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Baltimore Will Host World Stem Cell Summit

Posted on December 03, 2008
Baltimore Sun: Baltimore to host stem cell summit, by Laura Smitherman: Baltimore will host the 2009 World Stem Cell Summit, solidifying its position as one of the nation's foremost crucibles for bioscience research, Gov. Martin O'Malley and other officials announced...

New Guidelines Define Best Practices for Stem Cell Research

Posted on December 03, 2008
Via MarketWatch: Press Release: The International Society for Stem Cell Research Releases New Guidelines to Shape Future of Stem Cell Therapy: Today, the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), the world's leading professional organization of stem cell researchers, released...

Why Did South Dakota Voters Twice Refuse to Approve an Abortion Ban?

Posted on December 03, 2008
The New Republic: What's The Matter With South Dakota?, by Denise Ross: How one of the most pro-life states in the country ended up voting against banning abortion--twice. South Dakota state legislator Larry Rhoden is as loyal a pro-life crusader...

Children Whose Mothers Took Epilepsy Drug While Pregnant May Face Increased Risk of Autism

Posted on December 02, 2008
WebMD Health News: Epilepsy Drug, Pregnancy Raise Autism Risk, by Bill Hendrick: Women who take the epilepsy drug valproate while pregnant may increase their child's risk of autism, a new study shows. British researchers looked at 632 children, almost half...

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New Federal Medical Refusal Rule Would Reach Beyond Abortion

Posted on December 02, 2008
LA Times: Broader medical refusal rule may go far beyond abortion, by David Savage: Reporting from Washington -- The outgoing Bush administration is planning to announce a broad new "right of conscience" rule permitting medical facilities, doctors, nurses, pharmacists and...

Dec. 1 Was World AIDS Day

Posted on December 02, 2008
Via the World AIDS Campaign: The 1st of December, World AIDS Day, is the day when individuals and organisations from around the world come together to bring attention to the global AIDS epidemic. 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of World...

NY Times Mag. Cover Story: Alex Kuczynksi's "Adventures in Gestational Surrogacy"

Posted on November 30, 2008
NY Times Magazine: Her Body, My Baby, by Alex Kuczynski: ...I did not give birth to my son. He is the product of my egg and my husband?s sperm. After half a decade of trying to become pregnant, sometimes succeeding...

Study on Risk Factors Associated with Adolescent Sexual Activity

Posted on November 28, 2008
Journal of Youth and Adolescence: When Two Isn't Better Than One: Predictors of Early Sexual Activity in Adolescence Using a Cumulative Risk Model, by Myeshia N. Price and Janet Shibley Hyde: This study explored factors that may be associated with...

Brazilian Police Target Suspected Abortion Patients

Posted on November 26, 2008
BBC News: Brazil targets illegal abortions, by Gary Duffy: Brazilian police are investigating more than 1,200 women suspected of having had abortions in a clinic in the state of Mato Grosso Do Sul. Some 150 women have been charged and...

Anti-Choice Lectures In UK Schools Increase

Posted on November 26, 2008
The Guardian (UK): Shock tactics, by Kate Hilpern: Rawnie Chapman-Kitchin, 15, was aghast when her teacher compared abortion to Nazism, saying that in time history would view both with the same revulsion. "I'd been expecting a regular RE class, but...

Slate Opinion Piece on Obama's Intentions to Sign Freedom of Choice Act

Posted on November 26, 2008
Slate: Lose-Lose on Abortion: Obama's threat to Catholic Hospitals and their Very Serious Counter Threat, by Melinda Henneberger: If the Freedom of Choice Act passes Congress, and that's a big if, Obama has promised to sign it the second it...

The Challenges of Becoming an Abortion Provider

Posted on November 26, 2008
Washington Post (11/23): A Hard Choice, by Patricia Meisol: A young medical student tries to decide if she has what it takes to join the diminishing ranks of abortion providers ...How medical students choose to become abortion providers is in...

Kimberly Mutcherson on Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis

Posted on November 23, 2008
Kimberly Mutcherson (Rutgers School of Law Camden) has posted Making Mommies: Law, Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis, and the Complications of Pre-Motherhood on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The article focuses on pre-implantation genetic diagnosis ("PGD"), a technology that allows health care...

Graduate Scholarships in Reproductive and Sexual Health Law for Lawyers from Developing Countries

Posted on November 22, 2008
Applications are being accepted for Graduate Scholarships in Reproductive and Sexual Health Law with the International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Programme at the Faculty of Law of the University of Toronto, Canada. The scholarship, which enables lawyer activists from...

Barbara P. Billauer on Abortion Rights and Religious Freedom

Posted on November 22, 2008
Barbara P. Billauer (Foundation for Law and Science Centers, Inc.; Institute of World Politics) has posted With Liberty and Justice for All: Abortion, Religious Freedom and the Constitution on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The status of abortion as murder,...

