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Rep. Stupak Defends His Amendment in NY Times Op-Ed; Rep. Capps Responds

Posted on December 10, 2009
NY Times: What My Amendment Won't Do, by Bart Stupak: Under our amendment, women who receive federal subsidies will be prohibited from using them to pay for insurance policies that cover abortion. The amendment does not prevent private plans from...

Study Finds ManyTeenagers Have Had Sex Before Parents' Sex Talk

Posted on December 09, 2009
Time Magazine: Parents' Sex Talk with Kids: Too Little, Too Late, by Alice Park: The sex talk is never easy. It's not comfortable for anyone involved ? parents are afraid of it, children are mortified by it ? which is...

Study Finds Casual Sex Does not Cause Emotional Damage

Posted on December 09, 2009
StarTribune.com: Casual sex ? and no emotional wreckage?, by Josephine Marcotty: Results of a study on casual sex among young adults surprise U researchers. But they note the physical risks. As most every parent knows, hooking up for casual sex...

Senate Rejects Nelson Amendment

Posted on December 09, 2009
Capitol Briefing (Wash. Post): Senate rejects Nelson amendment on abortion, by Shailagh Murray: The Senate narrowly rejected an amendment that would have restricted abortion coverage in the pending health-care bill, leaving in question whether Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev...

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Rep. Lois Capps Discusses Abortion and Health Care Reform on the Huffington Post

Posted on December 09, 2009
Huffington Post: Health Care Reform In No Place for an Abortion Fight, by Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA): When Congress began debating health reform earlier this year, I hoped our focus would remain on the central goal of improving access to...

Insurance Coverage for Abortion: What It Costs, and a Proposed Solution

Posted on December 09, 2009
This article is helpful in pointing out how little it costs insurance companies to cover abortion care. However, it's discouraging that the author thinks it's so obvious that second-trimester abortions should not be covered. There are many reasons why women...

Senate Reaches Compromise on Public Option

Posted on December 09, 2009
LA Times: Senate Democrats reach healthcare deal on 'public option', by Janet Hook & Noam. N. Levey: The government would contract with a nonprofit insurer for a nationwide plan. In another step toward a vote by Christmas, the Senate rejects...

Reseearch Suggests Folic Acid May Help Prevent Fetal Heart Defects

Posted on December 09, 2009
ABC News/Reuters Health: Folic Acid May Help Prevent Fetal Heart Defects: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Here's another reason for pregnant women to take folic acid supplements: they help prevent fetal heart malformations, new research from the Netherlands suggests...

The Nelson Amendment and the Health Care Debate

Posted on December 08, 2009
Swampland (Time/CNN): The Health Reform Abortion Wars, Part Deux, by Amy Sullivan: . . . On Monday, Nelson introduced an amendment that would prohibit the public option from covering abortion and would prevent private insurance plans that covered abortion procedures...

Op-Ed: Black Women's Health Concerns Not Adequately Addressed in Health Care Debate

Posted on December 08, 2009
The Grio (Opinion): Black women need a voice in health care's abortion debate, by Talia Whyte: . . . [A]bortion rights for black women are yet again under siege. The abortion rate among black women far exceeds the rate of...

A "Primer" on Abortion and Health Care Legislation

Posted on December 08, 2009
NY Times: The Abortion Debate: A Primer, by David Herszenhorn: The Issue Insurance coverage for abortions in the health care legislation. The Fight Abortion opponents want tight restrictions on coverage for abortions, including a ban on coverage for any health...

Abortion Debate Continues in Senate; Vote on Nelson Amendment Could Occur Tuesday

Posted on December 08, 2009
USA Today: Abortion debate to begin on health care: Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., introduced an amendment today that would add tougher restrictions on abortion to the Senate's health care bill -- reigniting a debate that has proven to be one...

Report Examines Some Effects of Health Reform on Reproductive Service Providers

Posted on December 07, 2009
Guttmacher Institute news release: Health Reform Encounters Two Long-Standing Challenges: Confidentiality and Health Information Technology: New Policy Analyses Examine How Sexual and Reproductive Health Providers Might Be AffectedTwo new analyses in the Fall 2009 issue of the Guttmacher Policy Review...

Ross Douthat Compares "Crisis Pregnancy Centers" and Planned Parenthood

Posted on December 05, 2009
NY Times Opinion: The Politics of Pregnancy Counseling, by Ross Douthat: In the course of praising a Baltimore ordinance requiring crisis pregnancy centers to advertise the fact that they don?t perform abortions, Emily Bazelon dismisses the suggestion, raised by an...

Senate Postpones Debate on Abortion Amendment

Posted on December 05, 2009
OnPolitics (USA Today): Health care debate on abortion delayed: An amendment that would determine how the health care legislation moving through the Senate will handle the potentially explosive issue of abortion will be put off until Monday at the earliest,...

