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NATIONAL POLITICS & POLICY | Bush Administration Developing Rule
That Could Limit Access to Birth Control [July 15, 2008]
The Bush administration is developing a regulation that would define
abortion as "any of the various procedures -- including the
prescription, dispensing and administration of any drug or the
performance of any procedure or any other action -- that results in
the termination of the life of a human being in utero between
conception and natural birth, whether before or after implantation,"
the New York Times reports.
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PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH | Teen Birth Rate Increased in 2006,
Federal Interagency Report Finds [July 14, 2008]
The U.S. teenage birth rate increased by 2.8% from 2005 to 2006,
marking the first increase in the rate in 15 years, according to a
report released Thursday by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and
Family Statistics -- a consortium of 22 federal agencies, Bloomberg
reports.
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STATE POLITICS & POLICY | Washington Post Examines Colo.
'Personhood' Ballot Initiative [July 15, 2008]
The Washington Post on
Sunday examined a proposed amendment to the Colorado Constitution that would define a "person" to "include any human being from the moment of fertilization." According to the Post, Colorado is the first state to succeed in placing such an amendment on a statewide ballot.
Read more at http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=b-_oaPt2QWdZzb0QV6Cmrg..

INTERNATIONAL NEWS | Brazilian Lawmakers Reject Bill To Legalize
Abortion [July 11, 2008]
Efforts to legalize abortion for birth control in Brazil, the world's most populous
Roman Catholic country, were rejected by the lower house of the
country's national Congress by a 57-4 vote of the Justice and
Constitution Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, Reuters reports.
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PUBLIC HEALTH & EDUCATION | Training Program That Teaches Parents How To Discuss Sex With Children Effective, Study Says [July 14, 2008]
A new training program that teaches parents at their workplace how to
discuss sex with their children could be an effective way to reduce
high-risk sexual behavior among teenagers, according to a U.S. study
published Thursday in the British Medical Journal, Reuters reports.
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PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH | Obesity Increasing Among Pregnant Women
in U.S., New York Times Reports [July 15, 2008]
One in five women who gives birth in the U.S. is obese, and physicians
are seeing a greater number of pregnant women who are morbidly obese -- weighing 400, 500 or 600 pounds -- the New York Times reports.
Read more at http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=1T6DGEG0f_il-G955mYGWQ..

INTERNATIONAL NEWS | U.N., World Bank Call for Improved Access to
Family Planning on Eve of World Population Day [July 11, 2008]
The United Nations Population Fund called for more action to promote
birth control, gender equality and reproductive health in recognition
of World Population Day on Friday, Reuters reports.
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ABORTION NEWS | Web Site Offers Medical Abortion Drugs to Women in
Countries Where Access is Heavily Restricted [July 14, 2008]
Some women living in countries where abortion is restricted are using
the Internet to purchase the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol to
induce abortion, according to a review published in the British
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, BBC News reports.
Read more at http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=s4wpawUWwoEbJWzz0ACxzA..

NATIONAL POLITICS & POLICY | Senate Rejects DeMint Amendment to
Global AIDS Bill [July 16, 2008]
The Senate on Tuesday voted to table several amendments to a bill (S
2731) that would reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS
Relief, including one offered by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) to prohibit
funding to groups that "support or participate in the management of a
program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization."
Read more at http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=uhtRIUxqsa9SoSJA2aSesw..

ELECTION 2008 | Planned Parenthood To Run Ads Criticizing McCain
Response About Insurance Coverage for Contraception [July 16, 2008]
The Planned Parenthood Action Fund will begin airing ads today
criticizing Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for his response to a question
on insurance coverage for birth control, The Politico's "Ben Smith's
Blog" reports.
Read more at http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=GFTVKSqVv_1YH8819zul1w..

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