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Religious Leaders Call for Lowering Abortion Rate in New York City

Posted on January 08, 2011
The New York Times: Religious Leaders Call for New Efforts to Lower the City's 'Chilling' Abortion Rate, by Paul Vitello: Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York joined other local religious leaders on Thursday in calling for a new effort...

Constrasting Phoenix Bishop's Opposition to Lifesaving Abortion with Silence on Debate Over Organ Transplant Funds

Posted on January 08, 2011
USA Today - Faith & Reason Blog: Ariz. bishop silent on state cut-off of transplant funds, by Cathy Lynn Grossman: What does Phoenix Bishop Thomas Olmsted say on the moral debate over cutting off state funds for organ transplants --...

Kentucky Senate Passes Abortion Bill Requiring Ultrasound Image and "Informed Consent"

Posted on January 08, 2011
The Courier-Journal: Kentucky Senate passes informed consent abortion bill, by Tom Loftus: The Kentucky Senate passed a bill Thursday that requires a woman seeking an abortion to be shown an ultrasound image of her fetus before the procedure takes place...

Study Finds Teens Wary of Sexual Health Information Found on Internet

Posted on January 08, 2011
Guttmacher News Release: TEENS WARY OF INTERNET FOR SEXUAL HEALTH INFORMATION: Exploratory Study Shows Teens More Likely to Turn to Family Members, School or Medical Professionals Although most teens use the Internet daily, few consider it a main source of...

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Merck Defends Contraceptive Implant Despite Failures

Posted on January 07, 2011
The Wall Street Journal: Merck Backs Contraceptive Amid Complaints, by Sten Stovall: Nearly 600 women in the U.K. have become pregnant despite using a contraceptive implant fitted in their arms, but the device's manufacturer Merck & Co. says the product,...

Iowa House GOP Plans to Debate Bill Modeled on Nebraska's Post-20-Week Abortion Ban

Posted on January 07, 2011
Des Moines Register: House GOP plans to debate bill based on Nebraska abortion law, by Jason Clayworth: House Republicans intend to debate a bill that would restrict abortions at the point when a fetus purportedly can feel pain, the incoming...

Conservatives' Dream Constitution?

Posted on January 07, 2011
Wash. Post op-ed: The Conservative Constitution of the United States, by David Cole: House members opened the 112th Congress on Thursday by reading aloud the Constitution, presumably as a first step toward fulfilling the tea party's goal of "restoring" our...

Conference on Adoption Law Presented by Capital University Law Review and NCALP

Posted on January 07, 2011
Capital University Law School: 7th Annual Wells Conference on Adoption Law: Maintaining a Family: Post Adoption Challenges for Families: Join us at this year?s Wells Conference, Thurs., March 17, to hear from nationally-recognized professors and practitioners on such timely issues...

President Obama Renominates Dozens of Judicial Candidates

Posted on January 06, 2011
Huffington Post: Obama Renominates More Than 40 Judicial Candidates, by Sam Stein: WASHINGTON -- Faced with the prospect of increasingly lengthy court vacancies, the White House on Wednesday formally renominated more than 40 judicial candidates whose possible appointments were left...

More Reaction to Douthat's Abortion Column

Posted on January 06, 2011
The Atlantic: Abortion, Adoption, and the 'Right' Kind of Kids, by Jamelle Bouie: A lot of excellent commentary has come out of Ross Douthat's quasi-attempt to justify the use of poor women as baby farms for infertile elites. Jill Filipovic...

Economist Blog Post on Abortion, Adoption, and Contraception

Posted on January 06, 2011
The Economist - Democracy in America blog: Crazy sexy stupid: Family planning and birth control is one of many areas where America has gotten itself wrapped up in a decades-long hysterical moralistic argument over issues whose solutions ought to be...

Study Reveals STDs Among Those Who Disavow Having Had Sex

Posted on January 06, 2011
Wash. Post: Some young adults with STDs say they've never had sex, by Jennifer LaRue Huget: The first question you'd likely ask a young adult if you were screening him or her for sexually transmitted disease (STD) would be whether...

Scalia Again Says Constitution Doesn't Protect Women from Discrimination

Posted on January 05, 2011
The Washington Post: Scalia: Constitution does not protect women against discrimination, by Emi Kolawole: Justice Antonin Scalia has weighed in on the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, leaving women's rights activists seething. In an interview with California Lawyer, Scalia...

Abortion Restrictions on Agenda for Ohio Legislature

Posted on January 05, 2011
Cincinnati.com: Priorities abound for new Ohio General Assembly, by Jon Craig: Abortion, the budget, cockfighting, dog breeding, election reform - you could write a children's alphabet book on the Ohio General Assembly's priorities for 2011. Republicans retake control of the...

