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Pope Urges Irish Bishops to Address "Grave Crisis" Ignited by Sex Abuse by Priests

Posted on February 16, 2010
NY Times: Pope Urges Irish Bishops to Confront Sex Abuse, by Elisabetta Povoledo & Alan Cowell: Pope Benedict XVI urged Irish bishops on Tuesday to show ?determination and resolve? in confronting the sexual abuse scandal convulsing the Roman Catholic church...

The Modern American: Call for Submissions (March 1 Deadline)

Posted on February 16, 2010
The Modern American Spring 2010 Call for Submissions: The Modern American, the award-winning legal publication dedicated to diversity and the law from American University Washington College of Law, is seeking submissions for its Spring 2010 issue. The Modern American is...

Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Among Women in their Forties

Posted on February 12, 2010
Slate Magazine (Double X): Whoops-Pregnancies in Your 40s, by Amanda Marcotte: It's hard to catalogue the amount of media?books, articles, movies, commercials?dedicated to scaring women about their biological clocks. We're told over and over again that if we wait "too...

Virginity Sold to Strangers Online

Posted on February 12, 2010
Slate Magazine (Double X): How Much is Virginity Worth?, by Claire Gordon: Last week, a 19-year-old New Zealand student, known only as Unigirl, sold her virginity to a stranger for $32,000. Her online ad was viewed by 30,000 people and...

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Illinois' Parental Notification Law Endangers Teenagers

Posted on February 12, 2010
RH Reality Check: Parental Notification in Illinois: Forcing Young Women Into Harm's Way, by Sally Burgess: While Illinois has a mandatory parental involvement law on the books, it has long been enjoined.... However, the state is aggressively seeking to end...

Atlanta Anti-Choice Ad Campaign Claims "Black Children Are an Endangered Species"

Posted on February 11, 2010
NY Times: Anti-Abortion Ads Split Atlanta, by Shaila Dewan: ATLANTA ? Anti-abortion groups have erected scores of billboards here with an alarming message: ?Black children are an endangered species.? The groups responsible insist that they are not exaggerating, despite contrary...

Abortion Provider and Women's Rights Advocate, Susan Hill, Dies at Age 61

Posted on February 11, 2010
LA Times: Susan Hill dies at 61; women's rights advocate, by Leah Friedman: She established abortion clinics in rural areas where women had no access to such services. The clinics were often the target of protesters, and she lived under...

President Obama's Budget Prioritizes Pregnancy Prevention but Takes a "Pass" on Abortion

Posted on February 11, 2010
Guttmacher Institute news release: The President's Budget: Prevention Advances, but Abortion Rights Stall Out: On February 1, President Obama sent his proposed budget for the fiscal year starting October 1, 2010 to Congress. On the domestic front, the administration?s top...

Sixth Annual Wells Conference on Adoption Law

Posted on February 09, 2010
Capital University Law Review and the National Conference for Adoption Law and Policy announce the Sixth Annual Wells Conference on Adoption Law: Please join the Capital University Law Review and the National Center for Adoption Law and Policy for ?....

New York Times Editorial on Abstinence Education

Posted on February 09, 2010
NY Times Editorial: Abstinence Education Done Right: The ongoing debate over sex education has been rekindled by a provocative new study suggesting that teaching abstinence can delay the start of sexual activity among inner-city youngsters ? if it is freed...

Joanna Erdman on a Procedure-Substance Divide in Abortion Liberalization

Posted on February 08, 2010
This abstract is posted in collaboration with the NYU Review of Law & Social Change symposium, "From Page to Practice: Broadening the Lens for Sexual & Reproductive Rights." Abortion Liberalization: Transnational Legal Advocacy across a Procedure-Substance DivideJoanna N...

Paola Bergallo on International Human Rights Law and Reproductive Rights in Latin America

Posted on February 08, 2010
This abstract is posted in collaboration with the NYU Review of Law & Social Change symposium, "From Page to Practice: Broadening the Lens for Sexual & Reproductive Rights." Promising but elusive domestic uses of international human rights law in the...

Judith Resnik & Reva Siegel on the Relationship of Health and Abortion in Law

Posted on February 08, 2010
This abstract is posted in collaboration with the NYU Review of Law & Social Change symposium, "From Page to Practice: Broadening the Lens for Sexual & Reproductive Rights." Heath Excepted, Health Accepted All rights reserved January 22, 2010 Judith Resnik...

Carlton Veazey on Reclaiming Morality in Defending Reproductive Rights

Posted on February 08, 2010
This abstract is posted in collaboration with the NYU Review of Law & Social Change symposium, "From Page to Practice: Broadening the Lens for Sexual & Reproductive Rights." Reclaiming Values and Morality Reverend Dr. Carlton W. Veazey, President and CEO,...

