SIECUS Policy Update – January 2003
In this issue:
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Washington State HIV/AIDS Council Asks Governor to Reject
Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Title V Funding
Washington State's HIV/AIDS advisory board, the Governor's Advisory Council on
HIV/AIDS (GACHA), has asked Governor Gary Locke (D) to reject future federal
Title V abstinence-only-until-marriage funding. To read more… http://www.siecus.org/policy/PUpdates/pdate0045.html#WAS
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Emergency Contraception Credited in Reduction of Abortion Rates
Women's increased use of emergency contraception (EC) substantially contributed
to the 11 percent decline in abortion rates between 1994 and 2000, according to
a recent report by the Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI). To read more… http://www.siecus.org/policy/PUpdates/pdate0046.html#EME
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Government Fact Sheet on Condoms Another Example of Ideology over Science
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has replaced its condom
fact sheet with a new one that omits scientifically-based information. The
previous fact sheet, which was created during the Clinton Administration in
1996, was taken off the CDC's web site in July 2001.
The CDC has also replaced its fact sheet debunking the myth that women who have had abortions are at a greater risk of developing breast cancer with one that says the research is inconsistent. The American Cancer Institute maintains that there is no link between abortions and cancer and that studies suggesting a link are flawed. To read more…http://www.siecus.org/policy/PUpdates/pdate0047.html#GOV
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