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Colorado’s Top Doctor Seeks Funds for Pregnancy-Prevention Program Rejected...
Days after Republicans in Colorado’s senate voted down funds for a successful teen-pregnancy prevention program, Colorado’s chief medical officer has vowed to find donors to continue the program,...
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Planned Parenthood and the Politics of Conservative Resentment
See more of our coverage on the misleading Center for Medical Progress videos here. Despite all the gross-out rhetoric and feigned outrage over the “new” revelation that abortions often produce fetal...
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Wheaton College Sacrifices Student Well-Being to Make Ideological Point
Last month, Wheaton College in Illinois announced that it will not be providing its health insurance plan for students this fall. This announcement came just two days after a judge ruled that the...
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Family Planning Initiative Rejected by Colorado GOP Has New Life
After Republicans in the Colorado senate blocked funding of a successful teen-pregnancy prevention program, state health department officials began looking for $5 million in private funding to run the...
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Affordable Care Act in Action: IUDs Become More Affordable
A new study by researchers at the Guttmacher Institute found that the Affordable Care Act has been helpful in bringing down the out-of-pocket costs of intrauterine devices (IUDs), one of the most...
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GOP Lawmaker: Colorado Officials Are ‘Science-Deniers’ for Reporting IUDs...
The health department in Colorado released data last week showing teen birth and abortion rates have dropped nearly 50 percent from 2009 through 2014, thanks to a program that provides free or...
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Colorado County That Nixed Planned Parenthood Grant Rejects Teen Pregnancy...
The same Colorado county that recently nixed a $1,500 grant for Planned Parenthood is now refusing to join a statewide program that has proven to be among the nation’s most effective in reducing teen...
View ArticleThe GOP Health Bill Is an Attack on Our Sexual Rights
This piece is published in collaboration with Echoing Ida, a Forward Together project. When the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the bill to repeal the current health-care law, passed the U. S. House,...
View ArticleVirginia Delegate Bob Marshall Has Spent Decades Promoting Anti-Choice Views
In his bid to keep his seat in the Virginia House of Delegates, Republican Bob Marshall’s record on issues affecting the LGBTQ community have thrust him back into the national spotlight, but his...
View ArticleFor Many, Keeping a Job Means Hiding an Abortion
When labor rights activist Gina needed abortion care, she felt she had to hide it from her employer. Blindsided with an unplanned pregnancy despite having an IUD inserted a few months earlier, Gina...
View ArticleThis Week in Sex: Even Great Sex Will Likely Not Stop Your Heart
This Week in Sex is a summary of news and research related to sexual behavior, sexuality education, contraception, STIs, and more. High-profile men dying while in bed with their mistresses is a common...
View ArticleTeen Pregnancy, Abortion Rates Plummet in Colorado Thanks to Contraception...
Colorado officials last week announced the state’s teen pregnancies have dropped by more than 50 percent over eight years thanks largely to a program that provides no- or low-cost intrauterine devices...
View ArticleCourt of Public Opinion Weighs Trump’s Birth Control Benefit Rollback
Public comments on the Trump administration’s undermining of widely guaranteed access to contraception without a co-pay poured into the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by Tuesday’s...
View ArticleEven in ‘Progressive’ States, Doctors Can Still Shame Women Out of Accessing...
Imagine you are 18 years old, legally an adult, ready to take the steps you need to take care of your health and get on birth control before you have sex with your long-time boyfriend. You remember...
View ArticleImproving Contraceptive Counseling by Listening to Women’s Voices
As obstetricians and gynecologists, we often talk to our patients about the benefits of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants. They are safe and...
View ArticleTrump’s HHS Installs Fake Clinic Leader to Oversee Family Planning Funds
Diane Foley, who ran a Christian organization operating two Colorado anti-choice “crisis pregnancy centers,” or fake clinics, was quietly installed on Tuesday as deputy assistant secretary for...
View ArticleLow-Income Virginians Will Soon Have Access to Long-Lasting Birth Control
Virginia is poised to become the latest state to extend long-lasting birth control to thousands of people with low incomes. Funding for the $6 million, two-year pilot program was included in the state...
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