Elizabeth S. Scott on the Social and Political Meaning of Surrogacy Contracts

Posted on November 21, 2008
Elizabeth S. Scott (Columbia Law School) has posted Surrogacy and the Politics of Commodification on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This essay examines the changing social and political meaning of surrogacy contracts over the twenty years since this issue first...

Studies Examine Effects of Parent Smoking and "Aquarobics" During Pregnancy

Posted on November 21, 2008
Wash. Post/HealthDay: Parent Smoking During Pregnancy Raises Kids' Heart Risks, by Ed Edelson: Damage to the arteries of children of smokers can be detected in the early decades of their lives, a new Dutch study finds.... Uiterwaal and his colleagues...

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Posted on November 20, 2008
Via Woodhull Freedom Foundation: The Transgender Day of Remembrance The Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors the memory of those murdered because of anti-transgender prejudice, is recognized annually on November 20. The Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed in late...

More Objections to HHS Regs

Posted on November 19, 2008
New York Times: Protests Over a Rule to Protect Health Providers, by Robert Pear: A last-minute Bush administration pla n to grant sweeping new protections to health care providers who oppose abortion and other procedures on religious or moral grounds...

Bolivian Supreme Court Orders Improved Access to Abortion

Posted on November 19, 2008
Ipas: Bolivian Supreme Court Directs Courts to Implement Abortion Policy: The Supreme Court of Justice of /Bolivia, the nation's highest court, issued an order on October 17 to all lower courts judges obligating them to implement Article 266 of the...

ACLU Seeks Documents Outlining Government Policies Restricting Immigrant Teens' Access To Reproductive Health Services

Posted on November 17, 2008
Via ACLU press release: Bush Administration Blocks Medical Services For Immigrant Teens In U.S. Care FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org NEW YORK ? The American Civil Liberties Union today asked a federal court to order the Administration for...

Philippines: Bishops Oppose Bill Promoting Family Planning and Sexuality Education

Posted on November 15, 2008
AFP: Philippine bishops attack family planning bill: The Philippines' influential Catholic bishops on Friday attacked a new a bill promoting family planning in the Philippines, calling for drastic changes before it is passed into law.... [I]n a pastoral statement, the...

Obama Expected to Reverse Pro-Abstinence/Anti-Abortion Approaches to Global Funding for Family Planning and AIDS Prevention

Posted on November 15, 2008
Bloomberg News: Condoms Trump Abstinence in Obama Global AIDS Policy, by Jason Gale & John Lauerman: President-elect Barack Obama will reverse U.S. family-planning and AIDS-prevention strategies that have long linked global funding to anti-abortion and abstinence education, a public-health adviser...

Why Many Evangelicals Prefer Obama's Approach to Abortion

Posted on November 15, 2008
Huffington Post: The Obamagelical Reformation, by Cristina Page: ...Clearly Obama's inclusive approach resonated with many evangelical voters--but to only credit the candidate is to miss the bigger story. According to a poll taken by Beliefnet.com, Obamagelicals believe the Democratic party...

Uruguay's Congress Votes to Decriminalize Abortion; Rep. Chris Smith's Selective Concern Over Women

Posted on November 14, 2008
Reuters: Uruguay Congress allows early abortions, veto looms, by Patricia Avila: Uruguay's Senate voted on Tuesday to decriminalize abortions during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, a rare move for a Latin American country, but the president is expected to...

Woman Awaits Forced Abortion in Chinese Hospital

Posted on November 14, 2008
Kansas City Star: China trying to force 6-months' pregnant woman to abort, by Tim Johnson: A Muslim Uighur woman who is more than six months' pregnant remained under watch in a hospital in China's far northwest Friday awaiting a forced...

Fetus Cookie Cutter

Posted on November 14, 2008
Via Boing Boing.

NARAL Unveils New Initiative: "free.will.power"

Posted on November 13, 2008
NARAL Pro-Choice America launches free.will.power as part of a new online initiative focused on building the next generation of pro-choice leaders: NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation announced today that it is launching free.will.power, an innovative video-based online initiative designed to reach...

Forum on "Power & Sex: America's War on Sexual Rights"

Posted on November 12, 2008
UPCOMING CONVERSATION: Power & Sex: America's War on Sexual Rights: Monday, November 17, 2008 7:00 pm, Elebash Recital Hall The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street New York, NY 10016 How has the conservative agenda come to...

Bishops Assail Proposed Freedom of Choice Act

Posted on November 12, 2008
Wash. Post: Bishops Call Obama-Supported Abortion Rights Bill a Threat to Catholic Church, by Jacqueline Salmon: The nation's Catholic bishops Tuesday approved a statement declaring that if the Democratic-controlled Congress and the incoming Obama administration enact proposed abortion rights legislation,...

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