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Carol Sanger on Mandatory Ultrasounds

Posted on January 23, 2009
Carol Sanger (Columbia Law School) has posted Seeing and Believing: Mandatory Ultrasound and the Path to a Protected Choice on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Several state legislatures now require that before a woman may consent to an abortion, she...

Pro-Choice Donuts?

Posted on January 23, 2009
Via National Post: The American Life League issued the following press release regarding its victory over a company that makes doughnuts. Apparently "choice" is bad, even if it's a choice between honey glazed and plain: ... KRISPY KREME CORRECTS 'FREEDOM...

Anti-Choice Activist Drives SUV Into Minn. Clinic

Posted on January 23, 2009
Minnesota Independent: Anti-abortion activist slams car into Planned Parenthood clinic, by Andy Birkey: A man slammed his SUV into the Planned Parenthood clinic on Ford Parkway in St. Paul early Thursday morning. Police say the man was an anti-abortion activist...

It's the 36th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade: Got Hope?

Posted on January 22, 2009
I am blogging for choice to celebrate Roe's anniversary. The theme this year is our hopes for the new administration and/or Congress. We have much to celebrate this year as Roe v. Wade turns 36. Our brand-new President is unabashedly...

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Obama Revisits Last-Minute Bush Admin. Regs

Posted on January 21, 2009
The New York Times: Obama Will Ease Restraints on States' Health Insurance Programs for Children, by Robert Pear: ...Some of the policies may take more time to revise because they are in regulations that have already taken effect and have...

HAPPY INAUGURATION DAY!! I'm excited

Posted on January 20, 2009
HAPPY INAUGURATION DAY!! I'm excited to be among the throngs observing the swearing-in today.

Federal Lawsuit Filed Against Nurse Practitioner for Removing IUD Without Permission

Posted on January 19, 2009
Courthouse News Service: Woman Says Anti-Abortion Nurse Removed IUD Without Permission, Then Lectured Her: ALBUQUERQUE (CN) - A clinic nurse first removed her intrauterine birth-control device without permission, says the patient in a federal action, then told her that "having...

Pregnant Women in Developing Nations Face Grave Risks to Life and Health

Posted on January 18, 2009
Wash. Post/HealthDay News: Mothers, Newborns at High Risk in Developing World: A pregnant woman living in one of the world's poorest countries is 300 times more likely to die during pregnancy or childbirth than women living in more affluent nations,....

Fire Strikes Nebraska Abortion Clinic

Posted on January 18, 2009
MSNBC/TheOmahaChannel.com: Fire Engulfs Lower Level Of Clinic Where Abortions Performed: The physician who operates a health clinic where abortions are performed said a fire that broke out Friday morning in the clinic's basement is "very suspicious." The physician, Dr...

Seven States Join Lawsuits Challenging Bush Health Care Denial Rule

Posted on January 17, 2009
Wash. Post: Lawsuits Filed Over Rule That Lets Health Workers Deny Care, by Rob Stein: Seven states and two family-planning groups yesterday asked a federal court to block a controversial new federal regulation that protects health workers who refuse to...

National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association and ACLU Ask Court To Block Health Care Denial Rule

Posted on January 17, 2009
Via ACLU Press Release: The National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, today filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the Bush administration's Health Care Denial Rule.....

Naomi Cahn on "Test Tube Families"

Posted on January 16, 2009
Naomi Cahn (GW Law) has a new book out: Test Tube Families (NYU Press). Here is the abstract: The birth of the first test tube baby in 1978 focused attention on the sweeping advances in assisted reproductive technology (ART), which...

Obama Expected to Ask Pro-Abstinence-Only AIDS Coordinator to Stay On

Posted on January 14, 2009
RH Reality Check: Obama to Keep Abstinence-Only AIDS Coordinator, by Jodi Jacobson: Confirming month-old rumors, a high-level source reported last night that President-Elect Obama's transition team has asked Ambassador Mark Dybul to remain in place as Global AIDS Coordinator, despite...

Rebecca Kukla et al. on Women's Autonomy in Childbirth

Posted on January 14, 2009
Rebecca Kukla, et al., have posted Finding Autonomy in Birth on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Over the last several years, as cesarean deliveries have grown increasingly common, there has been a great deal of public and professional interest in...

Madoff Debacle Hits Reproductive Rights Advocacy Groups

Posted on January 13, 2009
Salon.com Broadsheet: How the Madoff mess hits women, by Nancy Goldstein: For all the ink that's been spilled on the Madoff investment scandal, I've read nothing about its impact on funding for progressive women's causes -- which is considerable. Simply...

