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Washington Update: Abortion Funding Not in Health-Care Bill (blog.sojo.net) TMC

The health-care reform debate in Washington, D.C., has many components, but one that has drawn enormous attention from the pro-life community is a concern over whether health-care reform would provide... More

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Submitted 7 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |

Bid to Strip Planned Parenthood Funding Rejected | RHRealityCheck.org (rhrealitycheck.org) TMC

As first reported by RH Reality Check, the U.S. House voted down an amendment to the Labor, Health, and Human Services bill on Friday that sought to ban all public funding for Planned Parenthood.... More

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Submitted 7 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |

REAL Act introduced today (www.feministing.com) TMC

Today on Capitol Hill Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) will formally introduce a bill that will finally authorize federal funding for comprehensive sex education.

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Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

VA Gets More Than $5.7 Million in New Federal Funding for Community Health (www.publicnewsservice.org) TMC

Virginia is preparing to receive more than $5.7 million in federal stimulus money, dedicated to building new community health centers and supporting existing ones. The funding, announced Monday, is... More

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Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Community health on the frontlines (www.racewire.org) TMC

There’s a lot of hooplah these days about Obama’s political maneuvers on health policy, but health care reform is getting a more subtle, but no less systemic boost in the new stimulus... More

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Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Opponents of Family Planning Funding are Culturally Irresponsible (www.rhrealitycheck.org) TMC

Putting resources towards family planning prevents unplanned pregnancies, many of which would have ended in abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Many of us suspected as much, but this... More

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Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

When The Money Runs Out: Abortion Funds Struggling (www.rhrealitycheck.org) TMC

Reading the news these days is more depressing than usual in Richmond, Virginia. Headlines even in our notoriously conservative local paper tell a tale of struggle for the working class and poor.

Tags: abortion,funding,money runs out,tmc,maternal health

Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

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