir Hasson; 1/12/09If the 18th-century rabbinic authority the Vilna Gaon was right, on March 16, 2010, construction will begin on the third Temple. His projection states that the auspicious day will coincide with the third completion of the Hurva Synagogue in Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter. The great day is at hand: On ...
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