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House Committee Approves Increases in Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Funding
On July 14 the House Appropriations Committee approved its Fiscal Year 2005 Labor, Health and Human Services and…
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HIV/AIDS in Vietnam: An Epidemic on the Verge
In Vietnam, the recorded number of people infected with HIV has nearly doubled since 2001, from 43,4101 to…
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Efforts Continue to Make Emergency Contraception (EC) Available Over-the-Counter
Several steps were taken during July in the on-going effort to make emergency contraception (EC) available over-the-counter to…
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Debate Over Health Education Textbooks in Texas
Four health textbooks in Texas are causing a controversy that is getting national attention. In June, a panel…
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Bush Judicial Nominations Watch: Four More Nominees Blocked; Still No Vote on Claude Allen
Less than one week before the U.S. Senate recessed for the summer, Republicans pushed for a vote on…
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HRSA Announces 50 New SPRANS-CBAE Grantees
On July 12, 2004, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced the distribution of $31 million in…
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SIECUS Releases Comprehensive Look at Sexuality Education and Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage in the States
On June 22, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) released its groundbreaking new publication…
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The Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage: Their Bark may be Worse than their Bite
Leadership on the Christian far-right is energetically encouraging Christians to advocate against civil recognition of same-sex marriage, which…
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Medicaid Vital to Family Planning for Low-Income Women
The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (Kaiser) recently published a report titled…
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Lesbian Health is Too-Often Ignored by Medical Community, Efforts Underway to Increase Research and Recognition
A lack of scientific data on basic health needs of lesbians combined with misinformation and homophobia in the…
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Condom Use Up Among High School Students, According to New National Survey
In May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Summaries –…
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Satcher Conference on Common Ground Finds Little Footing
On Monday, May 24, former Surgeon General David Satcher took the lead in gathering more than 350 people…
