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More States Require Ultrasounds Before Abortion, But Few Women are Dissuaded

Posted on May 28, 2010
NY Times: States Enlist Ultrasound to Raise Bar for Abortions, by Kevin Sack: . . . Over the last decade, ultrasound has quietly become a new front in the grinding state-by-state battle over abortion. With backing from anti-abortion groups, which...

Study Shows Men at Greater Risk for HIV When Their Partners are Pregnant

Posted on May 26, 2010
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: New study: HIV risk greater for men with pregnant partners, by Jill Daly: A new study has found that some men may be at greater risk of contracting the HIV virus when their female partner is pregnant, according...

U.S. Groups Scrutinize Abortion Language in Kenya's Draft Constitution

Posted on May 26, 2010
VoANews.com: US Groups Scrutinize Abortion Details in Kenya's Draft Constitution, by Nico Colombant: U.S. groups are closely scrutinizing abortion language in Kenya's draft constitution which will be submitted in a referendum in August. Our correspondent has reaction from the groups,...

Did Scott Roeder Act Alone in Murdering George Tiller?

Posted on May 26, 2010
Ms. Magazine: Not A Lone Wolf: Scott Roeder is now serving a life term for murdering abortion doctor George Tiller. But did he really act alone?, by Amanda Robb: AS SOON AS SCOTT ROEDER WAS NAMED THE SOLE SUSPECT IN...

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Pregnancy Prevention Efforts Credited for California's Steep Decline in Teen Pregnancy

Posted on May 25, 2010
Guttmacher Institute news release: California Demonstrates that Sound Policy is Crucial in Reducing Teen Pregnancy:State Had Nation?s Steepest Decline in Teen Pregnancy from 1992 to 2005 California?s teen pregnancy rate declined by 52% between 1992 and 2005, the steepest drop...

Germany's Birth Rate Reaches Historic Low

Posted on May 25, 2010
Time Magazine: Baby Gap: Germany's Birth Rate Hits Historic Low, by Tristana Moore: Germany is shrinking ? and fast. New figures released on May 17 show the birth rate in Europe's biggest economy has plummeted to a historic low, dropping...

Parker County Jail Refuses to Transport Inmate for Abortion

Posted on May 25, 2010
Star-Telegram: ACLU raises questions about Parker County's refusal to transport inmate to get an abortion, by Bill Hanna: The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas questions whether Parker County is infringing on the constitutional rights of its female prisoners after...

FDA Considers Endorsing "Viagra" for Women

Posted on May 25, 2010
Wash. Post: FDA considers endorsement of drug that some call a Viagra for women, by Rob Stein: A panel of federal advisers will soon wrestle with a question that has bedeviled poets, philosophers and generations of frustrated men: What do...

Another Column on "Pro-Life Feminism"

Posted on May 24, 2010
Wash. Post (On Faith): Pro-life feminism is the future, by Colleen Carroll Campbell: Can you be a feminist and oppose abortion in all circumstances? Can you be a person of faith and support abortion in some circumstances? The very notion...

Governor Henry Vetoes Oklahoma Abortion Bill

Posted on May 22, 2010
KOCO.com: Governor Vetoes Abortion Bill: Henry: HB3284 Invades Privacy, Increases Trauma To Rape Victims Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry vetoed an abortion bill Saturday that he said unconstitutionally invades privacy and would only increase trauma to victims of rape and incest...

Thanks To My Research Assistants!

Posted on May 22, 2010
Thanks to my fabulous research assistants, CUNY Law students AMY HAGER ('11) and CHRISTINA TENUTA ('10), for their work this spring researching issues for this blog.

Men and the Right to Abortion

Posted on May 22, 2010
Elle Magazine: The Parent Trap: Paternal Rights and Abortion, by Stephanie Fairyington: What happens when the girlfriend of a recently divorced father of two gets pregnant?and she wants the baby, he doesn?t? Should men, too, have the right to choose?...

Nicholas Kristof on the Unavailability of the Pill in Parts of Africa

Posted on May 22, 2010
NY Times (Op-Ed): Poverty and the Pill, by Nicholas D. Kristof: Earthquakes are more dramatic. Tsunamis make better television. AIDS is more visceral. But here?s a far more widespread challenge, one that?s also more fixable: the unavailability of birth control...

Trial Tests New Screening Aimed at Detecting Ovarian Cancer at Early Stages

Posted on May 22, 2010
Time Magazine: Ovarian Cancer Screening: Hope for Early Detection, by Alice Park: Liz Stegall had no reason to suspect she was at risk for cancer when she decided in 2003 to enroll in a new trial for ovarian-cancer screening at...

Is Sarah Palin a Feminist?

Posted on May 22, 2010
LA Times (Op-Ed Column): Sarah Palin: Feminist, by Meghan Daum:It may not be Gloria Steinem's feminism, but shouldn't there be room for everyone in the movement? After struggling with its definition and connotations, Sarah Palin has apparently made peace with...

