Most U.S. Women Distrust Palin On Reproductive Health Issues, Poll Finds
December 8, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
The majority of U.S. women do not trust Sarah Palin on women’s health issues, including abortion, contraception and sex education, according to a poll conducted for Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Politico reports…
GOP Hopes To Use State-Level Gains To Propel Conservative Social Issues
November 28, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
Republicans hope to capitalize on their majorities in 26 state legislatures to advance conservative policies on contraception, sex education, abortion rights and other social issues, the Washington Post reports. Prior to the midterm elections, Democrats controlled 27 state legislatures…
Blogs Comment On Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Sex Education Funding, Other Topics
August 6, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. ~ “A New Fight Over Abortion Access,” Joyce Tang, Daily Beast’s “Blogs & Stories”: Antiabortion-rights crisis pregnancy centers “have long operated under the guise of reproductive health care” and “been largely unregulated, even though they are eligible for federal abstinence-only funding,” Tang writes…
Blogs Comment On Sex Education Policies, Kagan Confirmation Hearings, Other Topics
July 7, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries…
Minn. Legislature Considers 'Abstinence-Plus' Sex Education Bill
March 11, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
A bill (SF 2645) in the Minnesota Legislature would require each school district to create an “abstinence-first” sex education curriculum with “age-appropriate” lessons on human sexuality and information about condoms and other contraceptives, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports…
