U.S.: Assault on Reproductive Health Services Shifts to States
Inaki Borda
NEW YORK, Aug 3 2011 (IPS) – With Republican-led efforts to divert funding from the reproductive health provider Planned Parenthood stumbling in Washington, the battle has moved to the states, with mixed results.
In February, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would have stripped federal funding from , cutting money for contraceptives, HIV tests, breast cancer screenings and reproductive health services for predominantly low-income patients.
The main justification for this defunding was, according to Republicans, to prevent Planned Parenthood from using taxpayer money to carry out abortions.
Nobody is saying Planned Parenthood can t be the leading advocate of abortion on demand, but why do I have to pay for it? declared Rep. Mik…
Kenya Can Lead the Way to Universal Health Care in Africa
Siddharth Chatterjee is the UN Resident Coordinator to Kenya.
The UN in Kenya works with the Keyan Government and partners to ensure health services are delivered where they are most needed. (Credit: UNDP Kenya/James Ochweri)
NAIROBI, Jan 16 2017 (IPS) – Consider this: every year, as a result of unaffordable health care expenses.
For many Kenyan families, the cost of health care is as distressing as the onset of illness and access to treatment. A majority of the population at ri…