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Latino Youth Less Sexually Active, Using More Birth Control

By Fox News Latino | 02/05/2013 - 17:48 | 0 Comments

Latino youth in the U.S. are learning to practice safe sex. And they're also having less of it.

The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Latino high school students are getting smarter when it comes to sexual intercourse.

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Latinas Cross the Border for Birth Control

By Sally Mercedes | 04/05/2012 - 12:42 | 0 Comments

We've heard of people crossing state lines in search of legal, affordable reproductive health services (birth control, abortion, etc.), but now women are crossing the Mexican border. According to a study published in the June 2010 American Journal of Public Health, more Latinas are making their way to Mexico where they have easier access to...

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Planned Parenthood Teams up with LATINA to Reach Hispanic Women

By Mariela Rosario | 02/07/2011 - 17:45 | 0 Comments

Latina magazine's editor in chief and co-president Galina Espinoza hosted a special media event this morning with Planned Parenthood to address the disparity in sexual health care among Latinas.

Standing alongside Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards and the Director of Latino Engagement ...

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U.S. Apologizes for Experimenting with STD's in Guatemala
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U.S. Apologizes for Experimenting with STD's in Guatemala

By Mariela Rosario | 10/01/2010 - 15:05 | 0 Comments

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued an apology today for a series of secret public health experiments conducted in Guatemala in the 1940s.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also signed the joint statement: "The sexually transmitted disease inoculation study conducted from 1946-1948 in Guatemala was clearly...

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