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Amy Sullivan on Whether Pro-Choice Women Will Support McCain

Posted on June 26, 2008
Time: Will Pro-Choice Women Back McCain?, by Amy Sullivan: The 2008 presidential race may have been branded a "change" election, but abortion rights advocates have seen this movie before. Once again they face a Republican nominee who supports abortion restrictions...

Romanian Government to Decide on Abortion for 11-Year-Old Incest Victim

Posted on June 25, 2008
China Daily: Romanian gov't to decide on 11-year-old girl abortion: BUCHAREST, Romania -- Romania's health minister said Wednesday a government committee will decide this week whether an 11-year-old who was raped by her uncle can go to Britain for an...

Rev. Jim Wallis Urges Obama to Add "Abortion Reduction Plank" to Democratic Party Platform

Posted on June 25, 2008
Substitute "unintended pregnancy" for "abortion" and I'd be right with this program. It doesn't make sense to talk about reducing abortion, when unintended pregnancy is the root problem. You could reduce abortions without reducing the rate of unintended pregnancy at...

Supreme Court to Consider Pregnancy Leave Case

Posted on June 24, 2008
Wash. Post: High Court to Take Up Pregnancy Leave Case, by Christopher Twarowski: Noreen Hulteen gave birth to a daughter, Rachael, in 1968, when she was 34. While on maternity leave, she required surgery and wound up missing 240 days...

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Gloucester Mayor Denies Teen "Pregnancy Pact"

Posted on June 24, 2008
Reuters: Mayor in Massachusetts city denies pregnancy "pact", by Jason Szep: The mayor of a Massachusetts city that drew attention for a spike in teenage pregnancies denied on Monday a media report that a group of girls entered a pact...

Materials from the Marie Stopes Global Safe Abortion Conference now available online

Posted on June 24, 2008
Online videos, audios, powerpoints and notes of the proceedings of the Marie Stopes Global Safe Abortion Conference held in London last October are now available here, including: "Expanding Access to Legal Abortion: The Policy Guideline Trend" Keynote Presentation by Joanna...

Oregon Woman Discusses Abortion, Relationship With "Pro-Life" Congressional Candidate

Posted on June 24, 2008
The Oregonian: Oregon City woman details abortion, relationship with Mike Erickson, by Janie Har & Steve Mayes: Now a "pro-life" congressional candidate, he gave her $300 and took her to the clinic in Northeast Portland, Tawnya says An Oregon City...

Planned Parenthood Expands Its Reach to Higher Income Women

Posted on June 23, 2008
Wall St. Journal: EXTENDING THE BRAND Planned Parenthood Hits Suburbia, by Stephanie Simon: Flush with cash, Planned Parenthood affiliates nationwide are aggressively expanding their reach, seeking to woo more affluent patients with a network of suburban clinics and huge new...

"Why an Abortion Provider, Under Siege, Presses On"

Posted on June 23, 2008
NY Times Letter to the Editor: Why an Abortion Provider, Under Siege, Presses On, by Suzanne Poppema: To the Editor: Re ?Grass-Roots Grand Juries Become the Latest Abortion Battlefield? (front page, June 17): Citizen-convened grand jury investigations are only the...

Experts Concerned By Recent Spate of Teen Pregnancies

Posted on June 23, 2008
Baltimore Sun: Babies As Something Fun, by Susan Reimer: The head of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy is outraged that for many teens,'having a baby is ... about the same as getting a tattoo' June 22,...

Abortion Clinic Director Who Posed As Doctor Faces Criminal Charges

Posted on June 23, 2008
LA Times: Abortion clinic operator is charged in felonies by San Diego County D.A., by Tony Perry: 'This defendant preyed on women in the Hispanic community' by passing herself off as a doctor, the prosecutor says. Bertha Bugarin, 48, at...

McCain's Charm Offensive Aimed at Female Voters Meets Fierce Resistance

Posted on June 20, 2008
AFP: McCain's courtship of women runs into trouble: WASHINGTON (AFP) ? Republican John McCain is courting the loyalty of female voters, including disaffected supporters of Hillary Clinton, but faces a fierce counter-offensive from Democrat Barack Obama...

Survey Shows Majorities Worldwide Oppose Criminalizing Abortion

Posted on June 20, 2008
AlterNet: Criminal Penalties for Abortion Rejected Across the Globe, by Jill Filipovic: When you live in a country where abortion rights remain a contentious issue in every election and anti-choice activists are emboldened enough to demonstrate against the birth control...

Student Scholarship: The Right to Abortion in Taiwan

Posted on June 20, 2008
Hsiaowei Kuan (Penn Law) has posted Abortion Law and Abortion Discourse in Taiwan: Rights, Social Movements and Democratization on SSRN. Here is the abstract: My dissertation tells a story of the abortion right in Taiwan: how abortion was not a...

The Skyrocketing Cost of Care for Preemies

Posted on June 19, 2008
BusinessWeek: Million-Dollar Babies, by Spencer Ante: The cost of care for preemies is sky-high?some 15 times the expense of full-term infants and rising. Is there such a thing as too young? ...Preemies are a quickly expanding class of patients in...

