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Pres. Bush Pushes "Ethical" Stem Cell Research in State of the Union Address

Posted on January 29, 2008
Reuters: Stem cells from skin a "landmark," Bush says: Scientists who made stem cells from ordinary skin cells showed it may not be necessary to experiment on human embryos, President George W. Bush said in his State of the Union...

Indiana Senate Approves Misinformed Consent Bill for Abortion

Posted on January 29, 2008
Indianapolis Star: Indiana Senate OKs abortion bill: The Senate voted 39-9 today to require that pregnant women considering an abortion be given information about the possibility of fetal pain and when life begins. Under Senate Bill 146, sponsored by Sen...

Canada: Access to abortion still limited 20 years after landmark ruling

Posted on January 28, 2008
CTV.ca: Abortion restrictions continue 20 years after ruling: Twenty years ago today, Canada made a landmark judgment when our highest court struck down Criminal Code restrictions on abortion. The 5-2 ruling in the case of R. v. Morgentaler overturned the...

Ninth Circuit: Arizona Must Allow "Choose Life" License Plates

Posted on January 28, 2008
Reuters: Anti-abortion slogan OK'd on Arizona license plates: An Arizona agency wrongly denied an anti-abortion group permission to print their message "Choose Life" on license plates, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday. The Arizona License Plate Commission allows nonprofit...

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Julie Goldscheid on Sex Equality Theory and Domestic and Sexual Violence

Posted on January 27, 2008
Julie Goldscheid (CUNY School of Law) has posted Elusive Equality in Domestic and Sexual Violence Law Reform, Florida State University Law Review, Vol. 34, 2007, on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article evaluates the application of sex equality theory...

"4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' Is Coming to the U.S.

Posted on January 25, 2008
Mainstream American filmmakers flee from the "A" word, but Cristian Mungiu of Romania takes an unflinching look. Via NPR: '4 Months' Raises the Iron Curtain on Abortion, by Howie Movshovitz: The word "abortion" puts many people on edge, but director....

Obama on Choice

Posted on January 25, 2008
The Clinton campaign has been attacking Obama's record on choice, which is a shame. Both Democratic front runners as well as John Edwards are pro-choice -- that is something to celebrate. If Clinton is serious about reproductive justice, she should...

Anti-Choice Rally in Washington, D.C.

Posted on January 25, 2008
Washington Post (1/23): A Youthful Throng Marches Against Abortion, by Sue Anne Pressley Montes: Tens of thousands of abortion opponents took to the cold, gray streets of Washington yesterday, buoyed by a recent report that the number of abortions in...

Antiabortion Activists in Mass. Challenging Expanded Buffer Zone At Abortion Clinics

Posted on January 24, 2008
Boston Globe: Clinic buffer zones face legal challenge: Antiabortion activists have filed a legal challenge against a new state law that expanded the buffer zone keeping protesters away from abortion clinics, saying the 35-foot zone violates their free-speech rights...

Rwanda To Encourage Men To Be Circumcised To Reduce Risk of HIV/AIDS

Posted on January 24, 2008
BBC News: Rwanda in mass circumcision drive: Rwanda has launched a campaign to encourage all men to be circumcised, to reduce the risk of catching HIV/Aids. A health minister told the BBC that soldiers, policemen and students would be asked...

NYT Photo Essay on Female Genital Cutting

Posted on January 23, 2008
The New York Times (Sunday Magazine 1/20), A Cutting Tradition, by Sara Corbett: When a girl is taken ? usually by her mother ? to a free circumcision event held each spring in Bandung, Indonesia, she is handed over to...

Why I Vote Pro-Choice

Posted on January 22, 2008
I am blogging for choice today in honor of Roe's 35th Anniversary. Why do I vote pro-choice? Because pro-choice candidates, by working for reproductive justice and fighting for women's access to the full array of reproductive health services -- from....

Ariz. Gov. Napolitano Rejects Abstinence-Only Funding

Posted on January 22, 2008
ACLU of Arizona press release (1/18): PHOENIX - The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona today applauded Governor Janet Napolitano?s decision to reject funding for the state?s abstinence-only-until-marriage programs, which have proven ineffective, inaccurate, and gender-biased...

Federal Court Protects Access to Abortion Care for Women Prisoners in Missouri

Posted on January 22, 2008
Great news from the 8th Circuit on the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade: ST. LOUIS, MO ? In a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, a federal appeals court in Missouri today upheld a ruling allowing women...

