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Abortion: A Generational Perspective

Posted on December 01, 2009
NY Times: In Support of Abortion, It's Personal vs. Political, by Sheryl Gay Stolberg: WASHINGTON ? In the early 1950s, a coal miner?s daughter from rural Kentucky named Louise McIntosh encountered the shadowy world of illegal abortion. A friend was....

Moms Increasingly Rely on iPhone

Posted on November 30, 2009
Slate Magazine: Mother's Little Helper, by Michael Agger: The iPhone is the ultimate kid-pacification device Move over, patio man. My new favorite demographic is the iPhone mom. A recent survey from a mobile-advertising company says that iPhone moms make up...

South Korea Tested by Recent Boom of Mixed Children

Posted on November 30, 2009
NY Times: Baby Boom of Mixed Children Tests South Korea, by Martin Fackler: YEONGGWANG, South Korea ? Just a few years ago, the number of pregnant women in this city had declined so much that the sparsely equipped two-room maternity...

World AIDS Day: U.S. Policies Still Lag

Posted on November 30, 2009
Guttmacher Institute news release: World AIDS Day-- U.S. Policies Still Not Where They Need to Be: World AIDS Day presents an opportunity to examine where we stand in the struggle against HIV/AIDS. One clear area of progress is the high...

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Book Review: Joan Biskupic's Biography of Justice Scalia, "American Original"

Posted on November 30, 2009
Slate Magazine: The Alienator, by Emily Bazelon: Making sense of Justice Scalia's personality?and his theory. In Joan Biskupic's new biography of Antonin Scalia, American Original, the justice wears a wreath of superlatives. He is the most quoted member of the...

NY Times Magazine Examines Low Sexual Desire in Women

Posted on November 30, 2009
NY Times Magazine: Women Who Want to Want, by Daniel Bergner: At her group therapy sessions for women despairing of low sexual desire, Lori Brotto likes to pass around a plastic tub of raisins. The women, usually six to a...

New York Times: New Jersey Should Legalize Marriage for Same-Sex Couples

Posted on November 27, 2009
NY Times Editorial: New Jersey's Marriage Moment: Doing the right thing ? promptly enacting legislation discarding inadequate civil unions in favor of full marriage equality for same-sex couples ? requires no gargantuan amount of courage or risk-taking on the part...

Catholic Church to Deny Communion to Spanish Politicians Who Voted to Liberalize Abortion Laws

Posted on November 27, 2009
Reuters: Pro - Abortion Bill Spanish Politicians Sinful - Church: MADRID (Reuters) - The Catholic Church will deny communion to Spanish members of parliament who have voted in favour of a bill to make abortion more readily available, the spokesman...

New Parents Thankful for Mass. Safe Haven Law

Posted on November 27, 2009
The Boston Globe: Abandoned to happiness, by Patricia Wen: Born to a woman unable to cope, baby Jane Doe found new parents who give thanks to mother, Safe Haven law It was nearing dusk on the first Sunday of last...

Pregnancy and the Workplace: Stereotypes and Benevolent Sexism

Posted on November 27, 2009
NY Times: Expecting a Baby, but Not the Stereotypes, by Eilene Zimmerman: Q. You recently became pregnant and expect to continue working through the pregnancy and after maternity leave. Although the initial reaction has been positive, is it possible you...

Senate Committee Reinstates $50 Million in Funding for Discredited Abstinence-Only Education

Posted on October 01, 2009
The Gaggle (Newsweek): Abstinence-Only Education is Back, by Katie Connolly: After weeks of railing against the price tag of health care reform, Senate Republicans managed to bond over pumping up the budget for one aspect of health care reform yesterday:...

Senate Committee Rejects Republican Amendments to Restrict Abortion Coverage

Posted on October 01, 2009
CNN: Senate panel rejects GOP bid to strengthen abortion provision: Republican amendments that Democrats said would broaden current restrictions on federal funding for abortion were defeated Wednesday by a Senate committee considering the only compromise health care bill so far...

Nicolette Priaulx on Tysiac v. Poland and Abortion Jurisprudence

Posted on September 30, 2009
Nicolette M. Priaulx (University of Wales System, Cardiff Law School) has posted Testing the Margin of Appreciation: Therapeutic Abortion, Reproductive Rights and the Intriguing Case of Tysi?c v. Poland on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In Tysiac v. Poland (2007)...

Health Care Debate Mired in Abortion Issue

Posted on September 30, 2009
NY Times: Abortion Fight Complicates Debate on Health Care, by David D. Kirkpatrick: WASHINGTON ? As if it were not complicated enough, the debate over health care in Congress is becoming a battlefield in the fight over abortion. Abortion opponents...

Researchers and Advocates Voice Health Concerns Over Yaz and Yasmin Birth Control Pills

Posted on September 28, 2009
NY Times: Health Concerns Over Popular Contraceptives, by Natasha Singer: The oral contraceptives Yaz and Yasmin are the top-selling pharmaceutical line for Bayer HealthCare, largely as a result of marketing that presents them as much more than mere pregnancy prevention...

