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Obama Picks Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court

Posted on May 26, 2009
NY Times: Obama Selects Sotomayor for Court, by Peter Baker & Jeff Zeleny: President Obama announced on Tuesday that he will nominate the federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court, choosing a daughter of Puerto Rican parents raised....

Most Laws Mandating "Counseling" and Waiting Periods Before Abortion Have Little Impact

Posted on May 24, 2009
The Guttmacher Institute has published a report, Most Laws Mandating Counseling and Waiting Periods Before Abortion Have Little Impact, by Rebecca Wind. Here is the news release: Most Laws Mandating Counseling and Waiting Periods Before Abortion Have Little Impact However,...

Law & Society Roundtable Will Address "Critical Thinking on Reproductive Rights & Society"

Posted on May 22, 2009
A message from Martha Davis (Northeastern University): For those who will be attending the Law & Society Conference in Denver, Colorado, please join us at a Roundtable titled "Critical Thinking on Reproductive Rights and Society." Participants will include Pam Bridgewater...

Researchers Say Children Who Are Exposed to Smoking Prenatally or at Young Ages Are More Likely to Become Smokers

Posted on May 21, 2009
It annoys me that this headline is so exclusively focused on pregnant women. It seems the data shows not just that pregnant women should avoid smoking but that all parents of young children, regardless of gender, should not smoke near...

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Maya Manian on Gonzales v. Carhart and The "Woman-Protective" Anti-Abortion Argument

Posted on May 20, 2009
Maya Manian (University of San Francisco School of Law) has posted The Irrational Woman: Informed Consent and Abortion Decision-Making on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In Gonzales v. Carhart, the Supreme Court upheld a federal ban on a type of...

The Problem with the Gallup Poll

Posted on May 20, 2009
TheHill.com: Pro-life and pro-choice, by Mark Mellman: Obtaining meaningful poll results requires asking meaningful questions. It seems obvious, but too often this basic rule is observed in the breech. Typically, after some useless result escapes into the ether, reporters and...

E.J. Dionne on Obama's Notre Dame Speech

Posted on May 19, 2009
Wash. Post Op-Ed: Obama Conciliatory Fighting Words, by E.J. Dionne: ...For his part, Obama gave what may have been both the most radical and the most conservative speech of his presidency. Acknowledging the Roman Catholic Church's role in supporting his...

More Abortion Polls

Posted on May 19, 2009
MSNBC FirstRead: A LOOK AT ABORTION POLLING NUMBERS, by Harry Enten: Per a new CNN/Opinion Research poll, 69% of Americans do not want the Supreme Court to overrule Roe v. Wade. That result comes as other recent polls have suggested...

Supreme Court Rules Against Women Who Took Pregnancy Leaves Before 1979

Posted on May 19, 2009
LA Times: AT&T wins court case over maternity leave, by David G. Savage: Reporting from Washington -- The Supreme Court on Monday dealt a setback to women who took pregnancy leaves from work before 1979. The year before, Congress changed...

President Obama Addresses Abortion in Commencement Speech at Notre Dame

Posted on May 18, 2009
NY Times: At Notre Dame, Obama Calls for Dialogue on Abortion, by Peter Baker & Susan Saulny: President Obama directly confronted America?s deep divide over abortion on Sunday as he appealed to partisans on both sides to find ways to...

NH Gov. Lynch Promises to Sign Amended Bill Allowing Same-Sex Marriage

Posted on May 18, 2009
Concord Monitor: Revisions will legalize gay marriage, by Lauren R. Dorgan: Gov. John Lynch will sign a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, he announced yesterday - but only if the Legislature passes extra protections for religious groups and their employees, allowing...

Cahn and Collins on Restricting Access to Fertility Treatment

Posted on May 18, 2009
Naomi Cahn (GW Law) and Jennifer Collins (Wake Forest) have posted Eight is Enough on SSRN. Here is the abstract: January 26, 2009, the nation's second set of live-born octuplets was delivered. The public fascination with this event quickly turned...

Thanks to my research assistant!

Posted on May 18, 2009
Now that the semester is over, I would like to thank my research assistant, Christina Tenuta (CUNY rising 3L), who has been faithfully researching for this blog now for several semesters.

Survey Finds Majority of Catholics Support Obama Speaking at Notre Dame

Posted on May 17, 2009
Quinnipiac University: Notre Dame Should Not Disinvite Obama, U.S. Catholics Tell Quinnipiac University National Poll; Attitudes On Abortion Similar Among All U.S. Voters: U.S. voters say 56 - 31 percent, including 60 - 34 percent among Catholic voters, that Notre...

Nicholas Kristof on Maternal Mortality in West Africa

Posted on May 17, 2009
NY Times: This Mom Didn?t Have to Die, by Nicholas Kristof: On this trip through West Africa with my ?win-a-trip? contest winner, I was reminded of one of the grimmest risks to human life here. Despite threats from warlords and...

