Weekly version of the Daily Women's Health Policy Report
The weekly version of the Daily Women's Health Policy Report highlights the week's top 10 news stories on reproductive health and rights. The complete list of stories is available online, and you may also subscribe to the daily version at http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=aI1MYt2_RHKgLBcm7l9HGg.. Top 10 Headlines:
NATIONAL POLITICS & POLICY | Medical Groups, AHA, 13 Attorneys
General Voice Opposition to HHS Regulation [Sept. 25, 2008]
In advance of Thursday's end to a public comment period on an HHS draft regulation that would allow health care providers who receive federal grants to "opt out" of care they object to based on moral or religious grounds, six medical associations and 13 state attorneys general on Wednesday wrote to HHS to protest the rule, the AP/Google.com reports. Read more at http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=sc7HYttqrcVl824_YAXjuA..
ELECTION 2008 | New Obama Ad Defends Abortion-Rights Record,
Criticizes McCain's Support for Abortion Ban [Sept. 22, 2008]
Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) recently launched a new advertisement in New Mexico and Ohio that cites his support for abortion rights and criticized an advertisement being aired in the same market by the group BornAliveTruth.org, the AP/Google.com reports. Read more at http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=wjZBlVRf5RR9Y3nNRQvudg..
ABORTION NEWS | Guttmacher Report Documents 30-Year Low in Abortion Rates, Major Shift in Abortion Demographics [Sept. 23, 2008]
A Guttmacher Institute analysis of 30 years of data since the Supreme Court's 1973 ruling on Roe v. Wade found that the U.S. abortion rate is at its lowest level since 1974 and that the decline has been more significant among white women and teenagers than among blacks and Hispanic and older women, the Los Angeles Times reports. Read more at http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=YRwIcZZqVkCPGnNyKbyTKw..
INTERNATIONAL NEWS | UNIFEM Report Calls for Increased Accountability To Improve Maternal Health, Curb Discrimination Worldwide [Sept. 22, 2008]
A report released Thursday by the U.N. Development Fund for Women said that increased measures to ensure government accountability are necessary in order to meet the existing commitments to end widespread discrimination against women, the AP/Boston Globe reports. Read more at http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=MozJRMoRkqpnXzwOPxWgKQ..
PUBLIC HEALTH & EDUCATION | NPR's 'Morning Edition' Examines
Parents' Concerns About HPV Vaccine [Sept. 19, 2008]
NPR's "Morning Edition" on Thursday examined how uneasiness among some parents about having their adolescent girls receive the human papillomavirus vaccine, which is recommended for girls ages 11 to 12, is contributing to low vaccination rates. Read more at http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=OXxP0LcpBVu7KEoAAxw0kg..
ELECTION 2008 | Washington Post Examines South Dakota Abortion Ban Ballot Initiative [Sept. 23, 2008]
The Washington Post on Sunday examined South Dakota's Initiated Measure 11, an abortion ban ballot proposal. The proposal, which will be on the state's ballot in November, would ban abortions except in cases of rape or incest, to save a woman's life or to avert a "substantial and irreversible" maternal health risk of impairment to "a major bodily organ or system." Read more at http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=TgXmHUQrgBK4KLE4cWv9aQ..
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES | MSNBC.com Examines New Ovarian Tissue Transplant Procedure [Sept. 22, 2008]
MSNBC.com on Thursday examined an experimental procedure that aims to preserve the fertility of girls and young women undergoing medical treatments for cancer and other conditions that could cause them to become sterile.
Read more at http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=QVWYgSNtb0zOgq8Aznb66g..
ELECTION 2008 | Los Angeles Times Examines Calif. Ballot Measure To
Require Parental Notification for Minors Seeking Abortions [Sept. 25,2008]
The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday examined Proposition 4, a California ballot measure that would require physicians to notify a parent or adult family member 48 hours before providing abortion services to a minor. Read more at http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=AybOlDAw2sOMwO838aETCg..
PUBLIC HEALTH & EDUCATION | Study Finds Shorter Intensive
Radiation Therapy Effective in Treating Early-Stage Breast Cancer[Sept. 24, 2008]
Three weeks of intensive radiation therapy is as effective as or more effective than the standard five weeks of therapy in the treatment of early-stage breast cancer, according to a study presented on Monday at a meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology in Boston, Long Island Newsday reports. Read more at http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=uffma7VG1qUXIXqKA7PE5Q..
INTERNATIONAL NEWS | Physicians, Politicians in Russia Increasing
Efforts To Discourage Abortion, Los Angeles Times Reports [Sept. 23,2008]
Physicians and politicians in Russia are "quietly" increasing efforts to dissuade patients from abortion in the country, which is believed to have the highest abortion rate worldwide, the Los Angeles Times reports. Read more at http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/R?i=AWum6JMwFHOqczE8gKhiNQ..
