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Judge: No Blocking Funds for Planned Parenthood

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:05:00 CDT

A federal judge today stopped Texas from preventing a health organization affiliated with abortion providers from receiving state funds. The state immediately appealed. US District Judge Lee Yeakel in Austin ruled there is sufficient evidence that a law banning Planned Parenthood from the state's Women's Health Program is unconstitutional. He...

Komen Cash Pours Back into Planned Parenthood

Matt Cantor — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:08:30 CDT

As the dust settles on this year's Planned Parenthood funding controversy, Susan G. Komen Foundation dollars are making their way back into the organization's coffers. Komen will fund at least 17 Planned Parenthood affiliates this year, approximately matching last year's figure. While some funding applications were rejected due to limited...

Bicycling Can Hurt Women's Sexual Health

John Johnson — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:18:51 CDT

Previous studies have shown that riding a bicycle regularly can take take a toll on men's sexual health, and new research from Yale suggests the same holds true for women, reports the New York Times . The one stand-out finding: the lower the handlebars, the greater the trouble. If a woman...

Time to Forgive Susan G. Komen for the Cure

John Johnson — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:56:16 CDT

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation is by all accounts still reeling from the backlash over its bid to cut Planned Parenthood funding. And while the breast cancer charity deserved all the scorn it got, writes Amy Tennery at the JaneDough blog , it might just be time for...

Rick Perry Deluged With Women's Health Queries

Matt Cantor — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:38:06 CDT

Controversy over women's health care funding in Texas has prompted a direct assault on Rick Perry's Facebook page . The governor has been treated to a wealth of highly specific—and sarcastic—questions about women's health, the Houston Chronicle reports. "Rick, how do you feel about the new comfort glide OB...

Ariz. Bill Lets All Bosses Deny Birth Control Coverage

Rob Quinn — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:45:05 CDT

More contraception controversy: A bill before Arizona's Senate would allow all employers, not just faith-based ones, to exclude birth control from health insurance coverage. "We live in America. We don’t live in the Soviet Union,” one of the bill's Republican sponsors says. "So government shouldn’t be telling employers, Catholic organizations...

GOP Handing 2016 to Hillary

Kevin Spak — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:57:23 CDT

On Saturday, Hillary Clinton took a resounding shot at Republicans. "Why extremists always focus on women remains a mystery to me," she said. "It doesn't matter what country they're in or what religion they claim. They want to control women." Clinton isn't supposed to get involved in domestic politics, "but...

Romney: I'll Get Rid of Planned Parenthood

Rob Quinn — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:50:00 CDT

Mitt Romney was denounced by Democrats and women's health groups yesterday after saying he would "get rid of" Planned Parenthood if he becomes president. "Of course you get rid of Obamacare, that's the easy one, but there are others," he said in response to a question about cutting the deficit....

Hey, Men: Contraception Is Your Fight, Too

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:56:22 CDT

Women may be the people who actually take birth control pills, but men benefit from the practice just the same. The pill "has made our sex lives a lot simpler, and let's admit it, a hell of a lot more enjoyable," write Glenn W. Smith and James Moore. So why...