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  1. Congrats to Thoraya Obaid, E.D. of UNFPA. Received Human Rights Award this afternoon. Then House voted to provide $55m to UNFPA.
  2. Wash Post article about reality of abortion bans. An important story as Senate takes up health bill. http://tinyurl.com/ycmdlmy
  3. New rpt says Stupak amdt likely to end insurance coverage of abortion. http://tinyurl.com/ykmug7c Help us defeat this in Senate.
  4. Baltimore City Council proposing law to protect women from Crisis Pregnancy Centers. http://tinyurl.com/yjxwpgf Other cities shld follow.
  5. Lead R in congress says women like smokers, defends health ins. charging women more. See http://tinyurl.com/y9ss2c4
  6. Interesting video associated with last week's print edition of The Economist http://bit.ly/wtRp6
  7. 38% of African adults want to emigrate: http://bit.ly/4sp4Ux
  8. "Go forth and multiply a lot less," The Economist, http://bit.ly/3SKhyV
  9. Huge unmet need for contraceptives in Uganda: http://bit.ly/4GEp40
  10. Good news! "Abstinence-only" industry struggling. See story here: http://www.newsweek.com/id/219818
  11. Food production must increase 50% over next two decades to feed growing population: http://bit.ly/23Hdf8
  12. US official gives statement of support for int’l fam planning @ UN. See here http://usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/2009/130521.htm
  13. Free screening of Not Yet Rain tomorrow in Columbus, OH. Reception & Q+A with filmmaker. Download flier at www.populationconnection.org
  14. FAO says food production must increase 70% over next 40 years to feed growing population: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8303434.stm
  15. New Congressional Report Card issue of The Reporter! http://bit.ly/A77uJ
  16. We won the Economist debate on the question, "Would the world be better off with fewer people?" www.economist.com/debate/days/view/365
  17. Check out this cool population clock that is free to download to your desktop or webpage: http://www.poodwaddle.com/clocks2.htm
  18. Our latest blog post, about increased traffic: http://bit.ly/E8QlP
  19. We finally realized that as a grassroots organization, we had to jump on the twitter bandwagon. Start following us!