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By Choice, Not By Chance: Increasing Access to Family Planning

Bringing modern family planning services to women and men who want them is one of the great global challenges of our era.

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The UN’s Stake in the Election: 4 BIg Issues To Watch

4 big issues at the United Nations that could change after the election.

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Global Reproductive Health in the Presidential Campaign Crosshairs

One of the sharpest differences you will find between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is their approach to global reproductive health care in general and the United Nations Population Fund, known as UNFPA, in particular.

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Take that, Pregnant Lady! Indecency on Display in Congress

In a markup hearing at the House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday, the committee voted to eliminate American funding for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). The vote proceeded along a straight party line vot.

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UNFPA Does Not Support China’s One Child Policy. UNFPA Does Not Support China’s One Child Policy. UNFPA Does Not Support China’s One Child Policy. UNFPA Does Not Support China’s One Child Policy. UNFPA Does Not Support China’s One Child Policy.

Does UNFPA support China’s One Child Policy?

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House Votes to Eliminate Funding for UNFPA

Cutting funding for UNFPA will end up costing more in the long run. In the short term, cutting funding to UNFPA will result in more women dying child birth; more unplanned pregnancies; and prevent a key mechanism for female empowerment worldwide.

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