The teen birth rate has risen for the first time in 15 years, renewing discussion on the efficacy of abstinence-only education programs. Many states with the highest teen birth rates teach abstinence-only instead of comprehensive sex education
Rev. Anne Fowler writes for RH Reality Check on her personal experience in choosing abortion. She links her spirituality with her commitment to women's right to choose
A Dutch woman has been arrested for having a late-term abortion in Spain, where the procedure is illegal. It is highly unusual for women inside the Netherlands to be arrested for similar actions, due to the widespread access of Dutch women to reproductive health services. It is also unusual for a Dutch citizen to be arrested for a crime overseas. This case follows the arrest of six people last month during raids on reproductive health clinics. Spanish police are currently being pressured by a conservative religious group to make arrests in abortion cases
In sub-Saharan Africa, cross-generational relationships (which typically involve older men and adolescent girls) have been recognized as a key area of HIV infection. More programs are needed to encourage contraception such as consistent condom use
Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson has picked up another anti-choice endorsement from South Carolina Citizens for Life, which plans to help his campaign in that state and run radio ads
Katha Pollitt opines on the phenomenon of "left-leaning" men in the media who like Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Huckabee wants constitutional amendments to ban abortion and gay marriage. Pollitt also reminds us that when he was governor of Arkansas, Huckabee blocked Medicaid from paying for the abortion of a teen victim of incest despite Federal laws requiring such payments. The original story on that case here.
