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NH Legislature Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Posted on May 07, 2009
CNN: New Hampshire lawmakers approve same-sex marriage: New Hampshire lawmakers on Wednesday passed a same-sex marriage bill, now headed to Gov. John Lynch. The state House passed the bill in a 178-167 vote. The Senate last week approved the legislation...

White House Hosts Meetings With Abortion Rights Supporters and Opponents

Posted on May 07, 2009
Wall St. Journal: White House Begins Effort to Bridge the Divide on Abortion, by Laura Meckler: The White House has begun bringing together a diverse group of abortion-rights supporters and opponents to help craft policies both sides can embrace: preventing...

Maine Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

Posted on May 06, 2009
Reuters: Maine governor signs gay-marriage bill, by Jason Szep: Maine's governor signed a bill on Wednesday legalizing same-sex marriage, clearing the way for the northeastern U.S. state to become the fifth in the nation to allow same-sex marriage. "I have...

Bristol Palin Campaigns Against Teen Pregnancy

Posted on May 06, 2009
MSNBC: Bristol Palin calls teen motherhood ?hard work?, by Mike Celizic: Campaigning against teen pregnancy on the TODAY show Wednesday, Bristol Palin, 18-year-old daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, told Matt Lauer that a baby ?is not just an accessory...

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"Abortion Recovery" Group Not Interested In Teen Pregnancy Prevention After All

Posted on May 06, 2009
Abortion Recovery InterNational describes itself as "the first and only Christian affiliate association that works to unite recovery centers, programs and supporting organizations around the world by serving as a network of recovery, awareness, educational and research resources providing information...

National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Posted on May 06, 2009
Today is the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Via the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy: Hundreds of thousands of teens nationwide are expected to participate in the eighth annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy on May 6,...

Study Shows Effectiveness of Hormonal Birth Control For Men

Posted on May 06, 2009
The Independent: Birth control for men in one injection, by Jerome Taylor: Scientists believe they are one step closer to developing an effective male contraceptive jab after successfully carrying out the largest feasibility study to date. Researchers at the National...

Pregnant Briton Faces Death Penalty in Laos

Posted on May 04, 2009
Times Online: Pregnant Briton Samantha Orobator faces death penalty in Laos: A pregnant Briton who could face a firing squad for allegedly trying to smuggle heroin out of Laos will receive a fair trial, the country's Government said ? even...

National Zoo Panda May Be Pregnant

Posted on May 04, 2009
UPI: National Zoo on panda pregnancy alert: Behavioral changes exhibited by the Washington National Zoo's giant female panda have put zoologists on a pregnancy alert, officials said. Detecting changes in her actions and hormones, zoo officials are cautiously optimistic Mei...

Airman Court-Martialed For Secretly Causing Wife's Abortion

Posted on May 02, 2009
Another disturbing case is being reported of a man attempting to induce his partner's abortion without her knowledge: WKOW (Anchorage, AK): WI airman held in forced miscarriage case: Airman 1st Class Scott Boie of Milton, WI, is currently facing a...

Obama Has Opportunity to Choose Justice With "Real-World" Experience

Posted on May 02, 2009
NY Times: Obama Has Chance to Select Justice With Varied R�sum�, by Adam Liptak: The current Supreme Court, made up entirely of former federal appeals court judges, is in some ways the most insulated and homogenous in American history. None...

GA Supreme Court Chief Justice Mentioned As Possible Souter Replacement

Posted on May 01, 2009
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Sears named as possible Souter replacement, by Bill Rankin: Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears? name has popped up as a potential nominee to succeed retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter. Sears, 53, describes herself...

Justice Souter Plans to Retire

Posted on May 01, 2009
NY Times: Souter?s Exit Gives Obama First Opening, by Peter Baker & Jeff Zeleny: Justice David H. Souter plans to retire at the end of the term in June, giving President Obama his first appointment to the Supreme Court, four...

Protest Opposing Obama's Notre Dame Address Gets Uglier

Posted on April 30, 2009
Anti-choice activists are resorting to extreme measures to protest Notre Dame's invitation to President Obama to deliver a commencement speech. Women on the Web reports that "Anti-abortion groups, including Randall Terry?s Operation Rescue, have vowed to create a 'circus' surrounding...

Obama Addresses Pregnancy Prevention and Abortion at Press Conference

Posted on April 29, 2009
Washington Wire blog (Wall St. Journal): Live-Blogging Obama?s Press Conference, by Susan Davis: ...8:33: Eighth question on abortion, and his support of legislation easing state and local restrictions. ?My position on abortion has been very consistent,? he says...

