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Spread the Message: Love Your Body
In the United States, 10 million women and girls suffer from anorexia and/or bulimia, 81% of 10-year-olds are afraid of being fat, and young women who have anorexia are 12 times more likely to die than other women their age. Often advertisers objectify women for the...
Female Soldiers Sue U.S. Military for Inadequate Response to Sexual Assaults
Jezebel recently reported on a lawsuit filed by former soldiers against Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and his predecessor Donald Rumsfeld. The soldiers state that they created a military culture which protected and enabled their rapists, providing no protection...
Title X: The Importance of Family Planning for All
The Guttmacher institute has released a study highlighting the importance of Title X funding. Title X is the sole federal program devoted entirely to family planning. In his recent budget, President Obama proposed a modest increase in funding to Title X....
Will Contraception Be Considered a Preventive Service Under Health Care Reform?
Recently, the New York Times published an article discussing potential provisions to the new health care law that would require insurance companies to cover contraceptive and family planning services for women. The administration has gathered a team of experts that...
Multiple Planned Parenthood Sites Targeted by Anti-Abortion Group
Last week, over a period of five days, at least 12 Planned Parenthood clinics in 6 states were visited by people claiming to be involved in sex trafficking rings involving minors and illegal immigrants. After the unusual visits, the clinics notified their national...
