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Sad news
State Senator Anita Bowser (D-Michigan City) passed away this morning. She was a strong supporter of reproductive rights and other feminist causes. Last month at the Planned Parenthood rally at the statehouse, she encouraged more young women like us to run for office. She will be very missed. -
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Sorry for the lack of updates. The good news is that there's not TOO much bad stuff to report. 2 of 3 anti-choice bills died in the Senate, and none were heard in the House. Below is a decent article from the Star about one of the bills that died.
Birth-control debate sinks abortion bill
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Values Play Into Treatment Recommendations, Study FindsBy Rob Stein ( Read more... ) -
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Don't forget, tomorrow is the Prevention Now Rally at the Statehouse. Hope to see you there! -
Blogs of interest
While all of us are obviously at least semi-active on LJ (or we wouldn't be here), there are lots of other great blogs outside of this site that I read on a regular basis. I'm sure all of you probably have some non-LJ favorites as well, so please share them in the comments if you get the chance.
Indiana specific/Indiana bloggers
Masson's blog
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Bills of interest from Planned Parenthood (long but worth a read)
Senate Bill 117-Refusal to dispense birth controlThis bill would change Indiana law such that no person shall be required, as a condition of training, employment, pay, promotion, or privileges, to dispense either (A) a medical device or drug that may result in an abortion; or (B) a birth control device or medication. So the nurse who refused to ( Read more... ) -
Gaining Access to HPV vaccinations
Did you know that 70% of cervical cancer is caused by a virus ( Read more... ) -
And so it begins...
Abortion bills make way back to the Statehouse
Under legislation, doctors would have to say that life begins at conception and that a fetus could feel painBy Bill Ruthhart ( Read more... )