Alaska Students Want Comprehensive Sex Ed

Posted on April 29, 2009
Juneau Empire: Alaska students want more sex ed, by Jeremy Hsieh: News flash: Alaska high schoolers are interested in sex - or at least learning more about it. The Alaska Association of Student Governments overwhelmingly passed a resolution during their...

Arlen Specter Announces He Will Become a Democrat

Posted on April 28, 2009
Politico.com: Specter to switch to Democratic party, by Martin Kady II & John Bresnahan: Republican Sen. Arlen Specter has decided to switch parties and become a Democrat, stunning his GOP colleagues in the Senate while pushing Democrats and President Barack...

Senate Confirms Sebelius By 65-31 Vote

Posted on April 28, 2009
The Caucus (NY Times): Senate Confirms Sebelius as Health Secretary, by Robert Pear: Senate confirmed with a vote of 65-31 the nomination of Kathleen Sebelius as secretary of health and human services on Tuesday, filling the last vacancy in President...

Palin Supporters and Anti-Choice Activists Fight to Derail Sebelius Confirmation

Posted on April 28, 2009
Huffington Post: Sebelius Nomination: Palin Supporters Fighting Despite Health Crisis, by Rachel Weiner: Supporters of Sarah Palin are aiming to derail Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius by pressuring Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) to vote against his home state...

Supreme Court Could Address "Choose Life" License Plates

Posted on April 27, 2009
NY Times: Justices Could Weigh Free Speech vs. License Plates, by Adam Liptak: The last time the Supreme Court considered what the First Amendment has to say about license plates was in 1977, when it ruled that New Hampshire could...

UCLA Student Posing as Teenager Continues to Pursue Undercover "Stings" at Abortion Clinics

Posted on April 27, 2009
LA Times: College student leads undercover campaign against abortion, by Robin Abcarlan: The girl's voice in the videotape is tiny and tentative. She is talking to a nursing aide in a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bloomington, Ind. The girl says...

Mary Ann Glendon Turns Down Notre Dame Award Due To Decision to Award Honorary Degree to Obama

Posted on April 27, 2009
MSNBC.com: Abortion Foe Declines Notre Dame Award, by Christopher Wilson: Mary Ann Glendon, a conservative Harvard law professor who was U.S. ambassador to the Vatican under George W. Bush, has announced that she will not be accepting the Laetare Medal...

Gov. Sebelius Vetoes Abortion Legislation

Posted on April 25, 2009
Kansas City Star editorial: The (mis)labeling of Kathleen Sebelius, by Barb Shelly: This year's anti-abortion bill sent to her by the GOP-dominated Legislature had the same problems as a similar measure that Sebelius vetoed last year. The only thing different...

Winners of LSRJ 4th Annual Sarah Weddington Writing Prize

Posted on April 25, 2009
Law Students for Reproductive Justice has announced the following winners of the Fourth Annual Sarah Wedding Writing Prize: Joanna Nairn (Harvard ?09) was this year?s first-place winner with her piece, Is There a Right to Have Children? Substantive Due Process...

FDA Approves Access to Emergency Contraception for 17-Year-Olds

Posted on April 22, 2009
NY Times: 'Morning After' Pill Cleared for 17-Year-Olds, by Gardiner Harris: Seventeen-year-olds will soon be allowed to buy morning-after contraceptive pills without a doctor?s prescription after federal drug regulators complied with a judge?s order and lowered the age limit by...

NIH Issues Draft Guidelines for Stem Cell Research

Posted on April 20, 2009
Wash. Post: Stem Cell Sense: NIH research guidelines avoid some moral minefields: By limiting federal funding to research on stem cells derived from embryos that were created for reproductive purposes and that were slated for disposal, the National Institutes of...

Sarah Palin Considered Abortion "for a Fleeting Moment"

Posted on April 20, 2009
Somehow, Gov. Palin manages to twist the fact that she was able to consider all her options and make her own decision into an argument for denying other women the same autonomy. Wash. Post: Palin Says She Weighed Abortion, by...

Afghan Parliament Passes Law Restricting Women's Rights

Posted on April 20, 2009
NY Times: Afghan Women Protest New Law on Home Life, by Dexter Filkins: ...About 300 Afghan women, facing an angry throng three times larger than their own, walked the streets of the capital on Wednesday to demand that Parliament repeal...

Call for Proposals for Public Health Law Research

Posted on April 16, 2009
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Making the Case for Laws That Improve Health: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) seeks to build the evidence for and strengthen the use of regulatory, legal and policy solutions to improve public health. The effective...

Jane Fonda on the Importance of Sex Education

Posted on April 16, 2009
RH Reality Check: Young People Need, Demand Sex Education, by Jane Fonda: It's about time we make the well-being of our young people more important than ideology and politics. As a country, we benefit from investing in their future by...

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