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Man Pleads Guilty in Ohio Gunpoint Abortion Case

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A man charged under an Ohio fetal homicide law with trying to force his pregnant girlfriend at gunpoint to get an abortion pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder, weapons and abduction counts. Dominic Holt-Reid pulled a gun Oct. 6 on girlfriend Yolanda Burgess, who was three months pregnant, and...

Washington Teen Fakes Pregnancy as School Project

TOPPENISH, Wash. -- A high school student who faked her pregnancy for six months as a social experiment stunned a student assembly this week by taking off the belly bundle. Only a handful of people knew that 17-year-old Gaby Rodriguez wasn't really pregnant, including her mother, boyfriend and the principal, according to...

Police: Suspect Charged in Death of Pregnant Woman

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- The infant son of a pregnant woman slain this week is in good health at a Kentucky hospital. Bowling Green Medical Center spokeswoman Doris Thomas says the infant boy was in stable condition on Friday. Police have charged 33-year-old Kathy Michelle Coy in the death of the mother, 21-year-old Jamie...

Wave of Anti-Abortion Bills Advance in the States

NEW YORK -- Dozens of bills are advancing through statehouses nationwide that would put an array of new obstacles - legal, financial and psychological - in the paths of women seeking abortions. The tactics vary: mandatory sonograms and anti-abortion counseling, sweeping limits on insurance coverage, bans on abortions...

South Dakota Governor Signs Controversial Abortion Bill

PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed a law Tuesday requiring women to wait three days after meeting with a doctor to have an abortion, the longest waiting period in the nation. Abortion rights groups have already said they plan to file a lawsuit challenging the measure, which also requires women to...

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Breastfeeding: Why Do So Many Moms Fall Short Of Their Goals?

Sarah's breastfeeding difficulties began in the hospital.

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National Guard Says Breastfeeding Mothers Were Wrong

The Washington Air National Guard says two nursing mothers were wrong to be photographed in uniform while breast-feeding their babies.

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Posture or Posturing: Myths and Reality

At some point in almost everyone's teen years, a well-meaning parent or teacher tells us to correct the way we're standing or sitting.

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10 Days, 10 Ways to Fight AIDS -- (RED)RUSH TO ZERO

Today sees the launch of the first ever (RED)RUSH.

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Live Action Planned Parenthood 'Sting' Videos Are Heavily Edited

The anti-abortion activist group Live Action released two videos this week of Planned Parenthood staffers discussing sex-selective abortions with actors posing as patients, but a side-by-side analysis of one of the edited videos and the original, unedited version of it shows that parts of the conversation were...

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06/04/12 Reproductive Health Workers Insist On Need for Family... Source: AllAfrica Health Family planning is crucial not only for individual and family development, but also for the development of the country as a whole, affecting on the way global development.
06/04/12 Sex workers raped by one-time clients Source: The Swazi Observer THE Swaziland HIV Bio-Behavioural Surveillance Study and Qualitative Study among the Most At-Risk Populations (MARPS), shows that some sex workers have been raped more than six times by clients.
06/04/12 Do the post-orgasmic walk Source: iafrica.com A woman who regularly has orgasms could give her game away just by the way she walks.
06/04/12 Gay blood review continues unfair stigma Source: ABC News - Australia Like other Australians who have safe sex in monogamous relationships, I am at virtually zero risk from HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
06/04/12 Variation in microRNAs may explain survival... Source: News-Medical.Net Researchers and doctors at the North Shore-LIJ Health System and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have discovered a potential explanation for why breast cancer is not experienced the same way with African American and Caucasian patients.

Background on sexual health

Within the framework of the World Health Organization's (WHO) definition of health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, reproductive health, or sexual health/hygiene, addresses the reproductive processes, functions and system at all stages of life.

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