Opinions on Gallup's Latest Abortion Poll

Posted on May 16, 2009
The Opinionator (NY Times): Abortion, Debated, by Tobin Harshaw: The idea that Barack Obama is out to win the culture wars has been kicked around since before he took office.... Yet, as gay marriage moves inexorably forward state by state...

New Gallup Poll On Abortion Shows More Americans Calling Themselves "Pro-Life," But Position on Abortion Availability Remains Stable

Posted on May 16, 2009
Gallup: More Americans ?Pro-Life? Than ?Pro-Choice? for First Time, by Lydia Saad: A new Gallup Poll, conducted May 7-10, finds 51% of Americans calling themselves "pro-life" on the issue of abortion and 42% "pro-choice." This is the first time a...

Will Potential Nominees' Abortion Records Factor Into Obama's Decision Over Souter's Replacement?

Posted on May 16, 2009
LA Times: Abortion, gay marriage complicate Supreme Court selection, by James Oliphant & David Savage: Reporting from Washington ? Even as President Obama flies to the University of Notre Dame this weekend to give a commencement speech that promises to...

Missouri Senate Passes Abortion Bill

Posted on May 14, 2009
Kansas City Star: Abortion bill passes Senate; House will consider in final days of session, by Jason Noble: Legislation approved early Thursday morning in the Missouri Senate would require women seeking abortions to hear health warnings and descriptions of the...

Spain Plans to Liberalize Abortion Laws

Posted on May 14, 2009
BBC News: Spain plans abortion law changes: The Spanish cabinet has agreed to liberalise the country's strict abortion laws, allowing abortion in most cases up to 14 weeks of pregnancy. The proposals must go to parliament, where Prime Minister Jose...

ACLU Challenges Patents on Breast Cancer Genes

Posted on May 14, 2009
ACLU press release: The American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation, a not-for-profit organization affiliated with Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (PUBPAT), filed a lawsuit today charging that patents on two human genes associated with breast and...

Joanna Erdman on Health Equity and the HPV Vaccine

Posted on May 14, 2009
Joanna Erdman (Univ. of Toronto) has posted Health Equity, HPV and the Cervical Cancer Vaccine on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article explores the relationship between technological innovation and health inequity. It examines in particular the relationship between the...

President Obama's Budget Fails to Strike Harmful Abortion Funding Restrictions

Posted on May 13, 2009
National Abortion Federation press release: The President?s Budget Misses an Opportunity to Improve Women?s Access to Reproductive Health Care: Statement of Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), in response to the release of President Barack...

Ross Douthat on Abortion and Marriage

Posted on May 12, 2009
Ross Douthat has published another op-ed on abortion (and marriage) in the NY Times today: Faking Left: Among their many aspirations for his presidency, Barack Obama?s admirers nurse a persistent hope that he might be able to end the culture...

Borgmann and Manian on Facial Challenges and the Roberts Court

Posted on May 12, 2009
I have posted Holding Legislatures Constitutionally Accountable Through Facial Challenges on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Roberts Court has viewed facial challenges with skepticism and hostility. The Court issued one early decision suggesting that its primary concern with facial...

Spain Plans to Offer Emergency Contraception Over-the-Counter Without Age Restrictions

Posted on May 12, 2009
Feminist Wire Daily Newsbriefs (Ms. Magazine): Spain to Make Emergency Contraception Available Over-the-Counter: Spain announced plans to offer emergency contraception over-the-counter today with no age restrictions. Spain's Health Minister, Trinidad Jimenez, said "It is an emergency method of contraception, not...

Abstinence-Only Proponents Upset Over Obama's Budget Cuts

Posted on May 11, 2009
Amplify: The Abstinence Clowns Are Freaking Out: Yesterday, President Obama struck a blow to the abstinence-only community, cutting ALL of their funding streams in his new 2010 budget. Obama made it clear that our government should no longer fund these...

The Problem With Bristol Palin's Abstinence Message

Posted on May 08, 2009
As she campaigns to prevent teen pregnancy, Bristol Palin has been preaching abstinence. Her words are telling, however. Palin reportedly has said, "Regardless of what I did personally, I just think that abstinence is the only?100% foolproof way you can...

Obama's Budget Slashes Funds for Abstinence-Only Education

Posted on May 08, 2009
Wall St. Journal: Budget Widens Teen-Pregnancy-Prevention Efforts, by Laura Meckler: President Barack Obama's 2010 budget eliminates most federal funding for abstinence-only sex-education programs and replaces it with a pair of new teen-pregnancy-prevention programs that could include discussions of birth control...

NYC Teens Not Impressed With Bristol Palin's Abstinence Message

Posted on May 08, 2009
ABC News: NYC Teens Chide Palin's Abstinence Call, by Susan Donaldson James: New York City students who heard Bristol Palin's warnings against teen pregnancy say they might consider abstinence, but they wouldn't take advice on it from the young unwed...

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