More on Challenging the Affordable Care Act

Posted on January 05, 2011
The Atlantic: Health Care Suits: Separating Law From Spin, by Garrett Epps: If a public figure walks on water at noon, by 3 p.m. a dozen talking heads will be explaining that he can't swim. That's politics. But we can...

Ross Douthat on MTV's "No Easy Decision"

Posted on January 04, 2011
NY Times: The Unborn Paradox, by Ross Douthat: The American entertainment industry has never been comfortable with the act of abortion. Film or television characters might consider the procedure, but even on the most libertine programs (a ?Mad Men,? a...

State Legislators Hope to Restrict Abortion Pills Prescribed via Internet Videoconferencing

Posted on January 03, 2011
The Washington Post: Abortion pills prescribed via Net targeted, by Sandhya Somashekhar: Conservative lawmakers in some states are taking aim at a practice that they say could greatly expand the number of women who choose to terminate their pregnancies: abortion...

Remembering Shreveport Abortion Provider Robin Rothrock

Posted on January 03, 2011
Shreveport Times: Shreveport reproductive rights activist dies, by Melody Brumble: Friends will remember Robin Rothrock as passionate champion of women's reproductive rights and an evocative artist. Rothrock, 60, founder of Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, died at her...

Kansas Legislators Plan to Push for More Abortion Restrictions

Posted on January 01, 2011
Kansas City Star: Anti-abortion bills likely to be pushed in Kansas: Kansas anti-abortion activists feel confident they will be able to push through laws in 2011 to further restrict the procedures. An ardent foe of abortion rights becomes governor in...

Thanks To My Fall Research Assistants!

Posted on January 01, 2011
Thank you to my fabulous research assistants for their invaluable work researching for this blog during fall semester 2010: Amy Hager (3L), Jenn Feeley (2L), Philip Grommet (2L), and Tara Prairie (1L)

Nevada Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal on Abortion Ban Ballot Initiative

Posted on January 01, 2011
Las Vegas Sun: Nevada high court dismisses anti-abortion group's appeal, by Cy Ryan: The Nevada Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by a group seeking a constitutional amendment to ban abortions. The court rejected the arguments of Personhood Nevada, which...

Reviews of MTV's Abortion Special, "No Easy Decision"

Posted on January 01, 2011
Wash. Post: MTV's '16 and Pregnant' exploits teen moms but addresses abortion with dignity, by Sarah Seltzer: As a feminist and an avid television-watcher, I love and admire dramas such as "Friday Night Lights" and "Mad Men" for their gritty...

MTV's Abortion Special, "No Easy Decision"

Posted on January 01, 2011
No Easy Decision - MTV Shows

Linda Greenhouse Sees Possible Parallel to U.S. in European Court of Human Rights' Decision on Ireland's Abortion Law

Posted on December 31, 2010
New York Times Opinionator: Abortion Takes Flight, by Linda Greenhouse: Irish law prohibits all abortions except those necessary to save a woman?s life, and as a practical matter it imposes daunting obstacles to terminating life-threatening pregnancies as well...

Supreme Court Oral Arguments Shift to the Left

Posted on December 29, 2010
LA Times: Sotomayor, Kagan shift Supreme Court debates to the left, by David G. Savage: The liberal wing is no longer drowned out by Scalia and his fellow conservatives during oral arguments. For most of the last two decades, Supreme...

Department of Justice Files Suit Against Louisville Abortion Protestor

Posted on December 29, 2010
Courier-journal.com: Lawsuit filed against Louisville abortion protester, by Jason Riley: The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a federal lawsuit against an abortion protester, claiming he used force against a volunteer escort and tried to intimidate women to keep them...

Gonzales v. Carhart Emboldens State Legislatures

Posted on December 29, 2010
Wash. Post: Tests of 'Roe' more frequent since justices upheld late-term abortion ban in '07, by Robert Barnes: LINCOLN, NEB. - Mike Flood, the 35-year-old speaker of Nebraska's legislature, had a problem: He wanted to stop the state's well-known abortion...

Call for Submissions: Sarah Weddington Writing Prize

Posted on December 25, 2010
Law Students for Reproductive Justice and Center for Reproductive Rights: Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ) and the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) Law School Initiative are now accepting submissions for the sixth annual Sarah Weddington Writing Prize...

Teen Birthrate Hits Record Low

Posted on December 24, 2010
Wash. Post: Birthrate among teens hits record low, by Rob Stein: The rate at which U.S. women are having babies continued to fall between 2008 and 2009, federal officials reported Tuesday, pushing the teen birthrate to a record low and...

RNC Candidates Declare Opposition to Abortion

Posted on December 24, 2010
Politico: RNC candidates make social pledges, by Andy Barr: Some of the top-tier candidates seeking the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee have made their pitches to the anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List in hopes of convincing social conservatives of...

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