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War’s Legacy Fuels HIV Spread in Northern Uganda

By: Apophia Agiresaasi | April 23, 2011

In northern Uganda, daughters with limited understanding of HIV/AIDS are married off at young ages into polygamous households still struggling with the legacy of a brutal 16-year civil war. The practice is a recipe for rapid disease transmission.

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New Anti-Choice Laws Are Strangling Roe v. Wade

By: Apophia Agiresaasi and WeNews Staff | April 22, 2011

Anti-choice state measures are effectively nullifying Roe v. Wade, a Slate columnist writes this week. That’s because pro-choice activists are reluctant to bring legal challenges that could wind up in an unfriendly Supreme Court.

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