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STUDY: Family planning cuts in Texas force clinic closures

| 09.27.12 | 3:53 pm | View Article

Deep slashes to family planning funds made during Texas’ last legislative session have caused 53 clinics that provide family planning services to shutter their doors, according to a new article in the New England Journal of Medicine More….
Additionally, 38 clinics reduced their hours, and many of the existing clinics

Detroit station interviews victim of alleged HIV discrimination

| 09.21.12 | 5:08 pm | View Article

LANSING, Mich — Fox 2 Detroit has interviewed Shalandra Jones, the woman at the center of a controversy related to a traffic stop in Dearborn, Mich., in August. More…

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Anti-abortion scholar: Restrictions should be designed to raise costs for women

| 09.21.12 | 9:34 am | View Article
Anti-abortion restrictions should be designed to raise “the costs” of abortions in order to discourage women from obtaining them, a prominent scholar for a leading anti-abortion group told an audience of social conservative activists in Washington last weekend. More…
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EXCLUSIVE: Police video prompts allegations of HIV discrimination

| 09.19.12 | 3:09 pm | View Article

LANSING, Mich. — A Dearborn, Mich., police officer was caught on tape telling a man and a woman that he was issuing them traffic and marijuana possession tickets because he was “aggravated” that the woman failed to disclose her HIV-positive status before he searched the couple’s car. The incident has More…

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People with HIV fear unfair treatment in courts

| 08.09.12 | 11:48 am | View Article

WASHINGTON, DC — Nearly half of HIV-positive respondents to a recently released survey on HIV criminalization say they believe they will not receive a fair hearing in the criminal justice system if they ever face charges for failing to disclose their status to sexual partners. More…

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In Colorado, calls for gun control

Scot Kersgaard | 08.07.12 | 1:27 pm | The Colorado Independent | View Article

While many politicians are playing it safe, saying it is too soon to talk about gun laws or saying they don’t want to “politicize” the Colorado and now Wisconsin shootings, Democratic U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette and Ed Perlmutter have been outspoken about their desire for more stringent regulation. More…

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Enbridge, regulators faulted in Michigan oil spill

| 07.10.12 | 5:57 pm | View Article

LANSING — The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday said the massive oil spill that contaminated nearly 40 miles of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan could have been avoided. More…

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Former Colorado Independent intern found dead in Mexico

John Tomasic | 07.03.12 | 10:35 am | The Colorado Independent | View Article

Armando Montaño, a former intern for the Colorado Independent, died this past weekend in Mexico City More…, where he was writing for the Associated Press. Mexican officials are investigating his death and, according to the AP, the U.S. embassy is monitoring that investigation.
Mando, as his friends called him, died