Life-Saving Abortions and Catholic Doctrine

Posted on May 20, 2010
USA Today: Faith and Reason: Can abortion be life-saving? Does mother's life count?: Here's a horrific choice: OK an abortion for a pregnant woman facing heart failure or let her die? Now, make that question tougher: You're a Catholic sister...

STDs on College Campuses

Posted on May 20, 2010
NursingSchools.net: 10 Truly Shocking Stats on STDs and College Students:During your time in nursing school, you're bound to run into a few lessons on the dangers of STDs in your patients. But as a college student, have you considered your...

Louisiana House Votes Down Sex-Ed Bill

Posted on May 20, 2010
The Advocate: Legislators vote down sex ed bill, by Will Sentell: A bill that would add sex education to the public school curriculum for students in grades 4-12 was crushed Monday in the House. House Bill 529 got 23 ?yes?...

Kagan Confirmation Hearings to Begin June 28

Posted on May 20, 2010
Politics Daily: Elena Kagan Confirmation Hearings to Begin June 28, by Patricia Murphy: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced Wednesday that the Senate Judiciary Committee begin confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court on June 28, with the...

Wash. State Dept. of Corrections Settles with Inmate Shackled During Childbirth

Posted on May 19, 2010
Seattle 911: A Police Blog: DOC settles with woman shackled during childbirth, by Levi Pulkkinen: The Department of Corrections will pay $125,000 to settle a civil claim by a former inmate who was shackled as she gave birth while in...

Female Supreme Court Justices and Motherhood

Posted on May 19, 2010
NY Times (Magazine): Judging Women, by Lisa Belkin: If Elena Kagan is confirmed by the Senate, there will be three women on the Supreme Court for the first time. This is a measure of how far women have come. Two...

Maureen Dowd on Elena Kagan: When Does a Woman Go from Single to Unmarried?

Posted on May 19, 2010
NY Times (Op-Ed Column): All the Single Ladies, by Maureen Dowd: When does a woman go from being single to unmarried? As my friend Carol Lee, a Politico reporter, observes: ?It seems like a cruel distinction and terrifying crossover.? Single...

Debunking the Myth of Susan B. Anthony's Opposition to Abortion

Posted on May 19, 2010
Wash. Post: Sarah Palin is no Susan B. Anthony, by Ann Gordon & Lynn Sherr: Last week in Washington, Sarah Palin addressed the Susan B. Anthony List - the political action committee that calls itself the "nerve center of the...

June Carbone and Naomi Cahn on the Treatment of Embryos Created through IVF

Posted on May 18, 2010
June Carbone (University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law) and Naomi Cahn (George Washington University Law School) have posted Embryo Fundamentalism on SSRN. Here is the abstract:The battle for the future of assisted reproduction technologies (ART) has been...

New Poll Shows More Americans Call Themselves "Pro-Life"

Posted on May 18, 2010
Slate Magazine (Double X): Why Are More Americans Calling Themselves Pro-Life?, by Jessica Grose:It's because of Obama, but not just for the reason you might think. More Americans now call themselves pro-life than pro-choice, according to a new Gallup poll?47...

Catholics for Choice Laments Excommunication of Nun Who Permitted Abortion

Posted on May 18, 2010
Catholics for Choice press release: "Excommunication" of Nun in Arizona Very Troubling: This is a statement from Jon O'Brien, president of Catholics for Choice:The news that a nun who works at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, was excommunicated following...

Are Young Women Rejecting the "Hookup Culture?"

Posted on May 17, 2010
The Atlantic: Love, Actually, by Caitlin Flanagan: How girls reluctantly endure the hookup culture In case you haven?t noticed, millions of girls are in the midst of a cultural insurrection. Armed with the pocket money that has made them a...

Kagan's Supreme Court Nomination Questionnaire

Posted on May 17, 2010
Slate Magazine: Question Time, by Christopher Beam:An exclusive preview of Elena Kagan's Supreme Court nomination questionnaire. The Senate judiciary committee released on Thursday the 10-page bipartisan questionnaire that Elena Kagan will be asked to fill out before her Supreme Court...

Government Presents Legal Defense of Health Care Reform

Posted on May 17, 2010
Politico: Feds defend health reform's legality, by Sarah Kliff: The Obama administration has previewed its legal defense of health care reform in its response to a case in Eastern Michigan that sought to declare the individual mandate unconstitutional...

Guttmacher Institute: More Women in Need of Publicly Funded Family Planning Services

Posted on May 17, 2010
Guttmacher Institute news release: More Women in Need of Publicly Funded Family Planning Services:As Cost of Providing Services Increases, Centers Have More Difficulty Meeting Clients? Needs In 2008, 17.4 million women were in need of publicly funded family planning services,...

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