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Black Market Birth Control? How Undocumented Immigrants Access Contraception Without Health Care

Valeria Fernández, New America Media. March 23, 2012.

Undocumented immigrant women must travel to Mexico, where no prescription is required, or buy them from the underground market in Phoenix, without seeing a doctor first.

How The War on Women Opens the Door for Politics in Your Doctor's Office

Tina Dupuy, AlterNet. March 20, 2012.

Both Arizona and Kansas are considering bills giving doctors the legal authority to withhold potentially crucial information about a woman's health, and in this case her child's.

Why Tony Bennett's Emotional Speech for Drug Legalization Was Not "Inappropriate," But Spot On

Neill Franklin, Katharine Celentano, AlterNet. February 16, 2012.

Tony Bennett, during his emotional remarks, suggested we should look to Amsterdam for answers.

Big Pharma Testing Drugs on India’s Poor

Viji Sundaram, Zeina Awad, New America Media. August 7, 2011.

Pharmaceutical companies are exploiting the country’s vast number of illiterate and poor people who are willing to become guinea pigs.

This Doctor Says 'Yes' on Legal Pot

David Nathan, AlterNet. October 28, 2010.

On November 2nd California voters can take the first historic step toward reversing a 70-year-old mistake with Prop 19.

Nebraska Doctor To Offer 3rd-Term Abortions in Kansas

Margery Gibbs, The Associated Press June 10, 2009.

A Nebraska doctor said Wednesday that he will perform third-term abortions in Kansas after the slaying of abortion provider George Tiller.