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Health Officials Warn of Links Between Oral Sex, HPV, and Throat Cancer in Male Teens

Posted on October 28, 2010
WTVD-TV/DT: HPV Vaccine for Boys?: Health officials say there is important information that parents and teens need to know about -- oral sex is leading to throat cancer. Most couples say talk about sex has not included oral sex and...

Arizona Judge Refuses to Block New Abortion Regulations

Posted on October 28, 2010
East Valley Tribue: Judge won't block new Arizona abortion restrictions, by Howard Fischer: A judge refused late Wednesday to block the state from enforcing new regulations this coming week that an attorney for the state's largest abortion provider said will...

Mississippi Court Rules "Personhood Amendment" Will Stay on Ballot Next Year

Posted on October 28, 2010
Feminist Wire (Ms. Magazine): Mississippi Personhood Amendment to Appear on Fall 2011 Ballot: On Tuesday, Hinds County Judge Malcolm Harrison ruled against the ACLU and Planned Parenthood in a case that sought to remove a "Personhood Amendment," an anti-abortion initiative,...

IRS Sees Penis Pumps, But Not Breast Pumps, As Legitimate Medical Devices

Posted on October 28, 2010
Louisville Examiner: Internal Revenue Service approves treatment of common bodily functions by gender [Fitness and health], by Rachel Hurd Anger: Nursing mothers, take note: your milk is not superior or necessary, so says the Internal Revenue Service...

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Richard Storrow on Cross-Border Reproductive Care

Posted on October 26, 2010
Richard F. Storrow (CUNY School of Law) has published The pluralism problem in cross-border reproductive care in the Journal of Human Reproduction: Outlawing well established forms of assisted reproduction places obstacles in the path of couples who wish to attain...

D.C. Candidate for Delegate to U.S. House Runs Ads Showing Graphic Images of Aborted Fetuses

Posted on October 25, 2010
ABC News: Ad Watch: Extremely Graphic Abortion Ad Airs in D.C. Metro: An anti-abortion candidate running for D.C. delegate to the U.S. House is airing what is arguably one of this election cycle?s most provocative TV campaign ads, featuring extremely...

Highest U.S. Teen Birthrates Clustered in Southern States

Posted on October 25, 2010
Chicago Tribune: Highest teen birthrates are in the South: A CDC study finds a slight dip in the overall teen birthrate to 41.5 births per 1,000, with the highest rate, 65.7, seen in the state of Mississippi. The lowest are...

Man Alleges Chinese Officials Forced His Wife to Have an Abortion at 8 Months of Pregnancy

Posted on October 25, 2010
The Toronto Sun: Woman forced to have abortion, husband alleges, By QMI Agency: Family planning officials in China detained an eight-months pregnant woman against her will, beat her, and forced her to have an abortion, her husband alleged this week.....

Husband Of Abortion Patient Confronts Protesters

Posted on October 25, 2010
Salon: Husband confronts abortion protesters, by Tracy Clark-Flory: After activists yell at his wife outside a clinic, he gives them a piece of his mind and videotapes the whole thing We're used to seeing videos of anti-abortion activists spewing venom...

NY Times Magazine: The Women's Empowerment Issue

Posted on October 24, 2010
This week's New York Times Magazine is titled, "The Women's Empowerment Issue." The many articles include: D.I.Y. Foreign-Aid Revolution, by Nicholas D. Kristof (featuring a woman who invented an inexpensive sanitary pad made out of banana fibers in order to...

Video Supporting Colorado Embryonic Personhood Amendment Equates Obama with Angel of Death

Posted on October 23, 2010
RH Reality Check: Anti-Choice-Tea Party Video on Amendment 62 Full of Lies, Distortions and Grotesquery, by Jodi Jacobson: I am long past the point of hoping for some semblance of truth from the anti-woman, anti-life, anti-choice movement. Still, the length...

Character on "Mad Men" Chooses Not To Have An Abortion

Posted on October 23, 2010
The Atlantic: 'Mad Men' and Abortion: It's About Plot, Not Politics, by Eleanor Barkhorn: A woman whose husband is out of town has a one-night stand with a man she works with, who's also married. She misses her next period,...

Anti-Abortion Advocate, Dr. Mildred Jefferson, Is Dead

Posted on October 23, 2010
The New York Times: Mildred Jefferson, 84, Anti-Abortion Activist, Is Dead, by Dennis Hevesi: Dr. Mildred Jefferson, a prominent, outspoken opponent of abortion and the first black woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School, died Friday at her home in...

Barbara Boxer Plays "Abortion Card" Against Opponent Carly Fiorina

Posted on October 19, 2010
Politico: Boxer plays abortion card, by Darren Samuelsohn LOS ANGELES ? Sen. Barbara Boxer returned on Thursday to a tried and tested campaign strategy by painting her opponent as an extreme anti-abortion conservative who is out of touch with California...

Proponents Predict Nebraska?s Fetal Pain Abortion Ban Will Spread to Other Jurisdictions

Posted on October 19, 2010
Omaha World-Herald: Nebraska abortion law may spread, by Martha Stoddard: Nebraska's one-of-a-kind law banning almost all abortions after a fetus reaches 20 weeks might not stand alone for long. Abortion opponents say they expect lawmakers in several states to introduce...

