From RH Reality Check
World Bank Reproductive Health Strategy
Serra Sippel, Center for Health and Gender Equity on May 8, 2007 – 8:45am
The Bush administration has gained notoriety for using women’s health as a pawn in catering to its ultra-conservative political base. Particularly noticeable is its attempts to narrow the scope in which international agreements and agencies address sexual and reproductive health and rights, such as attempting to remove references to reproductive rights and access to reproductive health services in UN documents, cutting off U.S. funding for UNFPA, and trying to restrict WHO positions on abortion and generic drugs. To this administration, women are always dispensable.
Global Impact of Anti-Prostitution Pledge
Julia Greenberg, American Jewish World Service on May 9, 2007 – 9:00am
Friday night, running late for a dinner party, I burst in and obnoxiously asked my hosts if I could turn on 20/20 for the big expose on the DC Madam. In retrospect I cannot imagine why in my wildest dreams I would have expected John Stossel, the 20/20 host known for his right wing punditry (and his unfortunate mustache) would deliver a cutting edge report that would bring down the halls of power.
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