Marysia's blog

A new, improved female condom has been approved in the US & is getting global attention for its power to prevent unintended pregnancies and abortions as well as HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.

To learn more:

Chicago Female Condom Campaign http://www.ringonit.org/index.php

Prevention Now! Expanding Global Access to Female Condoms http://www.preventionnow.net/

At least 200 million women globally want family planning but lack access to knowledgeable, equipped health workers. 50 million women worldwide have abortions every year, and the number of unintended pregnancies is even higher.

You can make a difference with as little as USD 10. That's the cost to donate one copy of the acclaimed Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers--available now in at least 10 languages.

Over the past twenty years, US maternal/fetal deaths from pregnancy & childbirth have *doubled.* The poor and women and children of color are the most affected. Lack of timely health care--or health care at all--is a major culprit. Please demand lifesaving action.

http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=13937

Millions of girl children worldwide are forced into marriage. They are highly vulnerable to rape, battery, HIV/AIDS infection, and the complications of too-soon pregnancy. They lose out on their dreams of education, work, and family happiness. Please urge the US to take a stand against child marriage:

http://www.thechildhealthsite.com/clickToGive/campaign.faces?siteId=5&campaign=StopChildMarriage

Via UNFPA's Conversations for a Better World:

In Nebraska, prolifers and prochoicers are demanding truly universal prenatal care. It includes undocumented immgrants.

May this be the wave of the future.