13 New Stem Cell Lines Approved for Research

Posted on December 05, 2009
NY Times: New Stem Cell Lines Open to Research, by Nicholas Wade: The National Institutes of Health said Wednesday that it had approved 13 new human embryonic stem cell lines for use by federally financed researchers, with 96 more under...

Carol Sanger on Teenage Abortion and Judicial Bypass

Posted on December 05, 2009
Carol Sanger (Columbia Law School) has posted Decisional Dignity: Teenage Abortion, Bypass Hearings, and the Misuse of Law on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Much attention has been paid to the harm women suffer when they are unable to get...

Joanna Erdman on Moral Authority in English and American Approaches to Abortion Law

Posted on December 05, 2009
Joanna Erdman (University of Toronto Faculty of Law) has posted Moral Authority in English and American Abortion Law on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In R. (on the application of Axon) v. Secretary of State for Health & Another, the...

Study Shows Men More Likely to Sleep Through Baby's Cries

Posted on December 05, 2009
Time Magazine: Are men more likely to sleep through babies' cries?, by Tiffany O'Callaghan: It's no secret that mothers are sensitive to their babies' cries, even while asleep. Yet a recent sleep study commissioned by Lemsip, the manufacturer of over-the-counter...

Anti-Abortion Film, "South Dakota: A Woman's Right to Choose," Is Shown to High School Girls

Posted on December 05, 2009
LA Times: Creators of abortion film say they want honest debate, by Robin Acarian: But some who have seen 'South Dakota' say it leans more toward the anti-abortion side. It was an unusual field trip for the nearly 1,000 high...

Senate Amends Health Care Bill to Include Mammogram Coverage and Other Preventive Services for Women

Posted on December 03, 2009
NY Times: Senate Passes Women's Health Amendment, David M. Herszenhorn & Robert Pear: Breaking a three-day stalemate, the Senate approved an amendment to its health care legislation that would require insurance companies to offer free mammograms and other preventive services...

Clinic in Nebraska Takes Up Slack on Later Abortions after Dr. Tiller's Murder

Posted on December 03, 2009
NY Times: Battle on Late-Term Abortions Shifts to a Clinic in Nebraska, by Monica Davey: BELLEVUE, Neb. ? The national battle over abortion, for decades firmly planted outside the Kansas clinic of Dr. George R. Tiller, has erupted here in...

DC Approves Marriage Equality, While NY Senate Rejects It

Posted on December 03, 2009
Wash. Post: D.C. approves same-sex marriage; civl rights vs. gay rights, by Tim Craig: A second vote, scheduled in two weeks, is necessary for the measure to become law. The D.C. Council voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to legalize same-sex marriage in...

Trinidad & Tobago to Begin HIV/AIDS Education in Primary Schools Next Year

Posted on December 03, 2009
Trinidad & Tobago Express: AIDS education for primary pupils from Jan, by Aabida Allaham: THERE are more than 200 HIV-infected children attending public schools in Trinidad and Tobago and they are silently shouting out for something to be done about....

South Africa Announces Plan to Expand Treatment for HIV-Positive Babies

Posted on December 03, 2009
Wash. Post: South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies, by Donna Bryson: PRETORIA, South Africa -- South Africa announced ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds...

Democrats Seek Additional Preventive Care for Women in Health Care Bill

Posted on December 02, 2009
NY Times: Senators Pitch to Women and Elderly on Health Bill, by Robert Pear & David M. Herszenhorn: WASHINGTON ? In a day of desultory debate on sweeping health care legislation, senators appealed to two potent political constituencies on Tuesday,...

ACLU Asks Court to Ensure Reproductive Health Care for Women Trafficked into U.S.

Posted on December 02, 2009
ACLU News Release: ACLU Asks Court On Thursday To Ensure Reproductive Health Care For Women Trafficked Into The United States: BOSTON -- On Thursday, December 3, 2009, the American Civil Liberties Union will ask the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts...

Call for Submissions: Sarah Weddington Writing Prize

Posted on December 02, 2009
The Center for Reproductive Rights and Law Students for Reproductive Justice Announce the 5th Annual Sarah Weddington Writing Prize: The Center for Reproductive Rights? Law School Initiative and Law Students for Reproductive Justice are accepting submissions for the 5th annual...

"Stop Stupak!" Week of Action Continues with Lobby Day

Posted on December 02, 2009
RH Reality Check: Hundreds of Pro-Choice Advocates Converge on Capitol Hill as Hatch and Nelson Prepare Senate Stupak Amendment, by Jodi Jacobson: As advocates for women's health--including leaders of pro-choice, faith-based, and health service delivery organizations--converge on Capitol Hill to...

Does Stupak Amendment Mirror Wider Public Opposition to Abortion?

Posted on December 01, 2009
New York Magazine: The Abortion Distortion: Just how pro-choice is America, really?, by Jennifer Senior: Most New Yorkers hadn?t heard of Bart Stupak before he attached his devastating anti-abortion amendment to the House?s health-care-reform bill three weeks ago...

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