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Study Suggests Smoking Can Harm Sperm

Posted on September 15, 2010
Bloomberg BuisnessWeek: Smoking Could Harm Sperm, Study Finds, By Alan Mozes: Other research suggests women who smoke while pregnant impair sons' fertility THURSDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies provide evidence that smoking can harm sperm - both...

Pres. of National Abortion Federation: Unsafe Abortion Providers Are Not Representative of State of Abortion Care

Posted on September 15, 2010
RH Reality Check: Don't Judge All Abortion Providers Based on the Case of Steven Brigham, by Vicki Saporta: It is no surprise that abortion opponents are attempting to use the recent investigation of a Maryland clinic to depict abortion as...

Lessons on Contraception Missing from Most Sex Ed Classes

Posted on September 15, 2010
SFGate: Sex ed for teens: birth control is still off-limits for some, by Erin Allday: Nearly every American teenager has had sex ed classes by the time he or she leaves high school -- but only about two-thirds of teens...

Remembering Margaret Sanger on Her Birthday

Posted on September 15, 2010
Brooklyn Daily Eagle: On This Day in History: September 14 Birth Control Crusader Born, by Vernon Parker: Margaret (Higgins) Sanger was born on September 14, 1879, the sixth of 11 children, in Corning, New York. Her father was a poor...

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Luminaries Criticize Pope's Visit to UK in Light of Vatican's Record on Contraception and Abortion

Posted on September 15, 2010
BBC News: Pope's state visit criticised in luminaries' letter: More than 50 public figures have added their names to a letter in the Guardian newspaper saying the Pope should not be given the "honour" of a UK state visit Authors...

One in Eight Federal Judicial Seats Is Vacant

Posted on September 14, 2010
Newsweek Magazine: What Crisis?, by Dahlia Lithwick: Why vacancies on the bench matter. One in eight federal judicial seats is now vacant. Maybe it?s a failure of language. Perhaps we?ve been referring to it as the ?judicial-vacancy crisis? for so...

Tea Party Advocate Dick Armey Says Abortion Will Be Key Priority for Republicans If They Take Control of Congress

Posted on September 14, 2010
The Christian Science Monitor: 'Tea party's' Dick Armey: A GOP majority would take up abortion fight, by Dane Cook: "Tea party" advocate Dick Armey, chairman of Freedom Works, says that if Republicans take control of Congress in November?s elections, changing...

NC Man Arrested in Plot to Bomb Abortion Clinic

Posted on September 14, 2010
Feminist News (Feminist Majority Foundation): NC Man Arrested After Helping Informant He Believed Would Bomb Abortion Clinic: Justin Carl Moose was arrested earlier this week and charged with "providing information related to the making, use, or manufacture of an explosive,...

Alternative Birth Centers May Help Increase Rates of Vaginal Birth

Posted on September 14, 2010
Julie's Health Club (Chicago Tribune blog): Study: Alternative birth centers help increase vaginal birth, by Julie Deardorff: Since most U.S. women give birth in hospitals, they generally labor in a room designed for a sick person: The hospital bed is...

Despite Indian Supreme Court Ruling, "Finger Test" Still Used in India to Gauge Rape Victims' Sexual History

Posted on September 14, 2010
Association for Women's Rights in Development: Rape Victims Forced to Undergo ?Finger Test? to Gauge Their Sexual History, by Tana Ganeva: Here?s how some Indian doctors, lawyers and judges are going the extra mile to traumatize rape victims, according to...

Iranian Women's Rights Activist Released from Prison on Bail

Posted on September 14, 2010
Feminist Wire (Ms. Magazine): Iranian Activist and Journalist Released From Prison: Iranian women's rights activist and journalist Shiva Nazar Ahari was released from the notorious Evin Prison yesterday on approximately $500,000 bail. Ahari had been held since December 2009 on...

Ugandan Health Expert Advocates Legalizing Abortion

Posted on September 14, 2010
Daily Monitor: Legalise abortion to save babies and mothers, says health expert, by Flavia Nalubega: If abortion is legalised, many lives of mothers will be saved, a health specialist has said. Dr Raymond Tweheyo, a resident mentor at the Mulago...

47,858 Sign Letter to Obama Administration Opposing Abortion Care Exclusion from High-Risk Pools

Posted on September 14, 2010
NARAL: 47, 858 Pro-Choice Americans Sign Letter Opposing Obama Administration Policy on High-Risk Pools: Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, announced that her organization will send a letter signed by more than 47,000 individuals registering opposition to an Obama...

Government Probes Mortgage Companies' Discrimination Against Pregnant Women on Leave

Posted on September 10, 2010
WeNews: HUD Investigates Mortgage Squeeze on Pregnancy, by Molly M. Ginty: The legality of tighter mortgage practices is being questioned by a government probe of lending-discrimination complaints by pregnant women. The case was spurred by New York Times articles and...

Mexican Women Imprisoned for "Infanticide" Are Freed After Advocates and Legislators Intervene

Posted on September 10, 2010
Los Angeles Times: 7 Mexican Women Freed In So-Called Infanticide Cases, by Tracy Wilkinson & Cecilia Sanchez: Advocates say the women, who insist they suffered miscarriages, got caught up in cultural wars over abortion. The seven women were accused of...

