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Questions for Sotomayor on Abortion

Posted on June 06, 2009
USA Today: Many questions for Sotomayor on abortion issue, by Joan Biskupic: During her 17 years on the federal bench, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has left no clear footprints revealing where she stands on the right to abortion. Some...

Justice Dep't to Investigate Dr. Tiller's Murder

Posted on June 06, 2009
Reuters: U.S. Justice Dept to probe Kansas abortion murder: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it is launching an investigation into the murder of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller, who had been reviled by anti-abortion groups...

New Focus on "Late-Term" Abortions

Posted on June 06, 2009
Wash. Post: New Attention on Late-Term Abortions, by Rob Stein: ...Tiller's death has focused attention on abortions late in pregnancy. While it is clear that they account for a tiny fraction of the 1.2 million U.S. abortions each year, much...

Dr. Tiller's Important Work

Posted on June 06, 2009
NY Times opinion: Dr. Tiller?s Important Job, by Judith Warner: The 9-year-old girl had been raped by her father. She was 18 weeks pregnant. Carrying the baby to term, going through labor and delivery, would have ripped her small body...

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Amy Goodman on How the FBI and Local Police Failed Dr. Tiller

Posted on June 06, 2009
Truthdig: Dr. George Tiller Didn?t Have to Die, by Amy Goodman: George Tiller did not have to die. He was assassinated while in church in Wichita, Kan., on Sunday, targeted for legally performing abortions. His death might have been prevented...

Catholics for Choice: Anti-Abortion Advocate Appointed to Senior Position at HHS

Posted on June 05, 2009
Catholics for Choice Press Release: Antiabotion Advocate Appointed to Senior Position at HHS: Jon O?Brien, president of Catholics for Choice, issued the following statement today about the appointment of Alexia Kelley to be Director of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships at...

Obama's Cairo Speech and the Rights of Women

Posted on June 05, 2009
Huffington Post: Let Women Wear the Hijab: The Emptiness of Obama's Cairo Speech, by Peter Daou: I know many will gush over President Obama's Cairo speech and I'm likely swimming against the tide of the media and my fellow Democrats...

A Different Perspective on Alexia Kelley

Posted on June 05, 2009
Huffington Post: The New Pro-lifer, by Cristina Page: In our pain, anger and profound sadness over the murder of Dr. Tiller, pro-choice people risk losing an opportunity to see a better day as a country and a movement. In the...

Documentary Spotlights George Tiller

Posted on June 04, 2009
Broadsheet (Salon.com): New documentary spotlights Tiller, by Judy Berman: "We've been picketed since 1975," says Dr. George Tiller. "My office has been blown up. We have had 4,000 people arrested outside my office in 1991. In 1993 I survived an...

NH Gov. Signs Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Posted on June 04, 2009
Boston Globe: N.H. ties gay-marriage knot, by Eric Moskowitz: CONCORD - New Hampshire became the fifth state in New England yesterday and the sixth in the country to allow same-sex marriage, as lawmakers approved and the governor signed revised legislation...

Young Women Who Attend Private Religious Schools More Likely To Obtain Abortions Than Their Public School Peers

Posted on June 03, 2009
American Sociological Association Press Release: Religious Devotion Does Not Impact Abortion Decisions of Young Unwed Women Sociologist finds that factors such as grades and parents? education are more influential than religious involvement for pregnant teens and young adults who face...

Will Killing of Kansas Abortion Provider Hamper Whitehouse Efforts to Find Common Ground on Abortion?

Posted on June 03, 2009
LA Times: Doctor's slaying a setback for common ground on abortion, by Peter Wallsten & Robin Abcarian: Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington -- In calling last month for "common ground" on abortion, President Obama launched his search for an...

Teens and Sex: Is The Internet Accurate?

Posted on June 03, 2009
Below the Belt (National Organization for Women): Teens and Sex: Is the Internet Accurate?, by Kim Gandy: We live in a society obsessed with sex. Our relationship with sex, however, is conflicted and more than a little dysfunctional. Mixed messages...

The Women Who Were Dr. Tiller's Patients

Posted on June 03, 2009
RH Reality Check: Tiller Understood the Complexity of Women's Realities, by Erin Kate Ryan: Below the breathless rhetoric of anti-choice extremists, there has been a quiet - yet swelling - murmuring this week. These are the voices of women who...

NH Senate Approves Amended Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Posted on June 03, 2009
NY Times: Gay-Marriage Bill Advances in N.H., by Abby Goodnough: The New Hampshire Senate approved revisions to a same-sex marriage bill on Wednesday morning, paving the way for an afternoon vote in the less-predictable House of Representatives. Lawmakers have been...

