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Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling on Health Care Reform
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148), signed into law by President Barack Obama on March…
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Feminist Views on Girls Sexual Empowerment: Multiple Paths, One Destination
By Daniel Rubin-Marx, SIECUS Program Research Intern Source: Sharon Lamb and Zoë D. Peterson, “Adolescent Girls’ Sexual Empowerment:…
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Rio+20 Retreats on Its Commitment to Womens Reproductive Rights
On June 20–22, 2012, world leaders and fifty thousand members of government, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and…
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CDC Releases 2011 YRBS Data; Fewer Youth Receiving Information about HIV and AIDS
For Immediate Release Contact: Jen Heitel Yakush June 7, 2012 Phone: (202) 265-2405 jyakush@siecus.org CDC Releases…
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Releases Report on LGBT Health
In 2010, President Barack Obama directed the head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Secretary…
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Pregnant Teens Still Face Illegal Sex Discrimination in Schools
June 23, 2012 marked the 40th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark legislation barring any educational institution receiving…
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Guttmacher and UNFPA Report on the Costs and Benefits of Contraception
Guttmacher and UNFPA Report on the Costs and Benefits of Contraception In June 2012, the Guttmacher Institute…
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Federal Court of Appeals Rules DOMA Unconstitutional
In Boston on May 31, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled unanimously that…
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Forty-three Catholic Organizations File Suit Against Contraceptive Coverage Legislation
Thirteen of the 195 Catholic dioceses in the United States—including the Archdioceses of New York, St. Louis, and…
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Washington, DC, Once Again Becomes a Pawn in the Abortion Debate
Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ) and the anti-choice National Right to Life Committee (NLRC) have placed District of Columbia…
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New Orleans Womens Health Clinic Destroyed by Arson
Women With A Vision (WWAV), a progressive women’s health clinic in New Orleans, was recently the site of…
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Southern Public Schools and HIV Prevention: Views of Rural African Americans
Sources: Stacey W. Lloyd, Yvonne Owens Ferguson, Giselle Corbie-Smith, et al., “The Role of Public Schools in HIV…
