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Sex Education at the Doctor's Office

Posted on April 16, 2009
On Women (US News & World Report blog): Teens and Sex Education at the Doctor's Office, by Deborah Kotz: I was heartened by a recent story in the Houston Chronicle discussing how some Texas moms concerned about their teens and...

Talking to Boys About Sex

Posted on April 14, 2009
NY Times: Another Awkward Sex Talk: Respect and Violence, by Perri Klass: Not long ago, in the clinic, a fellow pediatrician and mother asked whether we were still teaching our sons old-fashioned elevator etiquette: stand back and let the ladies...

Economy Takes Toll on State Social Programs for New Mothers

Posted on April 14, 2009
NY Times: States Slashing Social Programs for Vulnerable, by Erik Eckholm: Battered by the recession and the deepest and most widespread budget deficits in several decades, a large majority of states are slicing into their social safety nets ? often....

NY Gov. Paterson To Introduce Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Posted on April 14, 2009
NY Times: Paterson Will Introduce Same-Sex Marriage Bill, by Jeremy W. Peters: Gov. David A. Paterson on Thursday will announce plans to introduce legislation to legalize same-sex marriage, according to people with knowledge of the governor?s plans. Mr...

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Vatican Objects to Caroline Kennedy As Ambassador Due to Abortion Stance

Posted on April 13, 2009
The Women on the Web: Vatican Rebuffs Caroline Kennedy Ambassador Seat Over Abortion, Say Sources: Just when Caroline Kennedy was recovering from the political mess over her bid for Hillary Clinton?s Senate seat, she now has hit some more political...

Support the NY Reproductive Health Act

Posted on April 13, 2009
Via the NYCLU: The Reproductive Health Act: Guarantees a woman?s right to control her reproductive health; Ensures that a woman will be able to have an abortion if her health is endangered; Treats the regulation of abortion as an issue...

NY Times on the Obama/Notre Dame Controversy

Posted on April 07, 2009
NY Times: Invitation to Obama Stirs Up Notre Dame, by Dirk Johnson: As church bells pealed, Claire Gillen, a Notre Dame freshman, stood on the stone steps of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, accusing this fabled Roman Catholic institution...

Second Circuit Affirms Life Sentence of Abortion Provider's Killer

Posted on April 07, 2009
The Second Circuit has affirmed the federal convictions and life sentence of James C. Kopp for the murder of Dr. Barnett Slepian, a Buffalo area abortion provider. See How Appealing for links to the per curiam ruling, prior NY Times...

VT Legislature Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

Posted on April 07, 2009
NY Times: Vermont Legislature Makes Same-Sex Marriage Legal, by Abby Goodnough & Anahad O'Connor: The Vermont Legislature on Tuesday overrode Gov. Jim Douglas?s veto of a bill allowing gay couples to marry, mustering one more vote than needed to preserve...

Scranton Diocese Cracks Down on Colleges and Universities' Provision of Contraceptives to Students

Posted on April 05, 2009
republicanherald.com: Scranton Diocese asks to see Catholic colleges? info on health services, by Shari Sanger: Diocese of Scranton leaders have asked the presidents of the four area Catholic colleges and universities for ?assurance? that they are not providing or encouraging...

Sebelius Confirmation Vote Will Likely Be Delayed

Posted on April 05, 2009
NY Times: Fast Vote Is Unlikely on Health Dept. Pick, by Robert Pear: Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas appeared Thursday to be headed for confirmation as health and human services secretary, but several Republican senators objected to an immediate vote,...

ND Senate Rejects Embryonic Personhood Bill, Passes Other Abortion Measures

Posted on April 04, 2009
KFYT-TV: Abortion Bill Defeated, by Amanda Tetlak: ...The bill that establishes that human life begins at conception with the intent to challenge Roe Versus Wade failed by a final vote of 29-16.... Senators voted in favor of a bill that...

Call for Papers: Fourteenth Annual LatCrit Conference

Posted on April 03, 2009
LatCrit - Outsiders Inside: Critical Outsider Theory and Praxis in the Policymaking of the New Regime Please join us at LatCrit XIV, the Fourteenth Annual LatCrit (Latina and LatinoCritical Legal Theory, Inc.) American University - Washington College of Law Washington,...

Iowa Supreme Court Strikes Down Opposite-Sex Only Marriage Law

Posted on April 03, 2009
The New York Times: Iowa Court Says Gay Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional, by Monica Davey and Liz Robbins: Iowa became the first state in the Midwest to approve same-sex marriage on Friday, after the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously decided that...

US at the UN: Strong Support for Family Planning

Posted on April 02, 2009
Via RH Reality Check, by Ariana Childs Graham: This week is the 42nd session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) at the United Nations headquarters in New York. It is taking place fifteen years into the Programme of...