Reproductive Rights Prof Blog Is One Year Old

Posted on January 22, 2008
It's not just the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade... ...it's also the first anniversary of this blog!

More Roe Anniversary Web Features

Posted on January 22, 2008
Planned Parenthood Federation of America: 35th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade Decision NARAL Pro-Choice America: Roe v. Wade 35th Anniversary Events

Planned Parenthood Announces Plans for 2008 Election

Posted on January 22, 2008
The Wall Street Journal: Planned Parenthood to Push Candidacies, by Brody Mullins: WASHINGTON -- For the first time, abortion-rights advocate Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc. is launching a major effort to elect pro-abortion-rights candidates to Congress and the White...

It's the 35th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Posted on January 22, 2008
It has been 35 years since the Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling declaring that women have a constitutional right to abortion. Click here for anniversary features from the ACLU, including a video in which ACLU staff discuss the importance...

John Breen on Abortion and Legal Modesty and Moralism

Posted on January 18, 2008
John M. Breen (Loyola University Chicago) has posted Modesty and Moralism: Justice, Prudence and Abortion- A Rely to Skeel & Stuntz on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In a recent article, Christianity and the (Modest) Rule of Law, law professors...

The Condom Song

Posted on January 18, 2008
I'll take this over abstinence education any day! Via Feminist Law Professors and Newt in a Teacup.

Christopher Elmendorf on the Right to Vote and the Right to Abortion

Posted on January 17, 2008
Christopher S. Elmendorf (UC Davis) has posted Undue Burdens on Voter Participation (Is the Right to Vote Like the Right to an Abortion?) on SSRN. The article will be published in Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly. Here is the abstract: During...

2006 U.S. Birth Rate Highest Since 1961

Posted on January 17, 2008
And, to go along with the previous post: The Lexington Herald-Leader/AP: Against the trend, U.S. births way up, by Mike Stobbe: Bucking the trend in many other wealthy industrialized nations, the United States seems to be experiencing a baby boomlet,...

U.S. Abortion Rate Continues Long-Term Decline

Posted on January 17, 2008
Washington Post: Abortions Hit Lowest Number Since 1976, by Rob Stein: The number of abortions performed in the United States dropped to 1.2 million in 2005 -- the lowest level since 1976, according to a new report. The number of...

Good Stuff on the RH Reality Check blog today:

Posted on January 16, 2008
Roe Gave Birth to Politics of Personal Destruction, by Scott Swenson: The 35th Anniversary of Roe must be about more than just one medical procedure. It must also be about understanding how the political tactics many Americans reject have their...

Lawsuit Filed Over High School "Anti-Abortion Club"

Posted on January 16, 2008
San Jose Mercury News: Suit filed over anti-abortion club on high school campus, by Howard Mintz: A conservative legal organization has filed a lawsuit in San Jose federal court on behalf of a Westmont High School student who accuses school...

Carole Joffe on Abortion and the Presidential Campaign

Posted on January 16, 2008
Carole Joffe (Sociology, UC Davis) has posted The The Republican Candidates? Abortion Problem: Its not Just about Abortion Anymore on the Beacon Broadside: I haven?t sorted out the penalties...of course there?s got to be some penalties to enforce the law,...

Jamaica: Report Recommends Repeal of Abortion Prohibition

Posted on January 15, 2008
Jamaica Gleaner: 'Rethink abortion' - Advisory group wants current laws repealed - Botched jobs put strain on public purse, by Tyrone Reid: Due in large part to an alarming number of botched abortions taking place in the island, a Ministry...

On Sex After Prostate Surgery, Confusing Data

Posted on January 15, 2008
New York Times: On Sex After Prostate Surgery, Confusing Data, by Tara Parker Pope: For men having prostate cancer surgery, one of the biggest fears is that they will be left impotent. Unfortunately, the research that might help address that...

Obama Campaign Defends His Record on Abortion

Posted on January 15, 2008
There's lots of coverage on the political blogs of the Obama campaign's response to Hillary Clinton's attacks on Barack Obama's choice record. The Trail (Washington Post): Gone From the Granite State, But Tactics Not Forgotten, by Alec MacGillis (on the...

ACOG's Position On Religious Refusals Criticized by Some Doctors As "Elevat[ing] the Patient's Autonomy"

Posted on January 14, 2008
American Medical News: New ACOG position on abortion refusal drawing fire, by Kevin O'Reilly: A recent American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' position statement outlining the limits of conscientious refusal in reproductive medicine is drawing fire from physicians who oppose...

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