Nestle Answers: Canada being a signatory to the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes means nothing

This is one of a series of posts that features Nestle’s answers to my questions that came out of the Nestle Family event. To access the other questions and answers, go to follow-up questions for Nestle and click on the questions you are interested in. Answers will be posted as they are received and analyzed. Question You say that you comply with the WHO International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes in all countries that have adopted the code . Canada is a signatory to th

Roundup: Huge Unmet Need for Contraception in Uganda, Highest in Africa

Huge Unmet Need for Contraception in Uganda Uganda has the highest rate of unmet need for contraception in Africa, reports the Guardian UK , denying women the ability to avoid unintended pregnancy and to choose the number and timing of children they bear. “Limited access to family planning services, fears about side effects, opposition from partners and religious beliefs have led to Uganda having the highest unmet need for contraception in east Africa,” says the Guardian. Research in

Does Policy Trail Public Opinion on Gay Rights?

My colleague Adam Liptak has a piece in The New York Times today about the disconnect between the public acceptance of gay marriage and its legal adoption. In his article about a California case, public opinion on same-sex marriage (at least in the form of Proposition 8) appears to lag behind the more liberal opinions of the bench. But in many states, and on many other gay rights issues, the lag seems to go in the opposite direction: legal and policy responses (whether from the legislative or ju

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YUSU Criticised Over Decision To Remove Charity From RAG Beneficiary Ballot

YUSU have come under criticism from charities involved in this year’s RAG beneficiary elections following their decision to remove York Pregnancy Crisis Service, ‘Reflect’, from the ballot. In a decision made by the election’s returning officer, YUSU Democracy and Services Officer Lewis Bretts, Reflect – a pregnancy counselling service – were deemed to be in contravention of Union policy “to actively campaign in support of the pro-choice lobby… [and] to present the arguments for choice at all

Comment on Man Must Pay $12,500 Over Abortion Agreed With Partner by Anonymous

Um you all seem to be missing the point. They both were at fault for the pregnancy, and because of that they both agreed and paid for the abortion. That should have been the end of the story, but the woman either regretted her agreement or wanted to make some money, and she decided to sue the man for no reason. She agreed for the abortion and signed an agreement with him. That should have protected him, saying this was her decision as well, but instead the judge used it against him someh

Singing For Health Care Reform

(Full disclosure: The group that organized the protest is one I work with on my job.) This is something I wish I’d been a part of, and I hope they call me if they need an extra baritone next time. (It’s rare that my vocal training and my politics intersect.) Plus, the guy who got “punk’d” was none other than Bill McInturff , the guy who gave us Harry and Louise . (Not to mention killing health care reform and giving us another decade of pre-existing conditions, recissions, etc.) R

This whole episode should count as community service and as another example of why I shouldn’t be allowed to mix with famous people.

The day before yesterday I got invited as a “member of the media” to go to a Planned Parenthood thingie. I think it was a fund-raiser or a plan to picket them or something. I don’t know. I wasn’t really paying attention to that part because all I really wanted to do was meet Joan Walsh , Editor-in-Chief of Salon.com , and they said if I showed up I could go to a special blogger/media chat afterward with her. I got there about five minutes before the Planned Parenthood presentation

Roundup: Oklahoma Attorney General Seeks Overturn of Restraining Order on Law to Publicize Women’s Medical Info

States attorneys in Oklahoma have filed a motion to dissolve the temporary restraining order issued earlier this week by an Oklahoma County judge which blocks enforcement of a new state abortion law. The controversial law would require that private, confidential medical information of women seeking abortions be put on a public website. And the Republicans are the party of individual rights and opposition to government intrusion? The Oklahoma Journal Record reports that a spokesp

Doctors Work Towards Womb Transplants–But Are They Ethical?

British doctors claim to have made an important step toward completing the first womb transplant . They say they have solved the problem of keeping the blood flowing to the transplanted uterus so that a pregnancy can be carried to term in the recipient. Womb transplants, if proven successful in humans, would offer an alternative to surrogacy or adoption for women whose own wombs have been damaged by diseases such as cervical cancer. Around 15,000 women of childbearing age are currently livin

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