By Juan Forero

The New York Times, December 3, 2005

PAMPLONA, Colombia – In this tradition-bound Roman Catholic town one day in April, two young women did what many here consider unthinkable: pregnant and scared, they took a cheap ulcer medication known to induce abortions. When the drug left them bleeding, they were treated at a local emergency room—then promptly arrested.

The New York Times, October 11, 2005

Editorial

The list of Bush appointees who seem to be rising on political connections rather than expertise continues to grow. A recent example is President Bush's choice to head a key office at the State Department that coordinates the delivery of life-sustaining emergency aid to refugees of foreign wars, persecution and natural disasters. The nominee is Ellen Sauerbrey, the former Maryland state legislator and twice-defeated Republican candidate for governor who was state chairman of Mr. Bush's 2000 campaign.

By Adrienne Germain and Jennifer Kidwell

Monday Developments, August 8, 2005

Five years ago, the world’s governments defined eight Millennium Development Goals to inspire action and monitor progress on eliminating global poverty by 2015. They represent a vision for collaboration among all people committed to moral, as well as material, global progress.

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Summary: By Adrienne Germain, President, International Women's Health Coalition, and Ruth Dixon-Mueller, Consultant for the International Women's Health Coalition (Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 36, No. 2, June 2005, pp. 137-140). Outlines connections and gaps between the achievement of sexual and reproductive health and rights as defined by the 1994 ICPD Programme of Action and subsequent global agreements, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (4 pages).