Don't Sideline Women's Reproductive Health Care, Des Moines Register, September 3, 2009
Myths and missinformation are flying in the fight over health-care reform. And, although we each represent different political views and don't agree on my aspects of health-care reform, we do agree that one such disinformation campaign is particularly damaging to women.
Obama Adviser in Des Moines, Des Moines Register, July 23, 2009
Americans hoping for health-care reforms should not be discuraged by news of snags and arguments in Congress, a top aid to President Barack Obama said in Des Moines on Wednesday...
Vilsack touts Iowa Initiative, Daily Times Herald, May 29, 2009
Christie Vilsack has gone from the Iowa first lady known for her flamboyant hats to crusader against unintended pregnancies...
Implantable birth control offered free, Des Moines Register, March 28, 2009
Free, implantable birthcontrol devices are being offered to women thoughout Iowa, paid for through a multimillion-dollar project financed by an anonymous donor...
Forget Proof Birth Control Available, Onawa Sentinel, March 26, 2009
For to us, a child is born, Quad-City Times, December 24, 2008
Focusing on unintended pregnancies, The Daily Iowan, December 5, 2008
Former Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack spends most of her time with Rotary groups and state legislators to further a cause she believes in: preventing unplanned pregnancies...
Live chat with Christie Vilsack, Iowa Initiative. Quadsville.com, October 30, 2008
Let's Talk About...you know.... Quad City Times, October 9, 2008
(ABOUT THE SERIES: These articles are part of a periodic series on family planning among adults 18-30 years old, something that is not often talked about in public. The series is meant to start the conversation in the Quad-City region. Feature 1; Feature 2; Feature 3.)
21st Century Birth Control, Quad City Times, August 22, 2008
New Devices Are Starting To Catch On In Quad-Cities…
High number of unplanned pregnancies spurs efforts, Telegraph Herald, August 19, 2008
Birth control has never been an easy conversation topic, and in Iowa, tens of thousands of women who don't have ready access to family planning services don't know who to talk to…
Former Iowa First Lady Vilsack Travels State To Promote Program, Medical News Today.com, July 22, 2008
Former Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack is traveling throughout the state to discuss unplanned pregnancies and ways to reduce their numbers in Iowa…
Vilsack discusses birth control, unwanted pregnancies, Fort Madison Daily Democrat, July 22, 2008
Christie Vilsack, former first lady of Iowa, is traveling throughout Iowa to shine a light on a subject usually kept carefully under wraps...
Christie Vilsack calls for pregnancy dialogue, The Daily Nonpareil, June 18, 2008
Former First Lady Christie Vilsack is now executive director of the Iowa Initiative, a five-year project aimed at reducing the number of unintended pregnancies...
New Davenport health clinic unveiled, Quad-City Times, March 27, 2008
A new clinic in the heart of Davenport aims to promote responsible family planning methods as part of the statewide Iowa Initiative, which is geared toward reducing the number of unintended pregnancies in all 99 counties...
Family planning in the Quad-Cities changes in a big way beginning today. Thanks to a windfall private grant, thousands of Quad-City women will be able to receive low-cost or free, long-term, reversible birth control...
Iowa needs to have a talk about contraception, Des Moines Register, January 11, 2008
It's not the sort of thing anyone wants to think of, especially not in relation to one's self. But here it is: More than one in every three people born in Iowa was the result of an unplanned pregnancy…
Initiative aimed at reducing unwanted pregnancies, Des Moines Register, January 11, 2008
A new effort is under way to curb unplanned pregnancies and, as a result, reduce abortion in Iowa. Low-income women in Iowa should have the same options for birth control as better-off women
Initiative targets unintended pregnancies in state, The Gazette, January 11, 2008
Although educating young adults about safe sex can be uncomfortable, said former Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack on Thursday, it's an essential step to reducing unintended pregnancies in Iowa…
Family planning effort gets big push in Iowa, Omaha World-Herald, January 11, 2008
A new Iowa program designed to decrease unplanned pregnancies has Omaha roots…
Job especially meaningful for Christie Vilsack, Omaha World-Herald, January 11, 2008
Christie Vilsack has spent much of her career as a teacher, reflecting a drive to work with young people. But when she thinks about family planning, her own husband's humble beginnings play strongly in her mind...
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