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Entries by K. Sujata from 02/2012

Why Is Women's Health Fair Game for Political Football?

| Posted 02.13.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Abortion, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Women's Health, Abortion Rights, Susan G. Komen Planned Parenthood, Contraception, Susan G. Komen, Birth Control, Chicago News

As a funder and peer to Komen, I think their policy used a hacksaw when it should have used a scalpel. And as a result, they put their funding decisions in the hands of special interests instead of health-care specialists.

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State Budget Needs a "Rendezvous" With Women's Reality, Too

| Posted 02.24.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Governor Pat Quinn, Women, Illinois Budget, Illinois Budget Cuts, Budget Cuts, Illinois, MAP Grants, Medicaid, Substance Abuse, Health and Human Services, Tax Reform, Domestic Violence, Illinois Human Services, Women's Issues, Chicago News

Women and girls are already receiving such a wafer-thin slice of the pie, and there's no room to trim it further without creating a domino effect that will hurt women, their families and their communities.

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