Charles Camosy on Surgical Abortion and the Moral Status of Potential Persons

Posted on September 28, 2009
Charles Camosy (Theology, Fordham University) has posted Common Ground on Surgical Abortion?-Engaging Peter Singer on the Moral Status of Potential Persons on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The debate over surgical abortion is certainly one of the most divisive in...

South Dakota Appeals U.S. District Court Decision on its Informed Consent Law

Posted on September 25, 2009
Sioux Falls Argus Leader: South Dakota appealing judge's ruling in abortion case: Attorney General Marty Jackley is appealing a judge?s ruling which struck down portions of South Dakota?s law on informed consent for abortion. U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier last...

Polish Court Awards Damages Against Catholic Magazine for Vilifying Polish Woman Who Sought Abortion

Posted on September 25, 2009
BBC News: Award for Poland abortion woman: A Polish court has awarded $11,000 (7,400 euros) in damages to a woman likened to a child killer by a Catholic magazine for wanting an abortion. The article also compared abortion to the...

Sen. Kennedy's Replacement Is a Pro-Choice Catholic

Posted on September 25, 2009
Faith & Reason (USA Today): Kennedy's Senate seat goes to a Catholic who's favored abortion rights, by Cathy Lynn Grossman: Paul Kirk has never held elective office before and, in five months, the man named Thursday to stand in for...

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Sets New Guidelines for Pregnant Women Traveling by Air

Posted on September 25, 2009
Wash. Post: Should Pregnant Women Fly?, by Rob Stein: Is it safe for a pregnant woman to travel by air? According to some new guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) the answer is yes--with a few...

Huffington Post Compiles List of "Craziest Birth Stories of All Time"

Posted on September 25, 2009
Huffington Post: The 19 Pound Baby and 9 More of The Craziest Birth Stories Of All Time: This has been an interesting week for mothers of the world. News broke that an Indonesian woman gave birth to a 19 pound...

Study Suggests Why Babies Born in Winter Months Face Greater Challenges

Posted on September 25, 2009
Wall St. Journal: New Light on the Plight of Winter Babies, by Justin Lahart: Researchers Stumble Upon Alternative Explanation for the Lifelong Challenges Faced by Children Born in Colder Months Children born in the winter months already have a few...

Guttmacher Institute Releases Data on How the Recession has Affected Reproductive Decisions

Posted on September 25, 2009
Guttmacher Institute news release: Recession has Dramatically Reshaped Women's Childbearing Desires: Amid Growing Concerns About Unemployment and Health Care, Many Women Have Trouble Meeting Contraceptive Needs After months of anecdotal reports, a survey released today provides the first hard evidence...

Naomi Cahn & June Carbone on Access to Contraception

Posted on September 25, 2009
Naomi Cahn (George Washington University Law School) and June Carbone (University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law) have posted Contraception: Securing Feminism's Promise on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper traces the history of attempts to restrict...

Investing in Girls' Education Would Help to Increase Global Prosperity

Posted on September 23, 2009
Salon.com (Broadsheet): It takes girls to raise a village, by Tracy Clark-Flory: Developing countries lose billions each year by ignoring girls' potential, a report says It might seem a bad omen for the release of a report on the global...

Call for Presenters and Papers: Sixth Annual Wells Conference on Adoption Law

Posted on September 22, 2009
The Future of the Family: Modern Challenges in Adoption Law: Conference is March 11, 2010 at Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio The conference is seeking proposals for presentations and papers emphasizing the following themes: (1) The Impact of...

WLPPFP and LAWA Fellowship Program Now Accepting Applications

Posted on September 22, 2009
Invitation for Applications for WLPPFP and LAWA Fellowships at Georgetown Law: Each year the Women?s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program (WLPPFP) at the Georgetown University Law Center offers fellowship positions providing educational and professional development opportunities for attorneys who...

Babies in China Stolen From Parents for Foreign Adoption

Posted on September 22, 2009
LA Times: Chinese babies stolen by officials for foreign adoption, by Barbara Demick: In some rural areas, instead of levying fines for violations of China's child policies, greedy officials took babies, which would each fetch $3,000 in adoption fees...

Jamal Greene on the Court's Shift from Privacy to Liberty

Posted on September 22, 2009
Jamal Greene (Columbia University School of Law) has posted The So-Called Right to Privacy on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The constitutional right to privacy has been a conservative bugaboo ever since Justice Douglas introduced it into the United States...

Domestic Violence and the Health Care Debate

Posted on September 22, 2009
The Huffington Post: When Getting Beaten By Your Husband is a Pre-Existing Position, by Ryan Grim: With the White House zeroing in on the insurance-industry practice of discriminating against clients based on pre-existing conditions, administration allies are calling attention to...

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