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September 16, 2009
Planned Parenthood President Richards Links Abstinence-Only Sex Education, High Teen Births, STI Rates in Texas
Post Date: 16-Sep-2009
In a speech Monday on sex education in Texas, Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards said that grassroots support is essential to making improvements in reproductive health and education, theSan Antonio Express-News reports. Richards was a guest speaker during the Faith & Freedom Speakers series, which was co-sponsored by the Texas Freedom Network and Planned Parenthood of San Antonio and South Central Texas. She said, "Grassroots action is what makes the difference. We've got to be agents of change in America." She added that the "country is changing" but that President Obama "can only do so much."
Richards, the daughter of late Texas Gov. Ann Richards (D), founded the Texas Freedom network 14 years ago. The not-for-profit organization promotes public education and religious freedom in a way that counters religious conservatism. The group has lobbied the Texas Legislature in support of comprehensive, medically accurate sex education in public schools.
Kathy Miller, president of TFN, said the group conducted a study this year that found that more than 95% of state schools only offer abstinence-only education programs. She said, "At the same time, for six years in a row, Texas led the nation in multiple births to teens," adding, "We've been in the top three in the nation in teen births."
July 23, 2009
Reps. Ryan, DeLauro To Introduce Bill To Reduce Need for Abortion
Public Release Date: 23-July-2009
Reps. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) on Thursday will be joined by leaders of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and NARAL Pro-Choice America in announcing the latest version of a bill that aims to reduce the need for abortion by preventing unintended pregnancies, among other measures, Time reports (Sullivan, Time, 7/23).
Ryan and DeLauro first introduced a version of the bill in 2006 (Crary, AP/San Francisco Chronicle, 7/22). However, this version "represents a dramatic break from nearly four decades" of political debate since Roe v. Wade, as both conservative antiabortion-rights groups and abortion-rights advocates have expressed support, according to Time (Time, 7/23).
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July 21, 2009
Obama: Health Care Reform Cannot Wait
July 13, 2009
Counting of Uninsured Americans a Difficult Task
Public Release Date: 25-June-2009
Estimates of the total number of uninsured Americans may be based on "faulty assumptions" that are "inflating the projections," TheWall Street Journal says in its "Numbers Guy" blog.
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June 11, 2009
Oregon Gov. Signs Sex Education Bill; Tenn. Rep. Withdraws Bill To Give Parents Record Access
Public Release Date: 4-June-2009
The following summarizes recent action on reproductive health-related legislation in two states.
Oregon:
Gov. Ted Kulongoski (D) on Tuesday signed a measure (H.B. 2509) that requires school districts to provide students in all public elementary and secondary schools with medically accurate, age-appropriate sex education courses, KOHD.com reports.
June 08, 2009
Obama Says Health Reform Must Be Done This Year
Public Release Date: 31-May-2009
The opportunity to enact health care reform legislation could be missed unless Congress passes it this year, President Obama on Thursday said to thousands of supporters in a phone call made from Air Force One, the AP/USA Today reports.
In a call to members of his political organization, Organizing for America, Obama said, "If we don't get it done this year, we're not going to get it done," adding, "I think the status quo is unacceptable and that we've got to get it done this year."
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May 07, 2009
Blogs Comment on Souter Retirement, Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Other Topics
Public Release Date: 5-May-2009
The following summarizes women's health-related blog entries.
"Finding a Voice, Not Just a Vote, for Women's Rights on the Court," Kay Steiger, RH Reality Check:
Supreme Court Justice David Souter's announcement last week that he will retire in June marks the "first time a pro-choice president has had the opportunity to appoint a justice to the Supreme Court" since former President Clinton appointed Justice Stephen Breyer in 1994, Steiger writes.
Although Souter was appointed by former Republican President George H.W. Bush in 1990, he has "maintained a position as an ally of reproductive choice during his time on the Court," Steiger writes. According to Steiger, the "lists of prospective nominees already circulated have a lot of pro-choice women that top the list." However, Steiger adds that there is "reason to caution the appointment of sitting judges," noting that Souter was a "sitting justice when he was named to the Supreme Court" and that "[a]lthough he was appointed by a fairly conservative president, he has turned into a reliable liberal vote on the Court."
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April 30, 2009
Orange County, Calif., Reinstates Planned Parenthood Contract, Restricts Future Funding
Public Release Date: 30-April-2009
Orange County, Calif., supervisors on Tuesday reinstated a health education grant to Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties but also voted to adopt a policy aimed at making it more difficult for the organization to obtain funding in the future, the Orange County Register reports (Muir, Orange County Register, 4/28). Supervisors in March voted unanimously to suspend the organization's nearly $300,000 contract to fund teen and preteen sex education programs, saying that they do not support the provision of county funds to Planned Parenthood because it performs abortions (Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 4/29).
April 29, 2009
Senate Confirms Kansas Gov. Sebelius as HHS Secretary
Public Release Date: 29-April-2009
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) as HHS secretary in a 65-31 vote, filling the last vacancy on President Obama's cabinet, the New York Times reports (Pear, New York Times, 4/29). Nine Republicans voted for Sebelius, including Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.), who announced Tuesday that he is switching from the Republican to the Democratic Party, and Sen. Sam Brownback (Kan.), who had said he was reconsidering his support for Sebelius after she vetoed a Kansas antiabortion-rights bill (S.B. 218) last week (Young, The Hill, 4/28).
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