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Census Data Shows Possibile Trend of Sex Selection

Posted on June 15, 2009
The New York Times: U.S. Births Hint at Bias for Boys in Some Asians, by Sam Roberts: The trend is buried deep in United States census data: seemingly minute deviations in the proportion of boys and girls born to Americans...

Talking about Abortion

Posted on June 14, 2009
Salon.com: How to talk about abortion, by Frances Kissling: . . . . . . . . . I actually believe in the search for common ground. But I believe in the search and in the process, which is an...

Arizona, North Carolina Legislatures Take Action on Abortion, Sex Education

Posted on June 13, 2009
Daily Women's Health Policy Report: Arizona, North Carolina Legislatures Take Action on Abortion, Sex Education Measures: The following summarizes news coverage on women's health-related legislation in Arizona and North Carolina. ~ Arizona: The Arizona Senate Public Safety and Human Services...

Preparing for Childbirth with the Help of YouTube

Posted on June 13, 2009
NY Times: Lights, Camera, Contraction!, by Malia Wollan: By her eighth month of pregnancy, Rebecca Sloan, a 35-year-old biologist living in Mountain View, Calif., had read the what-to-expect books, taken the childbirth classes, joined the mommy chat rooms and still...

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Guest Editor, Julie Graves Krishnaswami, Starting Tomorrow

Posted on June 13, 2009
Starting tomorrow, through June 25, my colleague, Julie Graves Krishnaswami, will guest-edit this blog, as I will be out of the country. Here's her bio: Julie Graves Krishnaswami, Associate Law Library Professor, earned her J.D. from CUNY School of Law,...

Inmate Sues for Being Shackled While in Labor

Posted on June 13, 2009
Chicago Tribune: Ex-Cook County inmate sues for allegedly being shackled while in labor, by Steve Schmadeke: A former Cook County Jail inmate who was allegedly shackled while giving birth at Stroger Hospital last year filed a federal lawsuit Thursday that...

DOJ Under Pres. Bush Did Little to Protect Abortion Clinics

Posted on June 13, 2009
Wash. Independent: DOJ Abortion Violence Suits Cratered Under Bush, by Daphne Eviatar: ...Just as federal law specifically penalizes hate crimes, the law also makes it a federal crime to threaten or commit violence against abortion providers, or to vandalize their...

MTV Documentary Series Addresses Teen Pregnancy and Parenting

Posted on June 12, 2009
Wash. Post: '16 & Pregnant' Deftly Plumbs The Parent Trap, by Tom Shales: Although they tend to be scheduled erratically and under-publicized, the documentaries that pop up on MTV are often respectable, eye-opening and imaginatively produced. In the case of...

Study Concludes Drug for Morning Sickness Is Safe

Posted on June 12, 2009
NY Times: Drug Appears Safe for Morning Sickness, by Roni Caryn Rabin: Morning sickness is an unavoidable part of pregnancy for most women, but many are reluctant to take medications to quell nausea and vomiting. Now one of the largest...

Pregnancy Discrimination Increasing in the UK

Posted on June 12, 2009
Broadsheet (Salon.com): Pregnancy discrimination increasing in the UK, by Kate Harding: According to the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission, an estimated 30,000 British women lose their jobs because of pregnancy each year, and with a recession hitting, it's only...

Paid Sick Days Would Improve Nation?s Health, Study Shows

Posted on June 12, 2009
National Partnership for Women and Families: House Lawmakers Hold Hearing on Family-Friendly Legislation: WASHINGTON, D.C. ? June 11, 2009 ? Guaranteeing workers the chance to earn paid sick days would significantly improve the nation?s health, according to powerful new research...

Report: More Context for Higher Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Rates Among Women of Color

Posted on June 12, 2009
Guttmacher Institute news release: New Health Disparities Report: More Context for Higher Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Rates Among Women of Color: An important new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation documents persistent disparities between white women and women of color...

AFJ Releases Report on Judge Sotomayor's Record on Access to the Courts

Posted on June 10, 2009
Alliance for Justice: The Sotomayor Record: Access to Justice: Alliance for Justice has released the first in a series of in-depth reports examining the record of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Alliance for Justice will release a new report a...

House Passes Bill to Provide Paid Leave for Some New Parents

Posted on June 10, 2009
Broadsheet (Salon.com): House passes paid leave for some new parents, by Katharine Mieszkowski: The House approved a bill that would offer federal employees four weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child. The vote went down...

Power Dynamics Within Relationships and Sexual Risk-Taking

Posted on June 10, 2009
Guttmacher Institute news release: Power Dymanics Within Relationships May Play a Role in Sexual Risk-Taking: Power dynamics in heterosexual relationships?which partner has the higher income, greater control over sexual and contraceptive decisions, and the stronger commitment to the relationship?may play...

