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President’s AIDS council calls on feds to help states repeal HIV-criminalization laws

Advisory group says these statues are ‘unjust’ and fuel the epidemic
| 02.11.13 | 3:22 pm | View Article

The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) passed More… a resolution last week that calls for an end to federal and state HIV-specific criminal laws and prosecutions.

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In face of inaction on emergency-contraception access, Native women turn to their own plan b

| 01.29.13 | 10:00 am | View Article

“No, ma’am,” says the pharmacy tech over the phone at the Choctaw Nation’s health clinic in Hugo, Okla., when I ask if the clinic carries emergency contraception. More…

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In malpractice case, Catholic hospital argues fetuses aren’t people

John Tomasic | 01.24.13 | 11:59 am | The Colorado Independent | View Article

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Lori Stodghill was 31-years old, seven-months pregnant with twin boys and feeling sick when she arrived at St. Thomas More hospital in Cañon City on New Year’s Day 2006.

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Attorney: City pursuing criminal charges because HIV-positive woman won’t waive civil liability

| 01.17.13 | 11:34 am | View Article

DEARBORN, MICH. – Dearborn prosecutors are continuing to pursue a marijuana possession charge against an HIV-positive woman because she refuses to waive her right to sue the city over alleged discrimination, the woman’s attorneys say. More…

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Va. bill would remove abortion funding for women with totally incapacitated fetuses

| 01.16.13 | 12:38 pm | View Article

A proposal in the Virginia General Assembly to eliminate state funding for certain abortions could force some low-income women to carry to term a fetus with a low likelihood of survival. More…

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Texas abortion drug bill could mean more side effects and higher costs

| 12.20.12 | 1:08 pm | View Article

A GOP lawmaker is looking to make Texas the latest state to restrict the use of abortion medications in a way that some experts warn could increase the drugs’ side effects while making them more expensive. More…

‘Past time’ to review HIV criminal laws, says former presidential commission member

| 11.30.12 | 6:00 am | View Article

A member of the first federal commission to look at the HIV epidemic says it is “probably past time” for states to revisit their HIV-specific criminal laws. More…

Texas lawmaker seeks to reverse Planned Parenthood ban

| 11.16.12 | 11:54 am | View Article

A Texas lawmaker introduced legislation earlier this week that would nullify a controversial rule banning abortion affiliates from participating in a Medicaid program that offers reproductive health care to low-income women. More…