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More on the 40th Anniversary of the Catholic Church's Contraception Ban

Posted on July 27, 2008
Chicago Tribune: Contraception ban remains bitter pill, by Robert McClory (Northwestern University; former Catholic priest): Forty years ago last week, Pope Paul VI issued his encyclical Humanae Vitae, condemning the birth control pill and all other forms of artificial contraception...

Ethical Concerns Raised by 70-Year-Old Woman's Birthing of Twins Via IVF

Posted on July 25, 2008
MSNBC: New IVF dilemmas make old fears seem quaint, by Arthur Caplan: Omkari Panwar has given new meaning to the idea that 70 is the new 60. Or perhaps 70 is the new 30? Earlier this month, the 70-year-old mother...

Anti-Choice Student Group Sues Wayne State Univ. Over Free Speech Rights

Posted on July 25, 2008
Detroit Free Press: Anti-abortion group sues WSU: An anti-abortion student group at Wayne State University has sued WSU and its student government, claiming the group was denied free speech rights when it tried to organize an event. According to the....

Former Mass. Doctor Pleads Not Guilty in Abortion Fatality Case

Posted on July 25, 2008
Boston Globe: Ex-doctor enters plea in abortion fatality: BARNSTABLE - A former Cape Cod doctor indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter after a woman he performed an abortion on died has pleaded not guilty. Rapin Osathanondh was arraigned yesterday in...

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Catholic Groups Urge Pope to Lift Ban on Contraception

Posted on July 25, 2008
Reuters UK: Catholic groups ask pope to end contraception ban, by Philip Pullella: ROME (Reuters) - More than 50 dissident Catholic groups published an unusually frank open letter to Pope Benedict on Friday saying the Church's ban on contraception had...

Understanding Female Sexuality: Sue Katz Reviews Gina Ogden's "Return of Desire"

Posted on July 24, 2008
AlterNet: "Return of Desire": Fighting Myths About Female Sexuality, by Sue Katz: The Return of Desire is the second of three books that Dr. Gina Ogden -- sex therapist, author and (disclosure) my admired colleague -- bases on her large...

Swedish Study Shows Improvement in Seniors' Sex Lives

Posted on July 24, 2008
NY Times: More Sex for Today?s Seniors, by Tara Parker-Pope: The sex lives of senior citizens have improved markedly in the past three decades, according to a new study. The data, published in The British Medical Journal, have been collected...

Bush Administration's Proposed Regs Threaten Access to Birth Control

Posted on July 24, 2008
US News & World Report: A Government Threat to Birth Control, by Deborah Kotz: A new set of health laws that could be proposed by the government sometime in the next few weeks has women's health activists steaming. If the...

Recent Pop-Culture Obsession with Teen Pregnancy Fails to Show the "Before or After"

Posted on July 24, 2008
Newsweek: Teen Pregnancy, Hollywood Style, by Sarah Kliff: Once taboo, pregnant teenagers are popping up more frequently on TV, in movies and on magazine covers. The problem? This latest pop-culture coverage doesn't show what comes before or after. It could...

New York Times Magazine Examines 30 Years of IVF

Posted on July 23, 2008
New York Times: In Vitro We Trust, by Peggy Orenstein: Louise Brown turns 30 on Friday. These days, her name elicits little more than a mystified head shake. Who was she again? Let me refresh your memory: Little Louise was...

Australians Protest Pope's Position on Birth Control

Posted on July 23, 2008
The Canberra Times: Condoms All Round as Annoying Law Dashed, by Malcom Brown: RACHEL EVANS and Amber Pike handed out condoms on the steps of Sydney's Federal Court yesterday - flushed with a ruling that struck out a World Youth...

Many Gay Men Do Not Disclose Sexuality to Their Doctors

Posted on July 23, 2008
NY Times: Many Gays Don?t Tell Doctors Their Sexuality, Study Finds, by Sewell Chan: A survey of 452 New York City men who had had sex with other men within the past year found that 39 percent had not disclosed...

Senate Increases AIDS Funding and Advocates Respond

Posted on July 23, 2008
Washington Post: Senate Agress to $50 Billion AIDS Plan, by Paul Kane: On an 80 to 16 vote, the Senate dramatically increased the U.S. contribution to a global fund to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. President Bush, who requested $30...

Dems Urge Bush to Drop Proposed Funding Restrictions That Would Curb Access to Contraception

Posted on July 22, 2008
ABC News: Lawmakers Urge Bush to Halt Abortion Proposal, by Matthew Jaffe: More than 100 members of Congress wrote President Bush today, urging him to "halt all action" on a proposal they argue would change the definition of abortion, and...

William Saletan on South Dakota's Abortion Propaganda Law

Posted on July 22, 2008
Human Nature (Slate): "Fetal Separation," by William Saletan: Starting this week, under orders from the state attorney general and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, medical providers in South Dakota must present a scripted statement to women...

