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Michael Gerson on Obama's Abortion Stance

Posted on April 02, 2008
Wash. Post: Obama's Abortion Extremism, by Michael Gerson: Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr.'s endorsement of Barack Obama last week -- "I believe in this guy like I've never believed in a candidate in my life" -- recalled another dramatic moment...

SD Attempts to Revive Abortion Ban

Posted on April 02, 2008
Too bad this wasn't an April Fool's joke: Rapid City Journal: Abortion Ban Supporters Collect Twice the Necessary Signatures, by Kevin Woster (4/1): Abortion opponents rolled three safes stuffed with signed petitions into the state Capitol Monday, signaling another round...

Panel Urges Action To Address Baltimore's HIV/AIDS Epidemic

Posted on April 01, 2008
Baltimore Sun: More AIDS action urged, by Jonathan Bor: Six years after city officials declared a "state of emergency" over Baltimore's AIDS problem, a commission is calling for stronger prevention efforts to reverse an epidemic that remains one of the...

EEOC Sees Spike in Pregnancy Discrimination Complaints

Posted on April 01, 2008
Wall Street Journal: More Women Pursue Claims of Pregnancy Discrimination, by Sue Shellenbarger: Pregnancy-bias complaints recorded by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission surged 14% last year to 5,587, up 40% from a decade ago and the biggest annual increase in...

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Researchers Report Findings on Use of Stem Cells from Hair Follicles

Posted on April 01, 2008
United Press International: Hair follicles possible stem cell source: University of Buffalo engineers said stem cells from hair follicles have the potential to be engineered into new blood vessels for bypass surgery. The researchers said stem cells from sheep hair...

AK House Passes Abortion Ban

Posted on March 30, 2008
Daily News-Miner: Sides Hold Firm on Abortion Bill, by Anne Sutton: Critics of a bill banning partial-birth abortion say the real intent is to ban abortion altogether. It?s a claim sponsors of the measure deny. In a House debate on...

AZ Legislature Passes Two Bills Restricting Abortion

Posted on March 30, 2008
The Arizona Republic: Senate votes send abortion bills to Napolitano, by Amanda Crawford: The Legislature passed two bills Tuesday regulating abortions in Arizona ? one clarifying how a judge can approve an abortion for a minor and the other establishing...

Brooklyn Law School Symposium Today on "Decentralizing Rights"

Posted on March 28, 2008
Brooklyn Law School is hosting a symposium, Decentralizing Rights: State-level Strategies to Promote Justice and Equality, today: In the mid-20th century, the Warren Court revolutionized constitutional law by nationalizing norms of rights and equality...

FDA Grants Priority Review of Cervical Cancer Vaccine For Adult Women

Posted on March 28, 2008
Reuters: FDA grants fast review of Gardasil for adult women (3/19): Merck & Co on Wednesday said U.S. regulators have granted a priority review for the company's application to expand marketing of its Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine to women aged...

Michael Stokes Paulsen on Prospective Abolition of Abortion

Posted on March 27, 2008
Michael Stokes Paulsen (University of St. Thomas Law School) has posted Prospective Abolition of Abortion: Abortion and the Constitution in 2047, University of St. Thomas Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 1, No. 57, 2007, on SSRN. Here is...

WI Court Upholds Reprimand of Pharmacist's Refusal to Dispense Contraception

Posted on March 27, 2008
The Capital Times: Pharmacist Loses Appeal on Refusing Contraceptive, by Anita Weier: An appeals court today upheld a decision by the state Pharmacy Examining Board reprimanding and placing conditions on the license of a pharmacist who refused to fill or...

Senate Candidate Legally Changes Name to "Pro-Life"

Posted on March 26, 2008
Associated Press: Aspiring Pol Changes Name To Pro-Life: Idaho Strawberry Farmer Vying For Larry Craig's Senate Seat Trumpets Abortion Stance A Senate candidate has legally changed his name to Pro-Life and will appear on the ballot that way this year,...

US DOJ Sues to Protect Mississippi's Only Abortion Provider

Posted on March 26, 2008
The Clarion-Ledger: Abortion Foe Admits Breaking Rule to Remain 25 Feet from Local Clinic, by Rebecca Helmes: Longtime anti-abortion protester Roy McMillan admitted in court Friday that he had twice broken a federal agreement to stay 25 feet from Mississippi's...

Women Can Obtain EC Faster at Pharmacies Than in Clinical settings, Study Shows

Posted on March 26, 2008
Via National Partnership for Women and Families Daily Report: A new study published in the journal, Contraception, shows pharmacies provide more rapid access to emergency contraception (EC) than clinical settings. ("Provision of Emergency Contraception: A Pilot Study Comparing Access Through...

Court Dismisses CA Challenge to Weldon Amendment

Posted on March 25, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle: Judge: State's anti-abortion suit premature, by Bob Egelko: A federal judge dismissed on Tuesday California's challenge to a federal anti-abortion law that threatens the state with huge financial penalties, saying the lawsuit - filed in January 2005...

