U.S.
Attacks on reproductive rights spread to 14 states
June 23, 2006On June 13 in Columbus, Ohio, pro-choice advocates made their case to Ohio lawmakers who are considering a ban on all abortions in that state. Addressing the absence of exceptions allowing for victims of rape to...
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A resource in the fight for single-payer health care
June 23, 2006Just what is The United States National Health Insurance Act, HR 676, introduced into Congress by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.)? The brief answer is that it is a proposed law in Congress to extend enhanced “Medicare...
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Coalition urges water board to stop agribusiness pollution
June 20, 2006SACRAMENTO, Calif. — While municipalities, industry and other water users are subject to water quality standards when they discharge waste water into rivers and streams, agribusiness in the Central Valley and other farming areas of California...
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Forest Service auctions timber from national forest
June 16, 2006MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — To the dismay of environmentalists, the U.S. Forest Service auctioned off timber from a remote, burned-over section of a national forest June 9 in the first such sale since the Bush administration...
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Conservatives favor purity over cancer vaccine
June 16, 2006On June 8 the Food and Drug Administration approved a vaccine for the human papillomavirus (HPV). The vaccine appears to be 100 percent effective at protecting against the most prevalent viruses that cause cervical cancer. While...
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