People Wearing NARAL T-Shirts Are Ejected From McCain Town Hall Event

Posted on July 21, 2008
RH Reality Check: McCain + Birth Control = Attention to His Position, by Marjorie Childress: John McCain seems to be having increasing difficulty with the issue of birth control. At his town hall here in Albuquerque Tuesday, three people wearing...

Clinton Condemns Bush Adminstration Proposal To Define Contraception as Abortion

Posted on July 20, 2008
Reuters: Clinton vows to fight "insulting" abortion plan, by Michelle Nichols: A Bush administration plan to define several widely used contraception methods as abortion is a "gratuitous, unnecessary insult" to women and faces tough opposition, Sen. Hillary Clinton said on...

South Dakota Abortion Propaganda Law Takes Effect

Posted on July 20, 2008
Wash. Post: Ruling Gives South Dakota Doctors a Script to Read, by Peter Slevin: CHICAGO -- In a victory for antiabortion forces, doctors in South Dakota are now required to tell a woman seeking an abortion that the procedure "will...

Colorado Voters Will Decide Whether To Give Fertilized Eggs Legal Rights of a Person

Posted on July 19, 2008
Wash. Post: Colorado Voters Will Be Asked When 'Personhood' Begins, by Ashley Surdin: A proposal to define a fertilized human egg as a person will land on Colorado's ballot this November, marking the first time that the question of when...

Welcome to the Blogosphere, Nan Hunter!

Posted on July 19, 2008
Nan Hunter (Georgetown Law) has launched a brand new blog, Hunter of Justice. It will offer a generally legal take on sexuality and gender issues. Here's an excerpt from one of her first entries: The politics of counting, or, Numbers...

Joshua E. Perry on the Biopolitics of Gonzales v. Carhart

Posted on July 19, 2008
Joshua E. Perry (Vanderbilt University Medical Center) has posted Partial Birth Biopolitics on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The United States Supreme Court decision in Gonzales v. Carhart upheld the constitutionality of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban of 2003, despite the...

Young, Single Men Turn to Vasectomies for "Liberation"

Posted on July 18, 2008
Via Feminist Law Professor Bridget Crawford: The August 2008 issue of Details magazine reports on a new ?trend? in young men receiving vasectomies. In ?The Birth-Control Extremists? Richard Morgan writes: [L]ately, vasectomies are becoming the province of young, single men...

Katha Pollitt on McCain's Vote Against Contraceptive Coverage

Posted on July 17, 2008
And Another Thing (The Nation): McCain Opposes Contraception -- Pass it on, by Katha Pollitt: I realize it's not as world-shaking as the caricature of the Obamas on the cover of The New Yorker, which has the high-end media in...

Eating Fiber During Pregnancy May Cut Risk of Preeclampsia

Posted on July 17, 2008
Wash. Post/HealthDay News: Dietary Fiber Cuts Risk of Pregnancy Complication, by Amanda Gardner: THURSDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- Eating more fiber during the first trimester of pregnancy seems to reduce the risk of developing preeclampsia, a potentially fatal condition...

Bush Proposal to Redefine Abortion as Contraception Incites Uproar

Posted on July 17, 2008
ABC News: Bush Proposal to Change Abortion Definition, by Matthew Jaffe: Congressional Democrats are criticizing the Bush administration for a draft proposal they say would change the definition of abortion and limit women's access to contraception. The draft proposal from...

Report Shows Peruvian Women Are Being Denied Therapeutic Abortions

Posted on July 17, 2008
Human Rights News: Peru: At-Risk Women Denied Legal Abortions: The Peruvian government?s deliberate refusal to streamline procedures and approve guidelines for legal abortion is endangering the lives and health of women and girls who are often forced to use unsafe...

New York Times Reports on Risks of Obesity & Pregnancy

Posted on July 16, 2008
New York Times: Too Fat and Pregnant, by Annie Murphy Paul: After decades in which the obesity epidemic spread to every demographic group in the nation, it has also ended up here: the maternity ward. One in five women who...

Bush Administration Moves to Impose Onerous Conditions on Birth Control Funding

Posted on July 16, 2008
New York Times: Abortion Proposal Sets Condition on Aid, by Robert Pear: The Bush administration wants to require all recipients of aid under federal health programs to certify that they will not refuse to hire nurses and other providers who...

OK! Mag. Discusses Whether Its Cover Story on Jamie Lynn Spears Glamorizes Teen Pregnancy

Posted on July 12, 2008
Newsweek: TEEN PREGNANCY: Baby 101, by Sarah Kliff: When OK! Magazine announced 16-year-old Nickelodeon star Jamie Lynn Spears' pregnancy in December 2007, it was the best-selling issue since the magazine's American debut in 2005. "We knew it was a very...

Rwanda Circumcises Soldiers to Fight HIV/AIDS

Posted on July 12, 2008
Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), RWANDA: Military to Lead the Way in Male Circumcision The soldiers in the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) will be the first men to benefit from a government policy to use male circumcision as a tool...

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