May 2005 Legislative Reports
2005 State Sexual and Reproductive Health Legislative Reports1 Accurate as of May…
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Prevention First Introduced in House of Representatives Without REAL Prevention
On April 19, Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY) took the lead in introducing…
Montgomery County, MD Cancels Controversial Sexuality Education Program
After conservatives both locally and nationally staged an all-out campaign against the…
Illinois Moves to Ensure Pharmacy Access
On April 18, 2005, Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) of Illinois issued an…
House Passes Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, Amid Controversy
On April 27, 2005, the United States House of Representative passed a…
South Carolina-Based Heritage Community Services Expanding their Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Program Domestically and Internationally
As part of a worrisome trend of abstinence-only-until-marriage programs expanding beyond their…
U.S. Government Appropriating the Uganda Success Story, New Human Rights Watch Report Reveals
A new report by Human Rights Watch documents how the U.S. government…
Debate Continues Surrounding Kansas Attorney General’s Subpoena for Medical Records: Women’s Right to Privacy at Forefront
In 2004, Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline (R) issued a subpoena for…
New Study Says Comprehensive Sexuality Education is Needed to Address Growing Number of Young Teens Having Oral Sex
New research published in Pediatrics found that 20% of 9 th graders…
Workplace Religious Freedom Act: Civil Rights Protection or Harmful Discrimination?
The Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2005 (WRFA) (S. 677, H.R. 1445)…
Communities Fighting Back Against Kansas Hate Group
The Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, KS is well-known for its protests…
Senate Votes In Favor of the World’s Women and Against the Global Gag Rule
On April 5 th , under the leadership of Senator Barbara Boxer…