Colombia has poverty unlike anything we see in the US. On average Colombia is a middle income country, but the disparities in wealth mean that it’s poor are among the most disadvantaged in the world. Transportation is spotty and communication erratic. Machismo is alive and well, and teen pregnancy is increasing. So, how to reach the kids? You don’t wait for them to come to you; you go to them.
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The Pill’s 50th
Below are links to various articles where I am quoted on the 50th anniversary of the Pill.
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No More Taj Mahals
By Alexander Sanger
That great reformer Martin Luther said, “If [women] become tired or even die, that does not matter. Let them die in childbirth–that is why they are there.” Luther never recanted this statement. I guess he had other fish, or indulgences, to fry. Continue reading
Spain
This week Spain decriminalized abortion up to 14 weeks of pregnancy. The government enacted the law over the strenuous opposition of the Roman Catholic Church and brings Spain’s abortion law in line with much of the rest of Europe. Minors of 16 and 17 can obtain abortions without parental consent and in some cases notification. This is a major victory for women, which we hope to replicate in the former Spanish colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
Support IPPF’s mobile health clinics and teams in Haiti! (with thanks to Beth Kanter)
Photo from International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region showing the complete devastation of its PROFAMIL Haiti clinic. Continue reading
Haiti
The latest report we have from our Planned Parenthood in Haiti, Profamil, is that our two clinics in Port au Prince and Jacmel are, if not totally destroyed, then unusable. The staff has tried to salvage what supplies they can, but have been largely unsuccessful.
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Opening Pandora’s Box
There is an article entitled, “Opening Pandora’s Box”, in the Headline Bistro of November 16, 2009 by Vicki Thorn, on the subject of hormonal contraception and its influence on mate choice. The article quotes Beyond Choice extensively. The article is aimed at a Catholic readership. You can read it at:
Presentation of the IPPF/WHR Medal of Honor
By Alexander Sanger
To the Family of George Tiller, M.D.
September 25, 2009
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Fetal Personhood Laws
One of The United States’ most well-known, but fraught, exports, from the point of view of importing nations, is its culture – most notably its music, television and movies. Less well known, but of greater consequence for women, is the export of new anti-choice tactics by the Catholic Church and its allies in the culture war that insists that all abortion be outlawed. The newest of these tactics is the Fetal Personhood Law.
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