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55 years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Earlier that year, 15-year old Claudette Colvin did the same thing.

A new fetal “personhood” amendment is in the works in Florida.

Nancy Goldstein on the best news women have had yet regarding the AIDS pandemic.

The Illinois House has passed a civil unions bill for same-sex couples.

RH Reality Check’s Brook Kelly talks about how U.S. policy ignores the reproductive rights of HIV-positive women.

For Judy Chicago lovers: A personal narrative of her artwork.

55 years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Earlier that year, 15-year old Claudette Colvin did the same thing.

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Stand Strong with Youth on World AIDS Day

This is a guest post for World AIDS Day by Planned Parenthood’s Dr. Sarah Onyango, Regional Director for Africa and Dr. Linda Valencia, Guatemala Program Manager.

Just outside the sprawling city of Nairobi, Kenya, sits Kibera, one of the largest urban slums in Africa.  In Kibera, most families live in shacks with dirt floors and tin roofs, nearly all without electricity, running water or toilets.  Lack of access to basic sanitation and health care means that growing up in Kibera puts young people at increased risk of disease and infection.  HIV prevalence may be falling around the world, but the epidemic still rages in the slums and, according to the latest UNAIDS estimates, young people continue to account for ...

This is a guest post for World AIDS Day by Planned Parenthood’s Dr. Sarah Onyango, Regional Director for Africa and Dr. Linda Valencia, Guatemala Program Manager.

Just outside the sprawling city of Nairobi, Kenya, sits Kibera, one ...