I support Planned Parenthood for the same reasons millions of other people do, but I have another, more unique, reason for supporting Planned Parenthood. I have a remote connection to its origin: Anthony Comstock was a distant relative of mine.
A plea to the media to ask politicians about policy and not personal views on abortion. The HPV vaccine doesn't lead to sex, but figure skating can lead a gender studies professor to write a book.
Texas's top public health official announced yesterday that if it is compelled by the courts to include Planned Parenthood in the Women's Health Program, it will simply shut the health program down entirely.
Amendment 6 is an attack on reproductive rights. It would change the Florida Constitution to outlaw public funding for abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or where the life of the mother is affected.
It's not surprising that a vaccine has no effect on adolescent sexual behavior. What is surprising is that fear of "sluttiness" is the number-one reason parents decide not to vaccinate their kids against HPV.
As corporations expand their philanthropic giving, an epidemic that affects millions of American women is being pushed further out of sight: Domestic violence. The economic toll that domestic abuse exacts on our social service system, workplaces, and law enforcement is in the billions.
