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(WOMENSENEWS)-- Cheers Congressional Democrats on Feb. 5. introduced a package of bills designed to increase access to contraception and reduce unplanned pregnancies in the United States.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 2000 through 2004, the estimated number of AIDS cases in the United States increased 10 percent among females and 7 percent among males. In 2004, women accounted for 27 percent of the 44,615 newly reported AIDS cases among adults and adolescents. HIV disproportionately affects African-American and Hispanic women. Together they represent less than 25 percent of all U.S. women, yet they account for more than 79 percent of AIDS cases in women.

Katherine Anne Porter wrote, " Love must be learned, and learned again and again; there is no end to it." Katherine Anne is right: there is no end to it. Each day, we need to love ourselves. Each day, we need to demonstrate our love for our partner and family, and for all those we encounter. So how do we get to the point where we are able to show our love for others and ourselves every day? I feel that the answer lies in how we view love. In his book published in 1956, The Art of Loving, Erich Fromm describes love as an art that requires effort, knowledge and practice. To view love as an art i...

By Larry James Finding your soulmate is like discovering the missing link in your heart. When that special someone enters your life, has similar values, ideals and beliefs and lives them as well, you discover that the two pieces of the relationship puzzle fit perfectly together. There are many souls you connect with in this life. With some you feel an immediate bond that you know will always be there. I first met my soulmate when we were very young. This is a story of four people who loved each other, had fun together, then were separated by time and distance. Twenty-six years later two ...

"Infatuation is instant desire - one set of glands calling to another. Love is friendship that has caught fire. It takes root and grows, one day at a time. Infatuation is marked by a feeling of insecurity. You are excited and eager but not genuinely happy. There are nagging doubts, unanswered questions, little bits and pieces about your beloved that you would just as soon not examine to closely. It might spoil the dream.

This dance of Codependence is a dance of dysfunctional relationships - of relationships that do not work to meet our needs. That does not mean just romantic relationships, or family relationships, or even human relationships in general. The fact that dysfunction exists in our romantic, family, and human relationships, is a symptom of the dysfunction that exists in our relationship with life, with being human. It is a symptom of the dysfunction, which exists in our relationships with ourselves as human beings. And the dysfunction that exists in our relationship with ourselves is a symptom o...

From our coalition partners at the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Thanks to the amazing coalition of over 400 anti-violence, faith-based, law enforcement and other social service agencies that helped make this happen

Nonconsensual sex is an abuse of power commonly rooted in gender norms — societal assumptions and expectations about what it means to be male or female. In many cultures, gender norms for females include submissiveness, deference to male authority, dependence, virginity until marriage, and faithfulness during marriage. Norms for men, in contrast, are built around power and control, independence, not showing emotions, risktaking, using violence to resolve conflict, beginning sexual activity early in life, and having multiple sexual partners.

As mentioned earlier, you can not find everything you need to know about English or Welsh research on the Internet. You're going to have to read some reference books in order to better understand and guide your research efforts. Below are two of the best

Before 1837, it was the responsibility of the established church in England and Wales to record baptisms, marriages, and burials. This was done at the individual parish level and the survival of either the original parish registers or copies varies from place to place. Parish registers are the one of the primary sources for genealogical research before the year 1837.

Working hand-in-hand with Civil Registration records are the next category of records which most researchers approach - the Victorian Census Returns. Of greatest use to the researcher are those censuses taken every ten years from 1841 to 1891. With luck, family groups may be traced across this fifty year period with the censuses providing a "snapshot" of the family every ten years

After obtaining any and all information you can about the family history from sources within your own family, the first place to actively search for records is usually from Civil Registration sources. These records are the government-registered records of births, marriages, and deaths which occurred in England & Wales from 1837 up to the present day

Researchers who new to English & Welsh genealogical research often ask some basic questions about getting started in the hobby. Here is a short list of some of the best "Getting Started" articles available online. These focus on the general steps you should take first when beginning your family history

Now that you have some general ideas about getting started in your research from the above web sites, you will want to learn in more detail about the specifics. There are no better step-by-step instruction guides for beginning research in England & Wales than those provided by the LDS church FamilySearch Resource Guidance. These outlines are available on the Internet and are both straight forward and easy to read. They explain about basic record types and how to find them. Perhaps more importantly, they explain in what order you should approach these records   FamilySearch's Res...