| National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy Nears Completion |
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Among the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), commonly referred to as health care reform legislation, was authorization for the establishment of a National Prevention, He |
| A Year after the Earthquake, Haiti Struggles to Provide Reproductive Health Care |
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One year after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, efforts to protect women living in the aftermath of the disaster from unintended pregnancy, HIV infection, and especially sexual violence have fallen devastatingly short. Though governments, relief organizations, and individuals have collectively donated huge sums of money toward ... |
| New Research Shows Stagnation of Previously Declining U.S. Abortion Rates |
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Abortion rates in the United States have been steadily falling since 1981, but according to new research by the Guttmacher Institute, the U.S. abortion rate has come to a possible standstill, or even a reversal of the long-term decline. The 2008 data on abortion incidence in the United States (the ... |
| Mississippi Sex Ed Bill Takes a Shot at Improving State Policy, Supporting Adolescent Health |
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Just weeks after the start of the Mississippi 2011 State Legislative Session on January 4, 2011, there have been six different bills introduced related to providing sex education in public schools, including four bills in the House of Representatives (HB 507, HB 965, HB 999, and HB 1091) and two ... |
