It seems like we’ve been talking about HIV/AIDS forever, right? I can’t remember NOT talking about it, being born in ’81 and all. It seems like someone is always beating us over the head with statistics like, “there are more than 1 million adults and adolescents in the United States living with HIV; Approximately one-fifth of them (21%) do not know that they are HIV-infected,” (DHHS). From healthcare workers to celebrities, everyone is imploring us to wrap it up, practice safe sex, and be discerning when choosing our sexual partners. …

I don’t find myself with many opportunities to draw a parallel between Poland and Georgia unless I’m talking about Georgia the country and not Georgia the U.S. state and that would still be a stretch. The time has finally arrived, however, in the form of anti-choice billboards designed to open decades-old wounds and fuel long-held fears. [Click here to view the billboard. Contains graphic images]
As discussed in a previous post, billboards have gone up in predominately black neighborhoods around Georgia claiming that Black children are an “endangered species” and abortion …

Sharing this so that interested bloggers may participate.
Dear blogger friends,
You’re invited to take part in a Planned Parenthood Blogger Bee!
On Wednesday, Dec. 2, Planned Parenthood will be holding a National Day of Action to lobby the Senate for health care reform that ensures women’s access to reproductive health care. In order to get the word out as quickly and widely as possible, Planned Parenthood is asking bloggers to write about the National Day of Action and the negative impact that the Stupak amendment would have on health care reform …

I’m pretty disgusted right about now. I was asleep, knocked out due to my sickness and woke up at midnight to find that the House had passed a health care reform bill (HR 3962). Sounds good at first, especially since we have been trying to get SOME form of legislation moving through the process. Unfortunately, this is not what I was hoping for. I get the feeling that most people had/have no idea that today, in what felt like a backdoor sneak move, Representative Bart Stupak put forth an amendment …