Commentary Challenges View That Abortion is Too Easily Accessible

Posted on September 10, 2010
Daily Kos: Too Easy, by Kaili Joy Gray: They say it's too easy. According to 48 percent of American voters, it's "too easy" to have an abortion in this country. Too easy? Every year, legislatures introduce hundreds of bills to...

Estimated Number of Congo Rape Victims Continues to Rise

Posted on September 10, 2010
Salon: Congo rape victims estimate rises again, by Tracy Clark-Flory: First it was 150, then it was 240 and now it's more than 500 Remember how I reported last week that the number of Congo rape victims was worse than...

China to Begin Pilot Projects to Relax One-Child-Only Policy

Posted on September 10, 2010
USA Today: China may relax its one-child rule, by Calum MacLeod: BEIJING ? An aging population and the need for more workers have prompted China's Communist Party to consider relaxing the decades-long ban that restricts most couples to one child,...

Studies Purport to Link Ovulation with Certain Female Consumer Behaviors

Posted on September 10, 2010
Slate Magazine (Double X): Oh, Please, Tell Me More About My Eggs, by Jessica Grose: The many weaknesses of ovulation studies. Last month, a study claiming that women buy sexier clothing when they are ovulating made the media rounds. "Not...

U.S. District Court Finds "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy Unconstitutional

Posted on September 10, 2010
NY Times: Judge Rules That Military Policy Violates Rights of Gays, by John Schwartz: The ?don?t ask, don?t tell? policy toward gay members of the military is unconstitutional, a federal judge in California ruled Thursday. Judge Virginia A. Phillips of...

Colorado Voters Will Again Face Ballot Measure Declaring Embryos to Be Persons

Posted on September 09, 2010
Denver Post: Colorado Abortion Amendment Campaign Gets Going, by Kristen Wyatt: DENVER?A ballot measure that would bar abortions in every circumstance and even ban emergency contraception is back before Colorado voters this fall?but the campaigns for and against it are...

Jeffrey Parness and Zachary Townsend on Paternity Acknowledgments

Posted on September 09, 2010
Jeffrey A. Parness and Zachary Townsend (both of Northern Illinois University College of Law) have posted For Those Not John Edwards: More and Better Paternity Acknowledgments at Birth on SSRN. Here is the abstract: When former U.S. Senator and Presidential...

Doctor in Maryland Suspended for Failure to Follow Accepted Standards for Abortion Care

Posted on September 09, 2010
Baltimore Sun: Board upholds license suspension of obstetrician in abortion injury, by Nick Madigan: A state medical panel upheld a suspension order Wednesday against an obstetrician who ran a clinic in which an 18-year-old woman was badly injured during an...

HIV-Positive Namibian Women Testify About Forced Sterilizations

Posted on September 09, 2010
Inquirer Global Nation/Agence France-Presse: Namibian women with HIV tell court of forced sterilizations, by Christine Peters: WINDHOEK, Namibia?In the throes of labor, a Namibian woman was approached by a nurse who handed her a document to sign, saying the form...

Erin Buzuvis on Transgender Student-Athletes and Sex-Segregated Sports

Posted on September 09, 2010
Erin Buzuvis (Western New England College School of Law) has posted Transgender Student-Athletes and Sex-Segregated Sport: Developing Policies of Inclusion for Intercollegiate and Interscholastic Athletics on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Educators have long recognized the physical, psychological, social, and...

Iran and European Union Clash Over Commuted Sentence of Stoning for Iranian Woman Convicted of Adultery

Posted on September 08, 2010
Feminist Wire (Ms. Magazine): Ashtiani Controversy Heats Up Between Iran and European Union: The European Union traded barbs with Iran today regarding the case of Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani, an Iranian woman who was convicted of adultery and originally sentenced to...

Federal Judge Denies Obama Adminstration's Request to Stay Stem Cell Ruling

Posted on September 07, 2010
Wall St. Journal: Judge Refuses to Stay Stem-Cell Ruling, by Brent Kendall: A federal judge refused Tuesday to stay his ruling that blocked the federal government from funding human embryonic stem-cell research. In a three-page order, U.S. Chief District Court...

Two New Reports Focus on Maternal Health and Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health in Mexico

Posted on September 07, 2010
Guttmacher News Release: New Reports Document The Needs Of Young Mexican Women And Barriers To Improving Maternal Health In Mexico: Regional Disparities Affect Adolescent Women's Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Two reports released today by the Guttmacher Institute,...

Focus on the Family Pushes Abstinence-Only Curriculum in China

Posted on September 07, 2010
Wash. Post: Abstinence program partners Chinese officials with U.S. evangelicals, by William Wan: BEIJING - If all goes according to plan, this fall a girl somewhere in China's Yunnan province will tell her boyfriend she can't have sex with him....

France's First Lady Works With Industry Friends to Launch "Born HIV Free" Campaign

Posted on September 07, 2010
The Huffington Post: With a Little Help From My Friends, by Carla Bruni-Sarkozy: A few weeks ago, my friend, the designer Jean Paul Gaultier, launched with Elle magazine a special t-shirt he has designed for the Born HIV Free campaign,...

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