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Justice Stevens, the Last Pre-Roe Justice

Posted on April 20, 2010
LA Times op-ed: Justice Stevens will not be easily replaced, by Chris Eisgruber: President Obama has said that he will seek to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens with someone who has "similar qualities." If the president is...

Op-Ed Argues Nebraska Law Brings "Humanity Back to the Abortion Debate"

Posted on April 19, 2010
Wash. Post op-ed: Bringing humanity back to the abortion debate, by Marc A. Thiessen:Can an unborn child feel pain? That question will dominate the abortion debate in America for the next several years thanks to Gov. Dave Heineman of Nebraska....

Nebraska Law Not Likely to Withstand Legal Scrutiny

Posted on April 19, 2010
Salon.com: Nebraska's abortion bill hasn't got a prayer, by Tracy Clark-Flory:But that doesn't worry anti-choicers, who know that sometimes it's the battle, not the outcome, that matters We've seen a bold new measure restricting abortion pass Nebraska's legislature and get...

Lawsuits Claim Birth Control Pills Yaz and Yasmin Carry Health Risks

Posted on April 18, 2010
LA Times: Birth control pill concerns bring lawsuits but few solid answers, by Tammy Worth: When the oral contraceptives Yasmin and Yaz came on the market in 2001 and 2006, respectively, they were thought to be safer than other birth...

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Delaying Childbearing Helps Ward off Financial "Motherhood Penalty"

Posted on April 18, 2010
USA Today: Delaying kids may prevent financial motherhood penalty, by Sharon Jayson: DALLAS ? Just when to have the first child is more than just a family decision for the couple; it may have longer-term repercussions that affect a woman's...

Health Care Law's Impact on Abortion Access

Posted on April 18, 2010
NPR: Health Law Rolls Back Abortion Rights, Groups Say, by Julie Rovner: Recent fights between anti-abortion groups could leave people with the impression that the new health overhaul law expands women's access to abortion. But abortion-rights groups vehemently disagree...

Global Decline in Maternal Deaths

Posted on April 17, 2010
NY Times: Maternal Deaths Decline Sharply Across the Globe, by Denise Grady: For the first time in decades, researchers are reporting a significant drop worldwide in the number of women dying each year from pregnancy and childbirth, to about 342,900....

Teen Births Remain High in Central America Despite Increased Use of Contraceptives

Posted on April 17, 2010
Guttmacher Institute news release: Despite Increases in Contraceptive Use, Adolescent Births Remain High in Central America: According to a new study of trends in the sexual behavior of young women in Central America, the proportion of 15?19-year-olds who have ever...

The IUD Makes a Comeback

Posted on April 17, 2010
Newsweek Magazine: The IUD Reborn, by Meredith Melnick: After years of the IUD being off-limits to younger women, a new generation is embracing the once-beleaguered birth control. . . . For years, the IUD was FDA-approved only for women who...

Pregnant and On the Frontline in Afghanistan

Posted on April 17, 2010
The Guardian (The Observer): Mother courage: being pregnant on the frontline, by Elizabeth Rubin: Four months pregnant, a journalist joined US forces in Afghanistan as an embedded correspondent. This is her story I never thought I'd write a personal story...

Names are Added to List of Potential Supreme Court Nominees

Posted on April 17, 2010
CNN.com: Names added to Supreme Court short list, by Bill Mears: Washington (CNN) -- A federal judge from Montana and the dean of Harvard's law school are among several names being added to the short list of potential nominees to...

The Broader Implications of Nebraska's New Abortion Ban

Posted on April 17, 2010
Slate Magazine (Double X): Nebraska Feels Your Fetus' Pain, by Amanda Marcotte: The real problem with the new Nebraska abortion ban. In a sea of small stories about this or that state legislature passing yet another restriction on abortion, it...

Scientists Explore New Technologies to Improve Detection of Breast Cancer

Posted on April 17, 2010
Chicago Tribune: Technology expands breast cancer screening options, by Karen Ravn: To detect breast cancers with better precision, scientists are exploring a range of technologies. Breast-cancer-screening isn't like looking for a needle in a haystack...

Post-Roe Generation Doesn't View Abortion Rights as Imperiled

Posted on April 17, 2010
Newsweek: Remember Roe! How can the next generation defend abortion rights when they don't think abortion rights need defending?, by Sarah Kliff: When the history of the 21st century is written, March 21, 2010, will go down as the day...

Dawn Johnsen Withdraws from OLC Consideration Based in Part on Attacks on her Pro-Choice Record

Posted on April 17, 2010
Wash. Post editorial: The Office of Legal Counsel, still in limbo: NOMINEES EXPECT to be roughed up by members of the opposing party. But Dawn E. Johnsen's failed nomination to head the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) may be remembered...

