This isn’t directly related to birth control, but I think gender equality is important in talking and making decisions about birth control, so pushing for it in a more public arena can only help bring it about privately. Women in America earn less than 80% of what men earn, and for African-Americans and Hispanics, the [...]
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Blogging to end the wage gap
Posted in News: Politics, tagged discrimination, fair pay, john cornyn, kay bailey hutchison, ledbetter, sexism, texas, women on April 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Trouble with a capital T and that rhymes with P and that stands for pill
Posted in News: Politics, tagged fdra, houston, kay bailey hutchison, planned parenthood, Politics, prevention through affordable access, UH, vox on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Word up to my local VOX: Voices for Planned Parenthood chapter and their work to get our own Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison to support and co-sponsor the Prevention Through Affordable Access Act, which would allow students to have their birth control prescriptions filled at a discounted rate again. The article goes into greater detail about [...]
Boo to Bush’s 2009 budget
Posted in News: Politics, tagged abstinence only, aids, family planning, george w. bush, hiv, medicaid, medicare, Politics, sex education, std prevention, title x on February 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The best thing about President Bush’s proposed budget for next year is that it’s the last one we’ll see from him. Things don’t look good for safe sex next year. The proposed budget would cut family planning for Medicaid by $3.3 billion over five years, flat-fund Title X, and increase funding for abstinence-only sex education [...]
