Recently, I read an article in which Amy Hinton was discussing her work as an intersex activist. I found myself needing to respond to a few of her points.

A recent Investors.com online editorial, "Finding Friends On the Far, Far Left," of August 20, 2008, provides a welcome opportunity for PoliticalAffairs.net to remind our readers of where we stand on the hot-button issues in this election.

Intersex or Disorders of Sexual Development is basically an umbrella term for a number of conditions. Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, 5-alpha reductase syndrome, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, gonadal dysgenesis, Klinefelter syndrome, etc. are all under the umbrella of "intersex" or DSD.

John McCain wants you to think he's a maverick. He isn't, and his record after nearly 30 years in Washington proves it. From Social Security to energy policy, the economy, the war, and veterans issues, John McCain is out of touch with the views and needs of Americans.

Barbara Lee, a congresswoman from Oakland, California, noted that PEPFAR has brought a sense of urgency to HIV programs in other countries that is lacking in the US. "Where is our PEPFAR?" she asked.

Barack Obama's plan for health care would outperform and be more efficient than the scheme offered by John McCain, according to new analysis from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) released last week.

Dozens of women's, health care, religious, civil rights, and labor organizations are protesting proposed new Department of Health and Human Services’ draft regulations that could significantly limit women’s access to basic reproductive health services, including some of the most common forms of birth control.

Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), a leader for health care reform on Capitol Hill, is the first Democratic National Convention delegate to sign a new statement urging that the convention adopt a plank in the 2008 party platform to "guarantee accessible health care for all."

Wednesday evening, the U.S. Senate voted to reauthorize the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) with an overwhelming 80-16 majority.

It wasn't the first or last time John McCain failed to have command of the facts or even knowledge of his past positions on an issue, but when a reporter asked him on July 9th about birth control John McCain was dumbfounded.

Ever wonder why health care policy hasn't changed much in close to 40 years? One big reason is the amount of money the big pharmaceutical companies pour into Washington each year, into the pockets of politicians like John McCain, to maintain the status quo or to win new benefits for them.

To say that kids are growing up faster than ever these days may be more than just cliché. Recent studies have shown that children are reaching puberty at younger and younger ages, and researchers are starting to see links between this trend and other societal ills such as ubiquitous pollution and sedentary lifestyles.

Scientists have long understood that human actions are the primary cause of global warming. But one of the largest single organized human activity – growing livestock for food – contributes as much as any coal burning plant or petroleum consuming vehicle to global climate change.

Double talk or simply uninformed? This week when a reporter asked Republican nominee John McCain whether it was fair for insurance companies to cover Viagra but not prescription contraceptives, John McCain awkwardly paused and then said, “I don’t know enough about it to give you an informed answer.”

With 17 cases in 2007 and only four this year, Cuba is ready to eradicate Hepatitis B transmission with a highly effective vaccine produced here, reported the Cuban media this week.

A report by a private foundation released Apr. 29 revealed that rising family health insurance premiums have eaten into more than half of what little income gains working households have seen in recent years. Between 2001 and 2005, the cost of the portion of family health insurance premiums paid for by workers who get their insurance through their job has risen 30 percent, while their incomes on average have grown only 3 percent.

John McCain visited Miami Children's Hospital April 28 where he no doubt scared some babies while attempting to kiss them. His main purpose for being there was to give an impression that he understands the health care issue, but he managed only to underscore the fact that he has no plan to solve America's health care crisis.