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Federal Judge Ratifies Agreement to Block Portions of Louisiana Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Law

Posted on August 20, 2010
Feminist News (Feminist Majority Foundation): Parts of New Louisiana Ultrasound Law Blocked: A federal court yesterday ratified an agreement to block two provisions of a new Louisiana state ultrasound law. The Center for Reproductive Rights and six Louisiana abortion clinics...

Mary Anne Case on Same-Sex Marriage and Sex Discrimination

Posted on August 20, 2010
Mary Anne Case (University of Chicago Law School) has posted What Feminists Have to Lose in Same-Sex Marriage Litigation on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article highlights both the rewards in accepting and the risks in rejecting a claim...

UNC Student Health Insurance Plans Now Allow Students to Opt Out of Abortion Coverage

Posted on August 19, 2010
New Observer.com: Students can reject abortion coverage, by Eric Ferreri: CHAPEL HILL: Public university students enrolled in a new UNC system health insurance plan can opt out of abortion coverage. Though the plan covers the procedure, UNC system officials said...

Lack of Federal Funding Means Poor, Uninsured Women Often Turn to Do-It Yourself Abortion

Posted on August 19, 2010
ABC News: Immigrants Lured to Cheap, Do-It-Yourself Abortion, by Susan Donaldson James: Ban on Federal Funds in Obama Health Care Law Means Poor, Uninsured Women are Marginalized, According to Experts Kelly, a part-time hairdresser from Atlanta, took five little white...

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Kansas Board Admonishes Former Prosecutor for Actions in Abortion Investigation

Posted on August 19, 2010
Feminist Wire Newsbriefs (Ms. Magazine): KS Official Admonished for Abortion Investigation Misconduct: The Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys has administered an informal admonition of former Deputy Attorney General Eric Rucker because of allegations of misconduct in an abortion investigation...

South Carolina Governor Signs Bill Requiring 24-Hour Delay Prior to Abortion

Posted on August 19, 2010
GoUpstate.com: Sanford signs abortion delay bill, gives pro-lifers a win, by Dudley Brown: Proponents hope changes help lower SC's abortion rate: More than 12,000 annually Gov. Mark Sanford has signed a bill that is viewed not only as a legislative...

Nebraska AG Declines to Defend State's New Abortion Screening Law

Posted on August 19, 2010
Feminist Wire Newsbriefs (Ms. Magazine): NE Attorney General Accepts Permanent Stay on Abortion Screening Law: Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning announced yesterday that he will not attempt to defend the state's new abortion screening law. Bruning has accepted a permanent...

A Conference on Life and Choice in the Abortion Debate: Oct. 15 & 16, 2010

Posted on August 19, 2010
Registration Open! Open Hearts, Open Minds and Fair Minded Words A Conference on Life and Choice in the Abortion Debate Princeton University - October 15 & 16, 2010 Do you find most public discourse on abortion painful? Worried conflict over...

In Memoriam: Mary Anne Warren

Posted on August 17, 2010
Via Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: In Memorian: Mary Anne Warren (1946-2010) A feminist philosopher, Professor Warren taught for many years at San Francisco State University, and was especially well-known for widely anthologized and discussed work in bioethics, especially on...

Ninth Circuit Panel Stays Trial Court Ruling on California Same-Sex Marriage Ban

Posted on August 17, 2010
Bloomberg/Businessweek: California Gay Marriage Ban Will Continue During Court Appeal, by Joel Rosenblatt & Edvard Pettersson: Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Marriages of same-sex couples in California won?t be allowed while supporters of a state law outlawing the practice challenge a...

Gov. Paterson Signs No-Fault Divorce Bill for New York

Posted on August 16, 2010
NY Times: Paterson Signs No-Fault Divorce Bill: Gov. David A. Paterson signed into law a package of bills on divorce on Sunday, including one making New York one of the last states to allow couples to dissolve marriages by mutual...

Study Finds School Grades Do Not Suffer When Teens Are Sexually Active Within Committed Relationships

Posted on August 16, 2010
Salon.com: Study: Sex won't hurt your teens' grades, by Mary Elizabeth Williams: New findings about high school students should spur a new attitude towards youngsters and intercourse Teen sex might lead to pregnancy and terrible poetry, but at least it...

FDA May Revoke Approval of Breast Cancer Drug, Avastin

Posted on August 16, 2010
Wash. Post: FDA considers revoking approval of Avastin for advanced breast cancer, by Rob Stein: Federal regulators are considering taking the highly unusual step of rescinding approval of a drug that patients with advanced breast cancer turn to as a...

Argentina's President Has Reversed Steps Toward Protecting Women's Reproductive Rights

Posted on August 16, 2010
NY Times: Argentina Faulted for Reproductive Policies, by Alexei Barrionuevo (8/10): RIO DE JANEIRO ? The government of Argentina?s president,Cristina Fern�ndez de Kirchner, has reversed steps toward protecting women?s health and reproductive rights, and backtracked on its intention to guarantee...

Prompted by Federal Funding, Arkansas Considers Teaching About Contraception to Sex Ed Courses

Posted on August 15, 2010
4029TV.com: State Considers Sex Ed Courses Including Contraceptives: State officials said Arkansas sex education courses funded with state and federal money may soon include teaching about the use of contraceptives and abstinence as ways to prevent teenage pregnancies...

