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SB 1009 Lacks Solutions — Tell House Education Committee to Vote NO!
SB 1009, being heard today, Monday, March 12, in the House Education Committee, requires schools to promote childbirth and adoption over abortion. It is inappropriate to discuss a preference for...
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Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown
In case you hadn’t heard, Arizona’s new abortion law is horrendous. (RH Reality Check) Arizona has also passed a craptacular contraception bill that would allow employers with “religious objections to...
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STD Awareness: HIV and AIDS
Our immune systems are beautiful things, refined through millions of years of evolution. The immune system’s complexity is testament to the “arms race” that has been taking place between our species...
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STD Awareness: 10 Myths About Sexually Transmitted Diseases
The Internet is brimming with contradictory claims about sexual health, and you don’t know what to believe. Your friends give you advice, but you’re not sure if it sounds right. To make things worse,...
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The Feminine Mystique in Retrospect: An Interview with Stephanie Coontz, Part 2
Last month we featured Part 1 of our interview with historian Stephanie Coontz about her book A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s (Basic Books, 2012)....
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Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown
Arizona Republicans do a stellar job of making our beloved state seem like a haven for bigots. The current target? Members of the LGBT community. (AZ Central) Here’s another shining example of this …...
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STD Awareness: Gonorrhea, Women, and the Pre-Antibiotic Era
Penicillin, the first reliable cure for gonorrhea, was mass produced in the 1940s. It’s Women’s History Month, a time to reflect on the achievements of women worldwide — like Margaret Sanger, Rosalind...
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Celebrating Motherhood — and Reproductive Freedom
Two months ago, a single mother’s ordeal was grabbing headlines. Shanesha Taylor, homeless and desperate for a job, landed an interview at a Scottsdale insurance office. But the 35-year-old mother of...
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Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown
The GOP debates were last night. Just an FYI: Every single one of those dingbats has deplorable, antiquated views on women’s reproductive rights and health. (Bustle) The foolery surrounding unfounded...
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World Prematurity Day: A Time to Reflect on the Importance of Prenatal Care
The following guest post comes to us via Edna Meza Aguirre, regional associate development director for Planned Parenthood Arizona. Edna is a native Tucsonan, bilingual and bicultural. She received her...
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Hepatitis B Vaccine: The Importance of the Birth Dose
Did you know that Saturday kicked off National Infant Immunization Week, which is part of a worldwide observance that shines the spotlight on the importance of vaccination? Most of us think of infant...
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Why Do Newborns Need the Hepatitis B Vaccine?
The first vaccine a baby receives — within hours or days of birth — protects them from hepatitis B virus (HBV). In a lot of people’s minds, HBV is associated with drug use and sexual activity — which...
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Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown
Arizona Republican Don Shooter has been expelled from the state Legislature over years of sexually harassing women. Good riddance to bad rubbish. (AZ Central) It’s so nice to be able to report that...
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Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown
Photo: Lorie Shaull New Jersey’s new governor, Phil Murphy, undid the damage of his awful predecessor by restoring funding to Planned Parenthood. Yay! (The Hill) Democrats in the U.S. Senate are...
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Bearing the Burden of Injustice: Black Maternal Mortality
When it comes to maternal mortality, American women don’t all live in the same country. While white women live in Qatar, black women live in Mongolia. Maternal mortality is death related to...
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Maternal Mortality: A National Embarrassment
Americans spend more money on childbirth than any other country, but we’re not getting a good return on our investment. Less than a century ago, approximately one mother died for every 100 live births...
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Due Protections: The Pregnancy Discrimination Act at 40
Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1977. Photo: Lynn Gilbert Today, Susan Struck’s political positions are nothing that would stick out in a red state like Arizona. A few years ago, she joined the chorus of...
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