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South Dakotans Reject Tough Abortion Ban
South Dakotans on Tuesday rejected a toughest-in-the-nation law that would have banned virtually all abortions...
Posted: Wed, Nov 8, 2006 12:43am PST
Flight of Fancy: Wine Flight and Singles Mixer, A Benefit for Lyon-Martin
At your SOMA lesbian-owned wine bar, VinoVenue, 686 Mission (@ 3rd)...
Event Date: Sat, Nov 18, 2006 3:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2006 11:38am PST
Few Americans favor abstinence-only sex education
Most Americans, regardless of their political leanings, favor comprehensive sex education in schools over abstinence-only programs, researchers reported Monday....
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2006 12:28am PST
FILM: “Shadya”
San Francisco Public Library | Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin St. (Civic Center)...
Event Date: Wed, Nov 15, 2006 6:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 4:34pm PST
NOW Monitors Election Returns, Supreme Court Arguments
On Wednesday morning, Nov. 8, Gandy, who is a member of the Supreme Court Bar, will attend the Court's oral arguments on the constitutionality of the nation's first abortion procedures ban in Gonzales v. Carhart and Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood....
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 3:01pm PST
More Homeless Women Speak Out in Fresno
This is a first hand account of what it is like to be homeless in Fresno....
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 10:48am PST
Forced Labor in the Sex Industry or Not. (audio/mpeg 36.3MB)
Maxine Doogan, of the KPFA Labor Collective, reviews the recent San Francisco's
Chronicle's series on
San Francisco Is A Major Center For International Crime Networks That Smuggle And
Enslave and San Francisco Mayor's plan to curb sex trafficking.
Guests Grace Chang, author of Disopsable Domestics, Women Workers in the Global
Economy and PH D candidate, Holly, a sex worker rights advocate....
Posted: Sat, Nov 4, 2006 3:29pm PST
Dishing It!: Chewing on the Election
SF LGBT Community Center
1800 Market St.
SF, CA...
Event Date: Tue, Nov 7, 2006 7:00pm PST
Posted: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 7:26pm PST
LUNAFEST Film Festival!!!
Rio Theater
1207 Soquel Avenue
Santa Cruz, Ca 95060...
Event Date: Sat, Jan 27, 2007 7:00pm PST
Posted: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 3:48pm PST
South Dakota Votes on Most Restrictive Abortion Law in Country: A Debate
On Election Day, voters in South Dakota will be asked to consider implementing the most restrictive abortion law in the country. A law passed earlier this year made it a felony for health providers to perform abortions - even in cases of rape or incest - unless the procedure is necessary to prevent the death of the mother. But pro-choice advocates managed to block the state from enacting the law. They collected about 38,000 signatures to force a statewide referendum. We go to South Dakota and...
Posted: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 6:58am PST
Take Action on NEW Implant Safety Risks
It is the responsibility of the FDA to make sure that information provided by industry about medical products is accurate, and that the products are safe, before an approval decision is made. This is not always possible, but when whistleblowers come forward, the allegations must be scrutinized immediately....
Posted: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 12:05am PST
Take a Journey with Jane
Watch Jane as she tries in vain to wade through the complicated
judicial maze that scared and vulnerable teens will have to navigate
if Prop 85 passes. See what it's like for her, coming from a home
where abuse, violence, incest or rape means she can't possibly tell
her parents about a pregnancy......
Posted: Thu, Nov 2, 2006 9:38pm PST
Book Event: Nahid Rachlin Persian Girls and Jumping Over Fire
Modern Times Bookstore
888 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA 94110...
Event Date: Fri, Nov 10, 2006 7:30pm PST
Posted: Thu, Nov 2, 2006 2:10pm PST
HELP DEFEAT PROP 85 on ELECTION DAY
The LGBT Center, 4th Floor Ceremonial Room
1800 Market St. (@ Octavia), San Francisco, CA...
Event Date: Tue, Nov 7, 2006 8:00am PST
Posted: Thu, Nov 2, 2006 12:48pm PST
Why We Are So Sick - The Huge Cover-Up
BREAST MONTH - AWARENESS OR DECEPTION ?...
Posted: Wed, Nov 1, 2006 3:04pm PST
PROTEST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN- EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
Outside the Mexican Consulate
532 Folsom St
San Francisco, CA 94105
We will then continue to the Guatemala Consulate
870 Market St # 667
San Francisco, CA 94102...
Event Date: Thu, Nov 2, 2006 9:00am PST
Posted: Wed, Nov 1, 2006 2:31pm PST
No on 85 Rally!
UC Santa Cruz - Quarry Plaza (in front of the bookstore)...
Event Date: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 12:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Nov 1, 2006 1:56pm PST
Nicaragua: Penal Reform Constitutes an Assault on Human Rights
(New York, October 26, 2006) – The congressional vote which today eliminated all exceptions to the general penalization of abortion in Nicaragua constitutes a direct threat to human rights, said Human Rights Watch. The new penal code penalizes abortion even when it is carried out to save the pregnant woman’s life, or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest....
Posted: Wed, Nov 1, 2006 7:08am PST
CCWP Presents: The Fire Inside
African American Art and Culture Complex
762 Fulton SF, 94102...
Event Date: Sun, Nov 5, 2006 2:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 11:32pm PST
BACORR Pro-Choice planning meeting
New Valencia Hall, 1908 Mission St. (at 15th St.), San Francisco....
Event Date: Wed, Nov 1, 2006 6:30pm PST
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 1:08pm PST