Mass. Supreme Court Rules Women Entitled to Only Eight Weeks' Unpaid Maternity Leave

Posted on August 15, 2010
Salon.com: Massachusetts' strict maternity leave ruling, by Tracy Clark-Flory: The state supreme court says moms get eight weeks off without pay, and women are angry Moms in Massachusetts get eight weeks of secure, unpaid maternity leave -- and beyond that,...

Research Suggests Menstrual Cramps May Alter Women's Brains

Posted on August 15, 2010
USA Today: Menstrual cramps may alter women's brains, by Jennifer Goodwin: Menstrual cramps are often dismissed as a mere nuisance, but new research suggests the monthly misery may be altering women's brains. Researchers in Taiwan used a type of brain...

Cartoonist Mark Fiore's Satirical Movie Trailer on "Activist Judges"

Posted on August 15, 2010
Newsweek Magazine: "This Film Is Not Yet Rated: 'Activist Judges'", by Mark Fiore:

New York on Brink of Becoming Last State to Adopt No-Fault Divorce

Posted on August 15, 2010
Wall St. Journal: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, by Ilyon Woo: False confessions, graphic testimony, framed spouses and 'unknown blondes': a history of the difficulty in getting divorced, and how it could now change In 1961, as cheap, fast...

5-Day Emergency Contraceptive Approved by F.D.A. for Prescription Only

Posted on August 14, 2010
NY Times: F.D.A. Approves 5-Day Emergency Contraceptive, by Gardiner Harris: WASHINGTON ? Federal drug regulators on Friday approved a new form of emergency contraceptive pill that prevents pregnancies if taken as many as five days after unprotected intercourse...

Two Louisiana Abortion Restrictions Scheduled To Take Effect Sunday, Barring Judicial Action

Posted on August 13, 2010
Times-Picayune: Abortion laws take effect Sunday, by Ed Anderson: Pro-choice group files suit against them BATON ROUGE -- Two state laws dealing with abortion services will go into effect Sunday, barring further action by the federal judge handling a lawsuit...

Experimental AIDS Vaccine Trial To Begin in US and Africa

Posted on August 13, 2010
Bloomberg News: Crucell, Harvard to Take Part in Experimental AIDS Vaccine Test in Africa, by Simeon Bennett: Crucell NV plans to test its experimental AIDS vaccine in the U.S. and Africa, advancing the quest for a protective shot against the...

Judge Walker Orders Stay on Prop 8 Injunction Lifted as of August 18

Posted on August 12, 2010
NY Times: Judge Allows, but Delays, Gay Marriage in California, by Jesse McKinley: Just a week after ruling that Proposition 8 ? a 2008 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage ? was unconstitutional, a federal judge lifted his stay of his...

Florida Court Upholds Right Of Pregnant Woman To Determine Medical Care

Posted on August 12, 2010
ACLU Press Release: Tallahassee, FL ? In an important decision for the right of women to make their own medical choices, the Florida District Court of Appeal today ruled that the rights of a pregnant woman were violated when she...

Two MTV Series Focus on Teen Pregnancy

Posted on August 11, 2010
NPR: MTV's 'Teen Mom' Makes For Teaching Moments, by Karen Grigsby Bates: From the Kardashians to the Real Housewives of wherever, there's no denying America's fascination with reality television. But much more interesting than what's happening in any of those...

Recent Displays of Federal Courts' Power Attract Public's Attention

Posted on August 10, 2010
NPR blog: As Kagan Joins, Federal Courts' Roles Rise In Importance, by Ron Elving: This weekend, Elena Kagan was sworn into the elite club of 112 who have served on the U.S. Supreme Court. The moment was duly noted across...

Girls Show First Signs of Puberty at Ever Younger Ages

Posted on August 10, 2010
NY Times: First Signs of Puberty Seen in Younger Girls, by Denise Grady: A new study finds that girls are more likely today than in the past to start developing breasts by age 7 or 8. The research is just...

Perry v. Schwarzenegger and Roe v. Wade: The Value of Judicial vs. Legislative Victories on Same-Sex Marriage (and Abortion)

Posted on August 08, 2010
The Atlantic: Will Same Sex Marriage Be Won or Lost in the Courts?, by Wendy Kaminer: Gay rights advocates have no choice but to praise Judge Walker's decision in Perry v. Schwarzenegger striking down a ban on same sex marriage...

Mexico Supreme Court Upholds Mexico City's Marriage Equality Law

Posted on August 08, 2010
Feminist Wire (Ms.Magazine): Mexico Supreme Court Upholds Same-Sex Marriage Law: Mexico's Supreme Court upheld the law that permits gay-marriage in Mexico City yesterday, rejecting an appeal from the federal attorney general's office, which argued that the law is destructive to...

Study shows IUD Effective as Emergency Contraception

Posted on August 06, 2010
Reuters: IUD works for emergency birth control: study, by Genevra Pittman: A copper intrauterine device was 100 percent effective at emergency contraception in a study of almost 2000 Chinese women who had the device implanted up to 5 days after...

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