Citizens United Decision Unleashes Funds Supporting Anti-Choice Candidates

Posted on October 19, 2010
RH Reality Check: Citizens United: An Unprecedented Threat to Reproductive and Sexual Justice, by Jodi Jacobson: What's the connection between the personhood of a fertilized egg and the personhood of corporations? Both can and will undermine the fundamental rights of...

In NY Governor's Race, Cuomo Ad Focuses on Paladino's Opposition to Abortion

Posted on October 19, 2010
NY Daily News: Andrew Cuomo Plays Abortion Card In "Carl's New York" Ad, by Celeste Katz: Democrat Andrew Cuomo's latest ad, "Carl's New York," focuses directly on GOP rival Carl Paladino's opposition to abortion -- in all cases, including instances....

Analysis Finds Children Not Adversely Affected When New Mothers Return to Work

Posted on October 19, 2010
Chicago Tribune: It's OK, moms. You can work., by Shari Roan: Women who return to work after childbirth shouldn't worry that they are dooming their offspring to future developmental and emotional problems because they aren't at home to tend to...

Robert Goldstein on Women's Procreative Choice

Posted on October 19, 2010
Robert Goldstein (UCLA School of Law) has posted Picturing the Life Course of Procreative Choice on SSRN. Here is the abstract: For a substantial part of women?s lives, regulating fertility is a primary project. This Article depicts the life course...

New Investigative Series Addresses Campaign Portraying Abortion as Black Genocide

Posted on October 19, 2010
Feministing: New investigative series looks into movement behind abortion as black genocide claims, by Miriam: Abortion Conspiracy exposes the attacks on the human rights of Black women by conservatives using Black fronts. GritTV, hosted by Laura Flanders, has partnered with...

Abortion Medical Training and Access Are Expanded in Utah

Posted on October 19, 2010
The Salt Lake Tribune: Abortion access and training expands in Utah, by Heather May: This summer, advocates for women?s reproductive rights quietly expanded abortion options and training in Utah. In July, the University of Utah joined a national program to...

Leslie Gielow Jacobs on Abortion Disclosure Cases and the Constitutionality of Government Disclosure Requirements for Commercial Speech

Posted on October 19, 2010
Leslie Gielow Jacobs (University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law) has posted What the Abortion Disclosure Cases Say About the Constitutionality of Persuasive Government Speech on Product Labels on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article addresses the uncertain...

Winning Stem Cell Poem Sparks Controversy

Posted on October 19, 2010
The Huffington Post: Stem Cell Poem Sparks Heated Debate, by John Lundberg: The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) sponsored a poetry contest to promote Stem Cell Awareness Day last Wednesday, and the seemingly innocuous event kicked up a serious...

Clarence Thomas's Wife Leaves Voicemail for Anita Hill Requesting Apology

Posted on October 19, 2010
NY Times: Clarence Thomas?s Wife Asks Anita Hill for Apology, by Charlie Savage & Tamar Lewin: WASHINGTON ? Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, left a message last weekend on the voicemail of Anita Hill,...

Study Shows Partner Support for Contraception Affects Usage Among Married Cambodian Women

Posted on October 15, 2010
Guttmacher News Release: PARTNER ATTITUDES A MAJOR FACTOR IN CONTRACEPTIVE USE BY MARRIED CAMBODIAN WOMEN: A new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina and Population Services International finds that partner support for contraception?or lack thereof?has a very...

Anti-Abortion-Rights Activists Win Temporary Injunction Against Pittsburgh Ban on Leafleting Cars

Posted on October 15, 2010
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Abortion opponents win injunction on city leaflet rules, by Ann Rodgers: U.S. District Court Judge David Cercone today granted a temporary halt to enforcement of a city ordinance that bans leafleting of parked cars. At issue was a...

NJ Board Suspends Accused Doctor's License For Unlawfully Performing Five Late-Term Abortions

Posted on October 15, 2010
NJ.com: New Jersey board suspends abortion doc's license, by Susan K. Livio: The state's physician disciplinary board Wednesday night suspended the license of a controversial abortion doctor accused of unlawfully performing five late-term abortions outside a hospital or licensed health...

Jury Acquits First Australian Woman Prosecuted for Procuring An Abortion

Posted on October 15, 2010
The Australian: Jury frees abortion couple in less than an hour, by Sarah Elks: IN a landmark decision, the first Australian woman known to have been prosecuted for procuring an abortion has been acquitted by a jury. The verdict came...

Release of Candidate's Private Photos Highlight Sexism in Politics

Posted on October 13, 2010
NPR News: Candidates' Racy Photos Raise Sexism, Privacy Issues, by Liz Halloran: Krystal Ball was a little-known Virginia Democrat with an intriguing name, running a long-shot campaign for Congress in a district held by Republicans for more than three decades...

Women's Rights Leaders Hold Press Conference in Sacramento to Address Upcoming Elections

Posted on October 13, 2010
Sacramento Press: Women?s Rights and Access to Abortion and Birth Control at Stake November 2, by Raquel Simental: Representatives from more than 40 women rights organizations and women leaders throughout California held press conferences today in Sacramento, San Francisco and...

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