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Women Advised Not to Postpone Pregnancy After Miscarriage

Posted on August 06, 2010
US News & World Report: Health Buzz: Don't Postpone Pregnancy After Miscarriage, by Angela Haupt: Don't Postpone Pregnancy After MiscarriageIf at first you don't succeed, it may be best to try again soon. Women who get pregnant within six months...

Kagan Is Confirmed by 63-37 Vote

Posted on August 05, 2010
NY Times: Kagan Joins Supreme Court After 63-37 Vote in Senate, by Carl Hulse:The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan to a seat on the Supreme Court on Thursday, giving President Obama his second appointment to the high court in a year...

Baltimore Lawyers Defend Law Requiring Crisis Pregnancy Centers to Post Notices If They Don't Refer Women For Abortion

Posted on August 05, 2010
Anti-abortion activists are only too eager to require abortion providers to convey the government's biased messages designed to dissuade women from having abortions. But just try to force a so-called "crisis pregnancy center" simply to disclose what services it does...

Mad Men's Supposedly Bygone Sexism Not So Unfamiliar

Posted on August 05, 2010
The Atlantic: Mad Men's Very Modern Sexism Problem, by Sady Doyle: For over four years, the AMC series Mad Men has been a ticket to a world of bygone pleasures. The show is so iconic, at this point, that hashing...

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Gender Equality and the California Prop 8 Decision

Posted on August 05, 2010
Linda McClain, over at Feminist Law Professors, offers an interesting post focusing on the gender equality/sex discrimination implications of Judge Walker's opinion holding California's Prop 8 unconstitutional: Gender ?Artifacts,? Sex Discrimination, and the California Marriage Decision: Combing through Judge Vaughan...

Uganda Ratifies Protocol Recognizing Reproductive and Other Rights of Women

Posted on August 04, 2010
East African Business Week: Uganda ratifies protocol on African women rights, by Joseph Olanyo: Kampala - Uganda has ratified the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. The protocol, also...

Legal Questions Arise Over Survivor Benefits for Children Conceived Through Assisted Reproduction After a Parent's Death

Posted on August 04, 2010
Wall St. Journal: Fertility's New Legal Front, by Ashby Jones: In Many States, a Baby Conceived After a Father Dies Can't Get Survivor Benefits Advances in reproductive technology that were the stuff of science fiction just a few decades ago...

Elena Kagan Expected to be Confirmed on Thursday

Posted on August 04, 2010
Wash. Post: Senate poised to confirm Kagan this week, by Paul Kane: The Senate, tied in knots on almost every other legislative issue, is now on a glide path to confirming Elena Kagan as the fourth woman ever to serve...

Abortion Documentary "12th and Delaware" Debuts on HBO Tonight

Posted on August 02, 2010
LA Times: Television review: '12th and Delaware', by Mary McNamara:For many Americans, abortion is a political issue. Though many of us may participate in marches, make donations, vote for candidates based solely on their stands on abortion, it remains mostly...

Center for Reproductive Rights Describes Illegal Abortion in Philippines as a "Human Rights Crisis"

Posted on August 02, 2010
NY Times: Rights Group Denounces Illegality of Abortion in Philippines, by Carlos H. Conde: MANILA ? A new study of abortion in the Philippines denounces the government for keeping it illegal, causing what the authors describe as a ?human rights...

Irregular Periods and Fertility

Posted on August 02, 2010
Boston Globe: Does having irregular periods affect fertility?, by Courtney Humphries: Q. Does having irregular periods affect your fertility? A. It depends on how severe the irregularity is. Dr. Rachel Ashby, a fertility specialist at Brigham and Women?s Hospital, explains...

Elena Kagan and Chief Justice Roberts Off to a Rocky Start?

Posted on August 02, 2010
Slate Magazine: Roberts v. Kagan?, by Dahlia Lithwick: Will there be friction between the chief justice and Elena Kagan on the Supreme Court? Anyone who watched Elena Kagan's performance before the Senate judiciary committee last month saw that under the...

Nicholas Kristof on the Use of Medication Abortion in Developing Countries

Posted on August 01, 2010
NY Times Op-Ed Column: Another Pill That Could Cause a Revolution, by Nicholas Kristof: Could the decades-long global impasse over abortion worldwide be overcome ? by little white pills costing less than $1 each? That seems possible, for these pills....

Michigan Gubernatorial Primary Dwells on Abortion, Not Jobs

Posted on August 01, 2010
Detroit Free Press: How abortion upstaged jobs in governor's race, by Bryan Dickerson: Remember way back in July, when everybody in both major parties agreed that Tuesday's gubernatorial primary was going to be all about jobs, jobs, jobs? Well, scratch...

Study Evaluates the Safety of Home Birth

Posted on August 01, 2010
Salon.com: Is home birth safe?, by Tracy Clark-Flory: Maybe not, says a controversial study -- but beyond the resulting rhetoric, there's a reasonable middle ground The American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology has delivered quite the home birth controversy...

