Ahem: A 12-year-old girl killed herself so she could become an organ donor to her father and brother. But Mumpy Sarkar from Jhorpara village, West Bengal died in vain, because it was not until the day after her traditional cremation that her father found a note on her bed. Addressed to her mother, the girl […]
Cienna Madrid
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How Funding Planned Parenthood Went from Bi-Partisan Agreement to Contentious Fight in 40 Years
NPR has a great story up that explains the social and historical context of funding—or de-funding, as the case may be—Planned Parenthood, which has relied on federal money to provide subsidized contraceptives, cancer screenings, STI tests, and family planning services to millions of low-income women and men for the last 40 years. “This is not […]