Obama Scheduled to Discuss Supreme Court Vacancy With Senate Leaders Next Week

Posted on April 15, 2010
The Hill: Obama to discuss Supreme Court vacancy with members, by Sam Youngman: President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet next week with key Senate leaders at the White House to discuss filling the seat of retiring Supreme Court Justice...

Kansas Governor Vetoes Changes to Law Governing Abortions Later in Pregnancy

Posted on April 15, 2010
Kansas City Star: Vetoed: Parkinson rejects late-term abortion bill, by David Klepper: Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson today vetoed legislation designed to tighten the rules on late-term abortion. The bill ? similar to one vetoed last year by former Gov. Kathleen...

LSRJ Launches New Reproductive Justice Fellowship Program

Posted on April 14, 2010
Via LSRJ: Reproductive Justice Fellowship Program: Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ) is launching a new, funded fellowship program for current 3Ls and recent law school graduates interested in working to advance reproductive justice. The Reproductive Justice Fellowship Program (RJFP)...

An Examination of Judge Diane Wood's Abortion Rulings

Posted on April 14, 2010
Slate Magazine: Defining Radical Down, by Emily Bazelon: Are Judge Diane Wood's abortion rulings truly indefensible?The president doesn't want a fight. The Republicans don't really, either. So it's safe to predict that there will be what looks like a fight,...

Nebraska Legislature Passes Bills Imposing 20-Week Abortion Ban and Mental Health Screening for Abortions

Posted on April 13, 2010
ABC News: Controversial Legislation in Nebraska Places New Restrictions on Abortion. Do You Think It's Fair? Nebraska Republican Gov. Dave Heineman is expected to sign controversial abortion legislation into law today. The two bills would place new restrictions on who...

Nebraska Abortion Bill Requring Mental Health Screenings Advances

Posted on April 12, 2010
Omaha World-Herald: Neb. abortion bill advances, by Martha Stoddard: LINCOLN ? Women who are told they risk mental health problems after an abortion would be given places to turn, under a measure advanced Wednesday by state lawmakers. An amendment to...

Abortion Coverage Debate Moves to the States

Posted on April 12, 2010
Wall St. Journal: States Reignite Abortion Debate, by Anna Wilde Mathews: Less than three weeks after the passage of the landmark national health-care bill, the abortion debate is being reignited: Lawmakers in least six states are pushing for legislation to...

Statistics on Teen Pregnancy Refute the "Juno Effect"

Posted on April 12, 2010
Salon.com: Death to "The Juno effect", by Amy Benfer: Finally: Statistical evidence that "glamorized," knocked-up girls in pop culture didn't boost teen pregnancy Earlier this week, we got some good news about teen pregnancy: According to figures released by the...

Canadian Experts Call for Guidelines to Delay Revealing Gender of a Fetus in Hope of Curbing Sex Selection

Posted on April 12, 2010
National Post: Delay revealing gender of fetus to curb sex selection: experts, by Tom Blackwell: Two Canadian medical experts are calling for new guidelines that would bar doctors from telling parents the sex of their fetus until late in a...

Finding a Justice Brennan to Fill Stevens' Spot Will Be Difficult

Posted on April 12, 2010
Slate Magazine: Justice Brennan Can't Be Reincarnated, by Seth Stern: Liberals can dream, but a consensus-builder has little to work with on today's Supreme Court. With John Paul Stevens' announcement that he will retire at the end of the Supreme...

Wisconsin DA Warns Against Teaching Comprehensive Sex Ed

Posted on April 10, 2010
The Post Chronicle: DA's Sex Ed Warning Infuriates Schools; Wisconsin's New Law, by Mitch Marconi: In the Juneau County District, Attorney Scott Southworth sent a letter to various school districts in the area warning health teachers about sex education...

Dems Running for Statewide Office in California Speak at NARAL Forum

Posted on April 10, 2010
KCBS (San Francisco): Dems Support NARAL in SF: SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- Several hundred gathered in San Francisco?s Masonic Hall Saturday to hear Democratic candidates for state office agree with each other on issues of abortion rights. It was a...

Justice Stevens' Retirement Marks the End of an Era

Posted on April 10, 2010
NY Times: The End of an Era, for Court and Nation, by Adam Liptak: WASHINGTON ? Justice John Paul Stevens, who announced his resignation from the Supreme Court on Friday after 34 years, may be the last justice from a...

Bristol Palin's PSA on Teenage Pregnancy

Posted on April 09, 2010
Newsweek Magazine: Double Standard or Not, Bristol Palin's Anti-Pregnancy PSA Actually Kind of Good, by Jessica Bennett: The teen birthrate in the United States may be down 2 percent, but Americans still have the highest rate of teen pregnancy in...

The Supreme Court and Religion

Posted on April 09, 2010
NPR: Supreme Court May Soon Lack Protestant Justices, by Nina Totenberg: With U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens talking openly about retirement, attention has focused on the "who" ? as in who is on President Obama's short list of...

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