| House Republicans Abuse Appropriations Process to Push Ideological Agenda |
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The Committee on Appropriations in the House of Representatives released its draft of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) spending bill for Fiscal Year 2013 on July 17, 2012. This legislation, which House Republicans drafted without allowing input from the other side of the aisle, ... |
| Congresswoman Barbara Lee Introduces Legislation to Achieve an AIDS-Free Generation |
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Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), a stalwart leader in the fight to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic and founding member of the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, introduced the Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Act of 2012 (H.R. 6138) on July 19, 2012, three days before the beginning of the 19th International AIDS Conference in ... |
| 2012 XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC |
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The XIX International AIDS Conference, the largest gathering of delegates working in the field of HIV/AIDS, kicked off July 22 in Washington, D.C. and ended July 27. Thanks to the lifting of a U.S. ban on HIV positive travelers in 2009[1], the conference was held in the United States for ... |
| Mississippi’s Sole Abortion Clinic Fights to Remain Open |
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Mississippi is embroiled in a legal battle after the sole remaining abortion clinic in the state, the Jackson Women’s Health Organization (JWHO), sued the state after a law scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2012 threatened to shut it down.[1] H.B. 1390 requires all physicians who perform abortions to ... |
| House Judiciary Committee Passes 20 Week Abortion Ban in DC |
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On July 18, 2012, members of the U.S. Judiciary House Committee voted to pass a strict ban prohibiting abortions 20 weeks post-fertilization in the District of Columbia, with no exceptions other than the risk of death or irreversible physical impairment to a major bodily function of the pregnant woman.[1] Introduced ... |
