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HPV vaccine mandate.(NEWS)
A FEDERAL MANDATE that was passed last year requires an HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine for immigrant women between the ages of 11 and 26 seeking U.S. citizenship. The virus causes most cases of cervical cancer and genital warts, but, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in 90 percent of cases, the body's immune system clears the HPV infection naturally within two years. Reproductive justice and immigrant rights advocates say the mandate, which went into effect last July, discriminates against immigrant women and treats HPV as an immediate threat to public health, although it's contracted only through sexual contact. The vaccine increases immigration fees by at least ...
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- Magazine article from: off our backs Mayes, La'Tasha D. April 1, 2006 700+ words
...in the other, Black women, women of color...who believe in reproductive justice--the socially...inequity for Black women and women of...line items for reproductive justice include, but...politically legislate Black women's bodies...To that end, ...
- Women of color and reproductive justice.(for reference)(Bibliography)
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...within a broader reproductive justice context. While...relationship to Black women's ability to...direction. Now, reproductive justice advocates must...amp; CEO, Black Women for Reproductive Justice
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- A bright yet challenging future.(Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for...
- Magazine article from: Conscience Taylor-McGhee, Belle June 22, 2006 700+ words
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- Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: off our backs Bader, Eleanor J. April 1, 2006 700+ words
...Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice By Jael Silliman, Marlene Gerber...over the country--screaming that reproductive justice means more than access to abortion...Mother's Milk Project; The National Black Women's Health Project, The National...
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- Magazine article from: Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources Barnes, Sherri L. September 22, 2005 700+ words
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- It's time we recognize: young women of color who have sex with women are at...
- Magazine article from: off our backs Agenor, Madina April 1, 2006 700+ words
...young women of color. Those of us currently working in reproductive justice can most likely rattle off facts to our colleagues and...sheets stating that "AIDS is the leading cause of death for Black women aged 25 to 34" lie on our desks (CDC, 2006). Even...