Statement from Dr. Tiller's Church

Posted on June 02, 2009
Wichita Eagle: George Tiller's church releases statement about his death: Wichita's Reformation Lutheran Church -- the church to which abortion provider George Tiller belonged and where he was killed Sunday -- has released a statement about his death...

The Deadly Toll of Banning Abortion: Lessons from Abroad

Posted on June 02, 2009
NY Times: The Deadly Toll of Abortion by Amateurs, by Denise Grady: BEREGA, Tanzania ? A handwritten ledger at the hospital tells a grim story. For the month of January, 17 of the 31 minor surgical procedures here were done...

Police Gather Information on Suspect in Abortion Provider's Murder

Posted on June 02, 2009
NY Times: Suspect Identified in Killing of Doctor, by Susan Sauling and Monica Davey: The man I married disappeared into this other person years ago,? Ms. Roeder, shaken and puffy eyed, said of Scott Roeder, who was being held in...

Dr. Tiller's Murder Keeps National Spotlight on Abortion

Posted on June 02, 2009
Wash. Post: Slaying Raises Fears on Both Sides of Abortion Debate, by Peter Slevin: WICHITA, June 1 -- As the U.S. Marshals Service moved to protect abortion clinics and doctors nationwide, the fatal shooting of the country's most prominent provider....

International Conference of Women Judges

Posted on June 02, 2009
American Jewish Congress and the International Conference of Women Judges host Gender and Justice: An International Inquiry: The conference will be a gathering of remarkable women judges and scholars from around the world to discuss important issues. This conference promises...

Doctor, Who Provided Abortions, Murdered in Church

Posted on June 01, 2009
NY Times: Abortion Doctor Shot to Death in Church, by Monica Davey & Joe Stumpe: George Tiller, a Wichita doctor who was one of the few doctors in the nation to perform late-term abortions, was shot to death on Sunday...

What Made Dr. Tiller Special

Posted on June 01, 2009
I spoke at length with Brian Palmer, of Slate, to brief him for the following piece. With all the vague references to "late-term abortions" being thrown about in the media, it was a relief to talk to a reporter whose...

Obama Sends US Marshals To Protect Abortion Clinics

Posted on June 01, 2009
DailyMail (UK): Obama sends in U.S. Marshals to protect abortion clinics across America after controversial doctor is killed, by David Gardner: Guards were sent to clinics across America yesterday amid fears the murder of a prominent abortion doctor could spark...

Does Dr. Tiller's Murder Portend an Increase in Anti-Choice Violence?

Posted on June 01, 2009
Huffington Post: The Murder of Dr. Tiller, a Foreshadowing, by Cristina Page: For those who would like to think today's murder in church of Dr. George Tiller, an abortion provider, is an isolated incident, here's the horrifying news: You are...

Troubling Trend Continues in Latin America Toward Criminalizing All Abortions

Posted on May 29, 2009
The Guttmacher Institute: A Dangerous Trend: Dominican Republic Adopts Draconian Abortion Restriction, by Sharon L. Camp & Dr. Fatima Juarez: When the Dominican Republic's National Assembly voted in April 2009 to amend its constitution to include a right to life...

More on Sotomayor's Abortion Rulings

Posted on May 28, 2009
Broadsheet (Salon.com): Sotomayor and abortion, by Lynn Harris: Even amidst the deserved and moving kudos, some feminist organizations' responses to Judge Sotomayor's nomination have seemed just a teeny bit ... polite. That, as Judy Berman noted here yesterday, is because...

Sotomayor's Stance on Abortion Not Clear Enough for Some Pro-Choice Advocates

Posted on May 28, 2009
NY Times: On Sotomayor, Some Abortion Rights Backers Are Uneasy, by Charlie Savage: WASHINGTON ? In nearly 11 years as a federal appeals court judge, President Obama?s choice for the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, has never directly ruled on whether...

Cal. Supreme Court Upholds Prop 8; Opponents Vow to Continue Fight

Posted on May 27, 2009
NY Times: Proposition?s Opponents Say Fight Will Continue, by Jesse McKinley: Supporters of same-sex marriage in California wasted little time on Tuesday turning away from their courtroom defeat on Proposition 8, and toward a potential campaign to overturn the measure...

Sonia Sotomayor's Record on Abortion

Posted on May 27, 2009
SCOTUSblog summarizes Judge Sotomayor's civil appellate opinions, including the one case she decided that addressed abortion (via a challenge to the Global Gag Rule, which President Obama repealed in January): Judge Sotomayor?s Appellate Opinions in Civil Cases: ...

Maternal Mortality in Africa

Posted on May 27, 2009
NY Times: Where Life's Start is a Deadly Risk, by Denise Grady: BEREGA, Tanzania? The young woman had already been in labor for two days by the time she reached the hospital here. Now two lives were at risk, and...

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