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The divergent politics around women's health
Government Health IT
“The difference in this election is that 'women's health' has now been framed to include access to contraceptive services,” Tolleson-Rinehart said (pictured at right). The Affordable Care Act will provide preventative services for men and women of all ...
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Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012: Corporations, women's health and gun rights
Bangor Daily News
Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012: Corporations, women's health and gun rights. Print this Print · E-mail this Email · Facebook this Share · Tweet this Tweet. Posted Aug. 15, 2012, at 1:57 p.m.. Corporate power reigns. The dominant American institution has ...
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Women's health in the hands of senators and congressmen
Philippine Star
For more than 10 years, concerned citizens have been lobbying for the passage of a reproductive health bill, but have been frustrated by stern opposition from the Roman Catholic hierarchy. The passage of the latest bill titled, “An Act Providing for a ...
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Author Spike Marlowe is fighting for women's health and Planned Parenthood ...
CultureMap Austin
"Austin is one of the top ten American cities for women's health, environmentalism, arts, educational resources, infrastructure and so on," said Marlowe. "Austin sure seems to be doing something right and it has a lot to share with the rest of the ...
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Texas Woman Asks For A Public Hearing About State's Cuts To Planned ...
ThinkProgress
“As a patient of Planned Parenthood, and an enrollee in the Women's Health Program, I want a voice in Governor Perry's overhaul of the program. I should be able to decide who provides my healthcare,” Resendez writes at her Change.org petition for the ...
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The Intersection of Faith and Maternal Public Health
Center For American Progress
This past week I had an experience that made me realize that in my own advocacy for women's health, I tend to forget how the policies I'm advocating for apply to my own life. I went to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription and wasn't even thinking I ...
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