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kaisernetwork.org » kaisernetwork.org: Women's Health Policy Daily Report - Nov 2, 2007
A House-Senate conference committee on Thursday approved a fiscal year 2008 appropriations measure that would include a $27.8 million increase in funding of abstinence education programs, CQ Today reports. The …
kaisernetwork.org » kaisernetwork.org: Women's Health Policy Daily Report - Nov 2, 2007
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., on Thursday heard a request to review the panel's decision to overturn a 2003 Virginia law that bans so-called "partial-birth" abortion …
kaisernetwork.org » kaisernetwork.org: Women's Health Policy Daily Report - Nov 2, 2007
Sixty-seven percent of U.S. adults favor allowing public schools to provide contraceptives to students, including 37% who favor providing them only to children whose parents have consented and 30% who favor providing …
kaisernetwork.org » kaisernetwork.org: Women's Health Policy Daily Report - Nov 2, 2007
USA Today on Thursday examined the reasons Pap tests remain the top cervical cancer screening tool despite some recent studies that found human papillomavirus tests to be "superior" tools (Rubin, USA Today, 11/1) …
kaisernetwork.org » kaisernetwork.org: Women's Health Policy Daily Report - Nov 2, 2007
A cultural preference for male children in Vietnam is "further tipping the balance between the sexes in Asia," where couples in China and India also prefer boys, according to a series of reports released this week by …
kaisernetwork.org » kaisernetwork.org: Women's Health Policy Daily Report - Nov 1, 2007
Fifty-five percent of white evangelical Republicans say they would consider voting for a conservative third-party candidate in the 2008 presidential election if former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) and Sen …
kaisernetwork.org » kaisernetwork.org: Women's Health Policy Daily Report - Nov 1, 2007
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops this month during its fall meeting in Baltimore plan to vote on a draft document of guidelines to assist Roman Catholics in deciding which candidates to support in upcoming …
kaisernetwork.org » kaisernetwork.org: Women's Health Policy Daily Report - Nov 1, 2007
The Politico on Wednesday examined Sen. Arlen Specter's (R-Pa.) earmarks for abstinence-based sex education programs. According to The Politico, Specter -- the ranking member on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee …
kaisernetwork.org » kaisernetwork.org: Women's Health Policy Daily Report - Nov 1, 2007
The Wisconsin Assembly on Tuesday voted 65-32 to approve a bill that will require doctors to determine that women seeking an abortion consent to the procedure and are not coerced into it, the AP/WKBT.com reports …
kaisernetwork.org » kaisernetwork.org: Women's Health Policy Daily Report - Nov 1, 2007
The British Parliament's Select Committee on Science and Technology in a report released on Wednesday said there is "no scientific basis" for lowering the 24-week gestational limit on legal abortion in the country …