Study: Girls As Young As 12 Understand Emergency Contraceptive Labeling As Well As Adults Do

Posted on April 01, 2009
Reuters: Teens understand emergency-contraception labels, by Amy Norton: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teenagers do just as well as adults when it comes to understanding the information on emergency-contraception labels, a new study suggests. The findings, say researchers, argue for...

Sebelius Confirmation Hearings Begin

Posted on March 31, 2009
NY Times: Sebelius Confirmation Hearings Start, by Kate Phillips: It was a Kansas-fest this morning as the first of two hearings began on the confirmation of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to become the administration?s secretary of health and human services...

Notre Dame Faces Criticism for Inviting President Obama to Deliver Commencement Address

Posted on March 30, 2009
Wash. Post: Why Notre Dame Should Welcome Obama, by Kenneth L. Woodward: The nation's Catholic bishops have another sticky issue on their plates. President Obama has accepted an invitation to deliver the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame...

Catholics' Opinions on Abortion and Stem Cells Research Similar to Non-Catholics

Posted on March 30, 2009
Gallup: Catholics Similar to Mainstream on Abortion, Stem Cells, by Frank Newport: Despite the Roman Catholic Church's official opposition to abortion and embryonic stem-cell research, a Gallup analysis finds almost no difference between rank-and-file American Catholics and American non-Catholics in...

Jury Acquits Kansas Abortion Provider Dr. Tiller

Posted on March 30, 2009
NY Times: Jurors Acquit Kansas Doctor in a Late-Term Abortion Case, by Joe Stumpe: After years of investigations and four days of testimony, jurors here took just 45 minutes on Friday to acquit a controversial abortion doctor of charges that...

In Brazil, Sexual Abuse Is Widespread While Most Abortions Are Illegal

Posted on March 28, 2009
NY Times: Amid Abuse in Brazil, Abortion Debate Flares, by Alexei Barrionuevo: The waiting room at P�rola Byington Hospital resembles a small day care center many days. Young girls play on the cold tile floors or rock hyperactively in plastic...

Judge Sees "Serious Constitutional Issues" In Teen Girls' Cellphone Photos Case

Posted on March 27, 2009
NY Times: Judge Sees ?Serious? Issues in Cellphone Photos Case, by Sean D. Hamill & Liz Robbins: A federal judge said at a hearing on Thursday that ?serious constitutional issues? were raised in a lawsuit filed by three teenage girls...

Britain May Allow Media Ads for Condoms and Abortion Advice

Posted on March 27, 2009
AFP: Britain could allow abortion advice, condom ads: Britain could change media rules to allow abortion advice to be advertised on television and radio, as well as easing rules for condom ads, officials said on Thursday. The moves would aim...

Study Shows Circumcision Reduces Transmission of Herpes and HPV

Posted on March 27, 2009
NY Times: Circumcision Is Found to Curb Two S.T.D.?s, by Nicholas Bakalar: Male circumcision, already shown to reduce the incidence of H.I.V. infection in men, also reduces transmission of both herpes simplex virus Type 2 and human papilloma virus, a...

Amanda Allen on Harm Reduction, Sexuality Education, and Reproductive Justice

Posted on March 26, 2009
RH Reality Check: Harm Reduction Lessons for Reproductive Justice, by Amanda Allen (former CUNY Law student, current Law Students for Reproductive Justice Fellow): Drug policy has benefited from the harm reduction movement's innovative approach to improving personal safety...

Support Funding For International Family Planning

Posted on March 26, 2009
Via EngenderHealth: EngenderHealth has released a short animated video that poses the provocative question, "If you had $1 billion to change the world, what would you spend it on: easing world hunger, reducing global instability, or preserving natural resources?" Their...

Back Up Your Birth Control

Posted on March 25, 2009
Via the Back Up Your Birth Control Team: The 2009 Back Up Your Birth Control Day of Action is TODAY, March 25! Today is our chance to raise awareness about and increase access to emergency contraception (EC). This year's Day...

Support Rescission of Bush Aministration's Health Care Refusal Rule

Posted on March 23, 2009
Via the ACLU: When President Obama took office in January, the Bush Administration left him and the country to deal with its parting shot against women?s health: a Health Care Denial rule. Despite public objections, the rule undermines the ability...

Symposium on Assisted Reproduction, Race, Class, and Sexuality

Posted on March 23, 2009
The University of Minnesota Law & Inequality journal will host a symposium on April 10, 2009, on "Contested Contours in Assisted Reproduction: Interrogating Law, Race, Class & Sex": The controversial case of Nadya Suleman, mother of fourteen children conceived with...

Vatican Now Defends Nine-Year-Old Rape Victim's Abortion

Posted on March 23, 2009
Wash. Post: Vatican Official Defends Child's Abortion, by Francis X. Rocca: The Vatican's top bioethics official said the two Brazilian doctors who performed an abortion on a 9-year-old rape victim do not merit excommunication, because they acted to save her...

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