NY Times LTE: Abortion and Low-Income Women

Posted on January 13, 2009
The New York Times on Sunday published letters responding to the Jan. 5 article, For Privacy?s Sake, Risking Do-It-Yourself Abortion. See The Abortion Choices of Poor Women. The letters include one from David Cohen (Drexel Law), pointing out that the...

ACLU Files Suit to Stop Religiously Based Restrictions in Federally Funded Trafficking Victims Program

Posted on January 12, 2009
ACLU Press Release: ACLU Asks Court To Stop Misuse Of Taxpayer Dollars In Trafficking Victims' Program: BOSTON ? The American Civil Liberties Union today asked a federal court to require the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...

Lawrence Gostin on Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa

Posted on January 08, 2009
Lawrence O. Gostin (Georgetown Law) has posted Male Circumcision as an HIV Prevention Strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Socio-Legal Barriers on SSRN. Here is the abstract: UNAIDS and WHO recommend safe, voluntary male circumcision as an additional, important strategy for the...

Thanks to My Research Assistant!

Posted on January 08, 2009
Under the category of better late than never, I want to thank my research assistant, Christina Tenuta, for her helpful research for this blog during the fall semester of 2008.

Antiabortion Groups Protest University of Wisconsin Plan To Provide Second-Trimester Abortions

Posted on January 07, 2009
Via Daily Women's Health Policy Report: A pending University of Wisconsin plan to provide second-trimester abortions at its Madison Surgery Center is drawing criticism from antiabortion-rights groups, which are questioning the legality of the plan, the AP/Chicago Tribune reports...

Teen Birth Rates Increased in 26 States in 2006

Posted on January 07, 2009
USA Today: Teen birth rates up in 26 states, by Sharon Jayson: The newest and most detailed data on teen birth rates shows significant increases in 26 states and represents most regions of the USA. "To see 26 states with...

Utah: Plans to Push Abortion Ban Are on Hold

Posted on January 06, 2009
The Salt Lake Tribune: Conservative trio to wait on abortion ban, by Sheena McFarland: Conservative legislators are backing away from costly plans to take on Roe v. Wade this year -- given Utah's tight budget -- but they want to...

HHS Midnight Reg Prompts 200,000 Opposing Comments

Posted on January 05, 2009
Chicago Sun-Times: 11th-hour abortion rule draws 200K protests, by David Templeton: An 11th-hour rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is stirring national controversy by allowing people who provide reproductive health services to refuse information or procedures...

Ulcer Drug Popular Self-Abortion Method Within Dominican Community

Posted on January 05, 2009
NY Times: For Privacy?s Sake, Taking Risks to End Pregnancy, by Jennifer 8. Lee & Cara Buckley: Amalia Dominguez was 18 and desperate and knew exactly what to ask for at the small, family-run pharmacy in the heart of Washington...

S.C. Bill Would Expand on New Ultrasound Law

Posted on January 02, 2009
The State: Proposed S.C. bill sets stage for abortion fight, by Leroy Chapman, Jr.: Abortion foes in the Legislature have sown the seeds of what could develop into another battle over regulating abortion in South Carolina. Seven S.C. House lawmakers....

Anne Hendershott on Kennedy Family and the Right to Abortion

Posted on January 02, 2009
Wall St. Journal Op-Ed: How Support for Abortion Became Kennedy Dogma, by Anne Hendershott: For faithful Roman Catholics, the thought of yet another pro-choice Kennedy positioned to campaign for the unlimited right to abortion is discouraging. Yet if Caroline Kennedy,...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Posted on December 31, 2008

Teenage New Year's Resolution? Maybe Not An Abstinence Pledge

Posted on December 29, 2008
Teenagers searching for a good new year's resolution would do better than to make an abstinence pledge. How about vowing to have sex only when they are ready, and then to do so safely? We adults could help out by...

Jeanne Flavin on the Policing of Reproduction in the United States

Posted on December 27, 2008
Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women's Bodies in America (NYU Press), by Jeanne Flavin (Sociology, Fordham Univ.): Panicked teenagers are prosecuted for abandoning or killing their newborns, but are not guaranteed comprehensive sexuality education or reproductive health services...

NY Times Editorial on Last-Minute HHS Religious Refusal Reg

Posted on December 27, 2008
NY Times Editorial: A Parting Shot at Women's Rights: Undermining women?s reproductive rights and access to health care has been a pervasive theme of the outgoing administration. On his first full day in office, President Bush imposed the ?global gag...

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