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Vatican Perpetuates Misinformation about Abortion

by Barbara DiTullio | Dec 16, 2008 | Abortion, Reproductive Rights, Women's health

Last week the Vatican issued a sweeping treatise on bioethics (in PDF). In the document, in addition to condemning abortion, it took aim at the morning-after pill, IUDs and RU-486, saying that these too can result in abortions. RU-486 can, indeed, be used to induce...

Anti-choice activist still spreading misinformation

by Barbara DiTullio | Dec 16, 2008 | Contraception, Health insurance, Reproductive Rights, Women's health

Earlier, we blogged about Ross Douthat’s op-ed in the New York Times contending that the anti-choice activists are not out of touch with mainstream Americans, which we exposed as a misrepresentation of the very radical goals of the movement. We also blogged...

Clearing Up Untruths About Abortion

by Barbara DiTullio | Dec 8, 2008 | Abortion, Reproductive Rights, The New York Times, Uncategorized, Women's health

This Sunday’s New York Times published an op-ed by Ross Douthat of the Atlantic, in which he spent over 1,100 words perpetuating untruths and myths about the anti-choice movement in an apparent effort to absolve them of any blame for John McCain’s loss. For example,...

Minority Women's Abortion Rates 3-to-5 Times Higher

by Barbara DiTullio | Dec 8, 2008 | Abortion, Contraception, Reproductive Rights, Women's health

While it’s commonly known that U.S. abortion rates are down from a peak in 1980, the Guttmacher Institute has unmasked a trend that abortions are becoming more concentrated among women of color and low-income women. The analysis by the sexual and reproductive rights...

Women's Health and the Economy

by Barbara DiTullio | Dec 4, 2008 | Women's health

The downturn in the economy may be taking a special toll on women’s health. According to a recent Harris Interactive poll, women are cutting back on healthcare due to costs. Over 40 percent of the 754 women polled said that their health had worsened in the past...

World AIDS Day

by Barbara DiTullio | Dec 1, 2008 | HIV/AIDS, Women's health

Today, December 1, is World AIDS Day, a day to remember those who have died from AIDS and the work that still needs to be done to end the epidemic. Women’s eNews has a good article up about the interaction between AIDS and women. For example, did you know that...

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