John McCain's Talk Not So Straight on Abortion

Posted on June 19, 2008
Via the SF Chronicle, quotations from John McCain that show how his "straight talk" has swerved on whether Roe v. Wade should stand. (He now asserts that it should be overturned.) -- *"I'd love to see a point where (Roe...

Gloucester, MA: "Pregnancy Pact" Explains Startling Increase in Pregnant Teens

Posted on June 19, 2008
TIME: Pregnancy Boom at Gloucester High, by Kathleen Kingsbury: As summer vacation begins, 17 girls at Gloucester High School are expecting babies?more than four times the number of pregnancies the 1,200-student school had last year. Some adults dismissed the statistic...

Ruthann Robson on Sexual Democracy

Posted on June 19, 2008
Ruthann Robson (CUNY Law School) has posted Sexual Democracy on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Conceptualizing the relationship between sexuality and democracy requires not only an interrogation of both terms, but also an exploration of the ways in which democracy...

Obama Disarms Another Abortion Rights Foe

Posted on June 18, 2008
More praise, this time from Doug Kmiec, for Barack Obama's meeting with religious leaders. Top of the Ticket (LA Times): Prominent abortion foe extols Barack Obama, by Don Frederick: Douglas Kmiec, a Justice Department honcho under two previous Republican administrations...

Religious Refusals Extend to Many Facets of Reproductive Healthcare

Posted on June 18, 2008
Wash. Post: 'Pro-Life' Drugstores Market Beliefs, by Rob Stein: When DMC Pharmacy opens this summer on Route 50 in Chantilly, the shelves will be stocked with allergy remedies, pain relievers, antiseptic ointments and almost everything else sold in any drugstore...

More on McCain v. Obama, Centrist Voters, and the Abortion Issue

Posted on June 18, 2008
Political Animal (CBS News): McCain and Abortion, by Kevin Drum: (Political Animal) McCAIN AND ABORTION....John McCain's reputation for cross-party moderation has been so ingrained for so long that a lot of people simply assume he holds positions he doesn't...

A Possible Explanation for Deaths Linked to Early Abortion Pill

Posted on June 18, 2008
ScienceDaily: Abortion Drug's Off-label Use May Have Led To Deaths: Preliminary U-M studies indicate that oral use of RU-486's companion drug misoprostol is safe, but vaginal use may undermine body's immune responses The off-label use of a drug given with...

Grand Juries as a Political Weapon in the Abortion Debate

Posted on June 17, 2008
NY Times: Grand Juries Become Latest Abortion Battlefield, by Monica Davey: WICHITA, Kan. ? Opponents of Dr. George Tiller and his clinic here, one of the nation?s few providers of late-term abortions, have tried many ways to stop him over...

Doctors in Uganda Say Abortion Should Be Made Legal

Posted on June 17, 2008
allAfrica.com: Uganda: Doctors Want Abortion Made Legal, by Chris Ocowun: PARLIAMENT should pass a law allowing induced abortion among young school girls in the war-ravaged north to reduce the high death rate of expectant mothers, medical doctors in Gulu have...

Poll: Support for Obama Crosses Party Lines When Voters Know Candidates' Abortion Positions

Posted on June 17, 2008
US News & World Report: NARAL Poll Shows Abortion Issue Could Push Independents and Pro-Choice Republicans to Obama, by Liz Halloran: The poll found if voters know the candidates' stances, they choose Obama over McCain The nation's largest abortion-rights group...

Barack Obama Explains the Meaning of Life

Posted on June 17, 2008
Political Punch (ABC News blogs), by Jake Tapper: At a town hall meeting in Kaukauna, Wisc., Thursday afternoon, amidst questions about health care and the economy, a young man said he had a question for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, and...

Anti-Abortion Leader Finds Obama Is "Not a Crazy Leftist"

Posted on June 12, 2008
RH Reality Check: Obama "More Centrist" on Abortion Says "Pro-Life" Leader, by Scott Swenson: Sen. Barack Obama met yesterday with several faith leaders, from a variety of political perspectives, in a private closed door meeting. Among the attendees, Rev...

MI: Governor to Veto Abortion Procedure Ban

Posted on June 12, 2008
Associated Press: Granholm to veto ban on an abortion procedure: LANSING -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm says she will veto a proposed ban on a late-term procedure that opponents call partial-birth abortion. The legislation is headed to the Democratic governor after...

Rare pregnancy of weedy sea dragon at Georgia aquarium

Posted on June 12, 2008
Yes, this blog usually focuses on human reproduction. But I do love the weedy sea dragon. Plus, isn't it cool that male sea dragons (and seahorses) are the ones who give birth? Associated Press: Rare pregnancy of weedy sea dragon...

Scientific Information Has Little Effect on Opinions About Stem Cell Research

Posted on June 12, 2008
Science Daily: Scientific Information Largely Ignored When Forming Opinions About Stem Cell Research: When forming attitudes about embryonic stem cell research, people are influenced by a number of things. But understanding science plays a negligible role for many people...

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