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October, 2009

Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month

Guttmacher Institute, 10/02/2009 –

In the United States, Latinas disproportionately live in areas with poor access to family planning services. Compared with their non-Hispanic white counterparts, Latinas have similar levels of sexual activity, but significantly lower rates of contraceptive use. The result is rates of unintended pregnancy, teen pregnancy and teen birth that are more than double those of non-Hispanic white teens. In addition, some Latina teens, lacking the resources and support to enter or complete college, start families earlier than they would have otherwise, according to a newly released study from the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health.

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En las noticias

Mujeres e inmigrantes: carta de negociación

El Diario, 10/08/2009 –

Artículo en El Diario por Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Subdirectora de El Instituto Nacional de Latinas para la Salud Reproductiva sobre las mujeres inmigrantes y la reforma de salud

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Teenage Pregnancies: Growing Pains

The Economist, 10/08/2009 –

Executive Director Silvia Henriquez is quoted in this Economist article about the rise in teen pregnancy rates.

Silvia Henriquez, the executive director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, reckons that access is the problem. Latina teenagers are less likely to have health-care coverage for contraceptives, and are more likely to lack transport to the free clinics in their cities.

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Teen pregnancies on the rise for the first time in over a decade

Feministing.com, 10/14/2009 –

Via The Economist, some data about teenage pregnancies in the US:

On one point, however, experts agree: when it comes to teenage births, the United States is backsliding. Between 1991 and 2005 the teenage birth rate declined by 34%, according to the National Centre for Health Statistics. Between 2005 and 2007, the last year for which statistics are available, it crept up 5%.

A quick and easy blame game points to the Bush era abstinence-only policy, which is scientifically proven to fail. Read more »

The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health turns 15!

Feministing.com, 10/25/2009 –

An organization that is near and dear to my heart, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, is turning 15 this year! In honor of this milestone, they're throwing a Quinceañera, a fifteenth anniversary celebration that is a Latino tradition for young girls. It'll be a fun twist on this traditional ceremony.

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Join the National Call-In Day for Women of Color to Demand Health Reform!

Vivir Latino, 10/27/2009 –

Vivir Latino advertising the National Call in Day for Health Care Reform. 

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