Pro-Choice Groups Caught Off Guard by HHS's New Reg on Abortion Coverage in High-Risk Insurance Pools

Posted on July 30, 2010
Politico: Abortion groups caught off guard, by Sarah Kliff: Anti-abortion groups leapt into action last month when the National Right to Life Committee warned that elective abortions would be covered under a Pennsylvania insurance program created by the health care...

FDA Approves First Trial of Embryonic Stem Cell Treatment on Humans

Posted on July 30, 2010
NY Times: Prescriptions blog: F.D.A. Clears Way for Embryonic Stem Cell Trial Using Patients, by Andrew Pollack: The world?s first authorized test in people of a treatment derived from human embryonic stem cells has been cleared to begin by the...

Brigham Fordham on Genetic Interventions in Favor of Disability

Posted on July 30, 2010
Brigham A. Fordham (Phoenix School of Law) has posted Disability and Designer Babies: Rethinking the Debate Over Genetic Interventions in Favor of Disability on SSRN. Here is the abstract: If deaf parents purposely use new genetic technologies to give their...

"Pregnancy Denial" Among French Women Leads to Infanticide

Posted on July 30, 2010
Time Magazine: Why Are French Women Killing Their Babies?, by Bruce Crumley: The question is as horrifying as it is important to ask: Why are a rising number of French women killing their newborn babies? Finding the answer has become...

In India, Young Unmarried Women Face Obstacles to Early Abortion

Posted on July 29, 2010
Guttmacher News Release: YOUNG, UNMARRIED WOMEN IN INDIA FACE OBSTACLES TO OBTAINING EARLY ABORTIONS: A new study by researchers at the Population Council, New Delhi, shows that many young, unmarried Indian women who received abortion services in 2007?2008 faced obstacles...

DC Metrobus Ads Promote Free Female Condoms

Posted on July 29, 2010
Washington Examiner: D.C. promotes free female condoms in Metrobus ads, by Joey Flechas: The District has become one of the first cities in the nation to distribute female condoms for free, and the Washington AIDS Partnership has rolled out a...

Obama Administration Issues Rule Banning Abortion Coverage In High Risk Insurance Pools

Posted on July 29, 2010
ACLU Press Release: WASHINGTON ?The Obama administration today issued a new interim rule excluding abortion coverage from the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans, or high-risk insurance pools, created by the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...

Study Shows Babies Born Prematurely Are More Likely to Suffer Serious Health Risks

Posted on July 28, 2010
Time Magazine: Study: The Health Risks of Late Preterm Births, by Alice Park: In the largest study of its kind, researchers find that the risk of severe breathing problems rises significantly in babies born prematurely, even those born in the...

Backers of Colorado's Personhood Measure Regroup With a 2010 Ballot Proposal

Posted on July 28, 2010
Boston Globe/Denver Post: Backers of ?personhood? measure regroup: Colorado is the only state in the union with a 2010 ballot proposal to redefine what a person is. Organizers of Amendment 62 are hoping to turn their 3-to-1 defeat at the...

Research Shows Ob/Gyns Are Deterred From Providing Abortion Services Due to Stigma and Formal and Informal Policies

Posted on July 28, 2010
Guttmacher News Release: Obstacles to the Integration of Abortion Into Obstetrics and Gynecology Practice (Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 42, Number 3, September 2010): CONTEXT: Obstetrics and gynecology residents who are trained in family planning and intend to...

Neil Siegel and Reva Siegel on Pregnancy, Equal Protection, and Sex-Role Stereotyping

Posted on July 27, 2010
Neil Siegel (Duke Law School) and Reva Siegel (Yale Law School) have posted Pregnancy and Sex-Role Stereotyping, from 'Struck' to 'Carhart' on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The guarantee of equal protection of the laws extends to women as well...

GOP Candidates for Georgia Governor Too Focused on Abortion, Some Voters Feel

Posted on July 27, 2010
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Handel, Deal focus on abortion; voters want to hear about jobs, by Aaron Gould Sheinin: Contrary to popular belief, Karen Handel and Nathan Deal actually have discussed more than just abortion in their runoff campaign for the GOP...

California Likes Republican Senate Candidate Fiorina, But Not Her Anti-Abortion Stance

Posted on July 27, 2010
Politico: Fiorina faces challenge on abortion, by Emily Schultheis: Former Hewlett-Packard CEO and Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina is drawing almost the same support from California voters as incumbent Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, according to recent polls...

Striving for Equally Shared Parenthood

Posted on July 27, 2010
NY Times: Motherlode blog: Parents as Teammates, by Lisa Belkin: Speaking of equal parenting, last week?s letter from the mom who was disappointed in her husband?s parenting, while he was angry that she was the favored parent, brought a thoughtful...

Courtney Joslin on Protecting the Families of Lesbian and Gay Parents Across State Lines

Posted on July 26, 2010
Courtney G. Joslin (UC Davis School of Law) has posted Travel Insurance: Protecting Lesbian and Gay Parent Families Across State Lines on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Until recently, when a lesbian couple had a child through artificial insemination, only...

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