Dean of the Johns Hopkins University Public Health School, Dr. Michael J. Klag, ordered the school’s federally-funded online database of reproductive health literature reprogrammed to restore the word 'abortion' as a search term. Administrators had set POPLINE, the world’s largest database on reproductive health, with more than 360,000 records and articles on family planning, fertility and sexually transmitted diseases, to ignore abortion as a search term.
The move to censor abortion-related materials was met with harsh criticism from libraries trying to access the articles and women’s health advocates, according to UPI. POPLINE representatives said that the decision to do so was tied to their funding from the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
Showing posts with label Abortions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abortions. Show all posts
January 22, 2008
35 years after Roe: A legacy of law and morality
The January 22, 1973, Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion remains the law of the land, and passions remain high on both sides of the issue, with annual protests on the anniversary. Access to abortion, then and now, is more than just about simple legalities. Social, religious and family values, as well as finances and politics, still play a role in shaping the abortion issue, but many legal and medical experts say the debate has become predictable.
September 6, 2007
Abortion in the Philippines: a national secret
The backstreet abortions . . . may become more common as a United States government aid program plans to stop distributing contraceptives in the Philippines in 2008. This will leave birth control up to the government which under the influence of Catholic bishops advocates unreliable natural birth control methods rather than the pill and condoms.
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