Erez Aloni on Lawrence v. Texas and Reproductive Freedom for LGBT Individuals

Posted on February 08, 2010
This abstract is posted in collaboration with the NYU Review of Law & Social Change symposium, "From Page to Practice: Broadening the Lens for Sexual & Reproductive Rights." How thinking like pro-choice lawyers can win the battle and lose the...

Carlos Ball on Morality and the LGBT Rights Movement

Posted on February 08, 2010
This abstract is posted in collaboration with the NYU Review of Law & Social Change symposium, "From Page to Practice: Broadening the Lens for Sexual & Reproductive Rights." MORALITY AND THE LGBT RIGHTS MOVEMENT Carlos A. Ball Professor of Law,...

Lynn Paltrow on a Multi-Strategy Approach to Defending Women's Right to Abortion

Posted on February 07, 2010
This abstract is posted in collaboration with the NYU Review of Law & Social Change symposium, "From Page to Practice: Broadening the Lens for Sexual & Reproductive Rights." Lynn M. Paltrow, JD5National Advocates for Pregnant Women I founded National Advocates...

Ruthann Robson on The Interrelationships Between Lesbians and Abortion

Posted on February 07, 2010
This abstract is posted in collaboration with the NYU Review of Law & Social Change symposium, "From Page to Practice: Broadening the Lens for Sexual & Reproductive Rights." Ruthann Robson, CUNY School of Law For my comments on Panel One,...

Anita Allen on Infertility and Racial Justice

Posted on February 07, 2010
This abstract is posted in collaboration with the NYU Review of Law & Social Change symposium, "From Page to Practice: Broadening the Lens for Sexual & Reproductive Rights." Where?s My Bump? Just Responses to Working Women?s Infertility CrisisAnita L...

NYU Review of Law & Social Change: Symposium on "Broadening the Lens of Sexual & Reproductive Rights"

Posted on February 07, 2010
This blog will be posting abstracts from participants in an upcoming symposium hosted by the NYU Review of Law & Social Change, "From Page to Practice: Broadening the Lens for Sexual & Reproductive Rights," on February 12. The editors invite...

Tebow Ad Stokes Interest in Super Bowl Commercials

Posted on February 05, 2010
NY Times: An Advocacy Ad Elevates Interest in All the Ads, by Stuart Elliott: VIEWERS look forward to the commercials shown during a Super Bowl because they know the spots will almost always be different from ? and better than...

Counseling Shown to Help Pregnant Victims of Domestic Violence

Posted on February 05, 2010
Reuters: Counseling helps moms-to-be with abusive partner, by Dave Levitan: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a large study conducted in Washington, D.C., a short intervention reduced repeat episodes of domestic violence among a group of pregnant African-American women...

Study Find Indigenous Women in Bolivia Have Same Rate of Wanted Births as Nonindigenous Women, But Lack Access to Contraception

Posted on February 05, 2010
Guttmacher Institute news release: Indigenous Women in Bolivia Do Not Desire Larger Families Than Non-Indigenous Women: A new study of couples in Bolivia finds that indigenous and nonindigenous women have nearly the same rate of wanted births, a finding that...

Rexamining the Constitutionality of Bans on Federally Funded Abortions

Posted on February 05, 2010
The Huffington Post: Is the Ban on Federally Funded Abortions Constitutional?, by Judge H. Lee Sarokin: Since the Supreme Court appears receptive to rejecting precedent in letting corporations overwhelm our elective system, possibly they should re-examine the constitutionality of the...

Department of Defense will Stock Health Facilities with Emergency Contraception

Posted on February 05, 2010
This is a welcome (and long overdue) development, especially given the lack of abortion access at U.S. military facilities. Wash. Post: Pentagon to stock health facilities with morning-after pill, by Rob Stein: The Department of Defense will begin making the...

Advocates for Youth on the New Study on Abstinence Education

Posted on February 04, 2010
Advocates for Youth Blog: New research on prevention interventions: You may have seen a few newspaper articles with titles like ?Abstinence-only programs might work, study says? in the past couple of days. But are newspapers telling the whole story? The...

Loretta Ross on the Racial and Economic Dimensions of Decisionmaking on Abortion

Posted on February 02, 2010
On this video, Loretta Ross, National Coordinator of Sister Song, discusses abortion, social justice, and reframing the women's health debate, while on a recent trip to Kentucky.

Ross Douthat on the Debate Over Abstinence

Posted on February 02, 2010
NY Times Opinion: Sex Ed in Washington, by Ross Douthat: Liberals hated almost everything about George W. Bush?s presidency, but they harbored a particular animus toward a minor domestic policy priority: abstinence-based sex education. The abstinence effort accounted for about...

The Onion Satirizes Abortion "Informed Consent" Laws

Posted on February 01, 2010
New Law Requires Women To Name Baby, Paint Nursery Before Getting Abortion

Scott Roeder Found Guilty in Murder of Dr. Tiller

Posted on January 29, 2010
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