Carole Joffe on George Tiller's Legacy

Posted on June 09, 2009
Beacon Broadside: The Legacy of George Tiller, by Carole Joffe (Sociology, UC Davis): "It comes down to who is the patient. Is the woman the patient, or is the fetus the patient? One or other is the patient. I've never...

Federal District Judge Keeps Pregnant Woman Behind Bars Solely Because of her HIV Status

Posted on June 09, 2009
The Center for HIV Law & Policy: Behind Bars for Being Pregnant and HIV-Positive, by Margo Kaplan: In May, 2009, U.S. District Judge John Woodcock sentenced Quinta Layin Tuleh, who was about five months pregnant, for the crime of having...

Antiabortion Efforts Move to the State Level

Posted on June 09, 2009
Wash. Post: Antiabortion Efforts Move to the State Level, by Peter Slevin: JACKSON, Miss. -- Twelve women sat gloomily in a windowless conference room as Joseph Booker, M.D., recited the instructions required by the state of Mississippi before he can...

Dr. Tiller's Clinic Will Close Permanently

Posted on June 09, 2009
The Wichita Eagle: Tiller family: Clinic will close: George Tiller's clinic will close in the wake of the Wichita abortion provider's shooting death, lawyers for the Tiller family said today. Lee Thompson and Dan Monnat, the family's lawyers, said in...

New York Times Editorial Calls on AG to Safeguard Clinic Safety

Posted on June 09, 2009
NY Times Editorial: Protection for Doctors: After last month?s fatal shooting of Dr. George Tiller, Attorney General Eric Holder took the prudent step of ordering the United States Marshals Service to provide security for certain abortion clinics and physicians thought...

Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings to Begin July 13

Posted on June 09, 2009
The Caucus (NY Times): Sotomayor Senate Hearings Begin July 13, by David Stout: The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin confirmation hearings on Judge Sonia Sotomayor?s nomination to the Supreme Court on Monday, July 13, the panel?s chairman announced on Tuesday...

ACLU Releases Report on Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Record

Posted on June 09, 2009
ACLU: Report of the ACLU on the Nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, to be Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court: Description: In accordance with ACLU Policy 519, this report summarizes the civil liberties and civil rights record of Judge...

Man Charged with Tiller's Murder Warns of More Violence

Posted on June 08, 2009
Huffington Post: Scott Roeder, Abortion Doctor Murder Suspect, Warns Of More Violence, by Roxana Hegeman: WICHITA, Kan. ? The man charged with murdering a high-profile abortion doctor claimed from his jail cell Sunday that similar violence was planned around the...

Tiller's Clinic Is Closed; Protestors Contemplate What Happens Now

Posted on June 08, 2009
NY Times: Closed Clinic Leaves Abortion Protesters at a Loss, by Monica Davey: For the first time in years, only a Wichita police car has been waiting outside the abortion clinic of Dr. George R. Tiller, who was shot to...

Anti-Choice Activists Worry That a NYC Law Will Hamper Their Protests

Posted on June 07, 2009
NY Times: Anti-Abortion Activists Worry That a New City Law Will Make Their Task Harder, by Julie Bosman: ...About 80,000 abortions are done annually in New York City, according to state health statistics, but these days it is far from...

NY Times on Gender and Judging

Posted on June 07, 2009
NY Times: Debate on Whether Female Judges Decide Differently Arises Anew, by Neil A. Lewis: Sandra Day O?Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, is often quoted as saying that a wise female judge will come to...

Dr. Tiller Remembered as Devoted to Family and Women

Posted on June 07, 2009
NY Times: Kansas Doctor Remembered as Devoted to Family and Women, by David Barstow: George R. Tiller the Wichita physician who was shot dead in his church last week, was remembered at his funeral Saturday as a man of courage...

Hundreds Attend Memorial Service for Dr. Tiller

Posted on June 07, 2009
LA Times: Hundreds attend memorial service for slain abortion doctor George Tiller, by Robin Abcarian: It was a peaceful postscript to a violent end: Hundreds of mourners gathered Saturday at a memorial for George Tiller, the Kansas physician who was...

David Brooks & Gail Collins on "Guns, Gays, and Abortion"

Posted on June 07, 2009
NY Times Opinion: Guns, Gays, and Abortion, by David Brooks & Gail Collins: Gail Collins: David, can we talk hot-button social issues for a second? I know this is not really an area where you fly the conservative colors, but...

Violence Against Abortion Providers Not a Modern Phenomenon

Posted on June 06, 2009
NY Times Op-Ed: Abortion Wars, the First Time Around, by Kate Manning: At first glance, the recent killing of the abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in Kansas appears to be a modern phenomenon, the heinous byproduct of the politics of...

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