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Bill To Expand Insurance Coverage Of Contraception For Teens Fuels Debate In West Va.
The antiabortion-rights group Family Policy Council of West Virginia issued a statement Wednesday calling on state lawmakers to support abstinence-only sex education and oppose legislation that would expand insurance coverage of contraception for teens, the Charleston Gazette reports…
Iowa Senate To Consider Extending No-Cost Family Planning To Older Women
An Iowa Senate committee will soon debate a proposal to provide no-cost family planning services to low-income women ages 45 through 54 whose private insurance does not cover the care, the Des Moines Register reports. The proposal would include coverage of comprehensive annual exams, pap tests, cervical cancer screening, birth control and other services…
Abstinence-Only Advocates See Senate Reform Bill As Last Hope For Federal Funding
Abstinence-only advocates are relying on the Senate version of health reform legislation (HR 3590) for federal funding after the fiscal year 2010 budget did not include money for the programs, HealthLeaders Media reports. The Senate reform bill includes a provision that would allocate $50 million to states to fund abstinence-only curriculums…
Also In Global Health News: Uganda Anti-Gay Bill; Zimbabwe Aid; Male Circumcision; Rural Health In India; HIV/AIDS Health Insurance
Bloomberg Reports Uganda To Drop Death Penalty, Life Sentence From Anti-Gay Bill “Uganda will drop the death penalty and life imprisonment for gays in a refined version of an anti-gay bill expected to be ready for presentation to Parliament in two weeks, James Nsaba Buturo, the minister of ethics and integrity, said” Thursday, Bloomberg reports…