March 25th is Back Up Your Birth Control Day of Action!

Posted on March 25, 2008
Join advocates across the country in raising awareness of EC and ensuring that every woman can back up her birth control with EC when and if she needs it. The 2008 Day of Action is dedicated to making EC available...

UK: Catholic Church Outraged Over Gordon Brown's Stem Cell Bill

Posted on March 24, 2008
Telegraph.co.UK: Embryo Bill sparks Labour row with church, by Andrew Porter and Caroline Gammell: The row over the Government's flagship Embryology Bill threatened to escalate into one of the most serious crises of Gordon Brown's premiership, as a war of...

Supreme Court Refuses to Review Arizona Prison?s Abortion Policy

Posted on March 24, 2008
ACLU press release: Lower Court?s Ruling Upholding Women?s Right to Reproductive Freedom Will Stand: Washington, DC - The United States Supreme Court announced today that it would not review a lower court decision preventing prison officials in Maricopa County, Arizona,...

Wisconsin Anti-Choice Activists Accuse College Newspapers of Censorship

Posted on March 24, 2008
La Crosse Tribune, UW-L student newspaper accused of censoring, by K.J. Lang (3/14): Pro-life Wisconsin has accused three college newspapers ? including the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Racquet ? of censorship because they have not run an ad warning against...

Kansas Legislature Takes Steps to Tighten Restrictions on Later Abortions

Posted on March 24, 2008
Associated Press: Abortion bill passes House, moves to Senate (3/18): The House passes a bill supporters say will lead to tighter restrictions on late-term abortions. The 84-40 vote Tuesday sent the bill to the Senate. The sponsor, Olathe Republican Lance...

Illinois High Court Considers Pharmacy Rules

Posted on March 24, 2008
Associated Press: Ill. High Court Considers Pharmacy Rules, by John O'Connor (3/18): SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- A group of pharmacists asked the Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday to throw out a rule that forces them to dispense emergency contraception despite...

NPR: Ob/Gyn Group: New Ethics Standards Misinterpreted

Posted on March 21, 2008
A follow-up to an earlier NPR segment (see this post): Obstetrican-gynecologists who don't want to perform or refer for abortions are not at risk of losing their board certification after all. Last Friday, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike...

Study Shows Effectiveness of Comprehensive Sex Ed

Posted on March 21, 2008
Seattle Times: UW researchers say comprehensive sex ed cuts teen pregnancies, by Kyung M. Song: Students who receive comprehensive sex education are half as likely to become teen parents as those who get none or abstinence-only sex education, according to...

Dr. Susan Wicklund to Reopen Abortion Clinic in Bozeman, MT

Posted on March 21, 2008
Associated Press: Doctor plans to reopen abortion clinic in Bozeman: Medical abortions unavailable here for 10 years will be offered again by June, says the physician who operated Bozeman's only abortion clinic in the 1990s. "Women should not have to...

California Board of Ed Adopts Sex Ed Standards

Posted on March 20, 2008
Contra Costa Times: State panel adopts health curriculum, by Dana Hull: After nearly two years of debate and numerous drafts, California's State Board of Education quietly adopted its first-ever set of "health education content standards" this week. The guidelines spell...

New Ob/Gyn Guidelines Stir Ethics, Legal Debate

Posted on March 19, 2008
Via NPR: The Bush administration says new ethics guidelines written by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists may violate federal "conscience" laws. The guidelines require physicians to make referrals for abortions or other procedures they don't wish to perform...

Alabama Prosecutes Women For Drug Use During Pregnancy

Posted on March 19, 2008
NY Times: In Alabama, a Crackdown on Pregnant Drug Users, by Adam Nossiter: A day after she gave birth in 2006, Tiffany Hitson, 20, sat on her front porch crying, barefoot and handcuffed. A police officer hovered in the distance....

Luke Milligan on Fetal Homicide Laws and Rawls

Posted on March 19, 2008
Luke M. Milligan (University of Louisville Law School) has posted A Theory of Stability: John Rawls, Fetal Homicide, and Substantive Due Process, Boston University Law Review, Vol. 87, No. 5, 2007, on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article evaluates...

China Will Retain One-Child-Per-Couple Policy

Posted on March 19, 2008
NY Times: China Sticking With One-Child Policy, by Jim Yardley: China?s top population official said the country?s one-child-per-couple family planning policy would not change for at least another decade. The announcement refutes speculation that officials were contemplating adjustments to compensate...

Sweeping Quebec education reforms leaving curious teens without sex ed

Posted on March 19, 2008
Via the Canadian Press: MONTREAL ? Quebec teenagers may be left groping in the dark about the dangers and joys of sexual intimacy as the province cuts high school sex-education classes. Sweeping Quebec education reform is eliminating class time for...

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