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WomenCount Denounce Ludacris' Sexist Rap Lyrics
WomenCount denounced Ludacris' new song, "Politics" for its attacks on political figures Senator Hillary Clinton, President George Bush, Senator John McCain, and Reverend Jesse Jackson. WomenCount decried the lyrics as "outrageous, offensive, and unacceptable." Communication director Rosemary Camp...
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Abstinence-Only Funds Spent on Crisis Pregnancy Centers in KY
The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) published a report Tuesday on abstinence-only-before-marriage program funds in Kentucky. The report reveals that Kentucky received over $3 million in federal funding last year, but that the state continues to have high rat...
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Proposed Health and Human Services Rule Would Override MN EC Law
A proposed rule change to Health and Human Services (HHS) regulations would endanger a Minnesota law that requires doctors to offer rape victims emergency contraception. The federally proposed rule would exp...
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AIDS Deaths Decreased in 2007, though Domestic Focus on Infected African-Americans Lags
The UN announced on Tuesday that the percentage of AIDS deaths worldwide has decreased 10%. However, the prevalence of new infections has remained the same at 2.7 million cases a year. The UN report
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Anti-Affirmative Action Measures on November Ballots in AZ, CO, and NE
Anti-affirmative action measures will be on the state-wide ballots in Arizona, Colorado and Nebraska this November. These measures call themselves civil rights initiatives but would effectively end affirmative action programs in these states. The deceptive wording borrows the language of civil right...
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