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Meet Our Candidates: Angela LeFevre for State Representative, LD 6
The Arizona general election will be held on November 6, 2012, with early voting starting today. After the many recent legislative challenges to reproductive health care access, both nationally and...
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Where Disproportionate Need Meets Unequal Access: Plan B in Native American...
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net When President Obama signed the Tribal Law and Order Act into law two years ago, it was a long overdue step to improve public safety in Native American communities — in...
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Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown
Another day, another moronic member of the GOP telling us that rape, in some way or another, isn’t all that bad for women. Maybe a pregnancy resulting from it was even “intended by God.” #Facepalm...
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Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown
In a spectacular win for our collective uteruses (uteri?), President Obama has won re-election. He’s got a lot of single women to thank for that victory, too! (Today) Also, he’s probably pretty...
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Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown
Better late than never: Pregnant women in the military who were victims of rape will now have access to abortion. (HuffPo) A new condom, which delivers an anti-HIV drug and dissolves after use, is...
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Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown
Since it’s that time of the year again, let’s play a round of anti-choice March Madness! (Mother Jones) The GOP might as well face the facts … They’ve lost women forever. (Salon) Foolish parents...
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When It Happens to a Friend
April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. You probably know someone who’s been a victim of sexual assault. It’s an unsettling thought, yes, but the statistics bear it out. Somewhere...
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Mythbusting: Does Emergency Contraception Cause Abortion?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported recently that one in nine sexually active women, or 5.8 million women, has used emergency contraceptive pills, such as Plan B. Emergency...
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Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown
Blaming women for the spread of STDs is an age-old tradition. If you love food and birth control, and wanna get ’em both at the same place, you should eat here. (LA Times) Millions of women now pay...
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2013: A Retrospective
Well folks, 2013 has been quite the year when it comes to women’s issues and reproductive health. Anti-choice Republicans have made every attempt to strip us of our most basic human rights. We dealt...
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The 45th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots: Still Here, Still Queer, Still...
The Gay Liberation Front formed in 1969 in response to the Stonewall Riots. In 1969, homosexuality was illegal in 49 states. It was classified as a mental disorder by the American Psychiatric...
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Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown
I’ve spoken about my experiences as a clinic escort and the importance of buffer zones around abortion clinics many times on this blog. We at Planned Parenthood are staunch supporters of buffer zones...
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The State of Girls in the World: International Day of the Girl Child
Content note: This article discusses sexual assault and violence against women and girls. October 11, 2014 will be the third International Day of the Girl Child. UNICEF began this day in 2012, a day...
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The Golden Rule of Consent … Ask
The following guest post comes to us via Erin Callinan, who is the training and technical assistance manager at the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence. When we look at the issue of...
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HeForShe: Why We Need Gender Equality
On September 20, a declaration was made to all male-identifying individuals worldwide: Feminism is for you, too. I am, of course, referring to the speech given by Emma Watson launching the HeForShe...
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Bye, Bye, Bystander! It’s on Us
The following guest post comes to us via Kate Thomas, community sexuality educator for Planned Parenthood Arizona. Kate has her master’s degree in public health from the University of Arizona and a...
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The Peace Corps Equity Act: A Step Forward in Expanding Abortion Access
Last month, President Obama signed into law the new budget for 2015, which includes coverage for Peace Corps volunteers who need abortions in cases of rape, incest, and life endangerment. Why is this...
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ACT TODAY! SB 1318 is on the HOUSE FLOOR TODAY!
The Trouble with SB 1318 BREAKING: FACT-CHECK on 1318 SB 1318 passed the Arizona House Rules committee this afternoon and is headed to the House floor later this week — NOW IS THE TIME to STOP 1318. SB...
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Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown
Imagine being 10 years old and pregnant as a result of rape by your stepfather. Imagine being forced to carry that pregnancy to term and give birth — all because your government says so. This is...
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Political Posturing: The Federal 20-Week Abortion Ban
U.S. Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona’s 8th congressional district speaking at the Arizona Republican Party 2014 election victory party in Phoenix. Photo: Gage Skidmore The idea of a 20-week abortion ban...
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