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Joanna Grossman on Pregnancy Discrimination Law and Equal Citizenship

Posted on June 09, 2010
Joanna L. Grossman (Hofstra University School of Law) has posted Pregnancy, Work, and the Promise of Equal Citizenship on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Can women capture the benefits of equal citizenship in a legal system that does not mandate...

Carlos Ball on Martha Nussbaum's Writings on Human Sexuality

Posted on June 09, 2010
Carlos A. Ball (Rutgers University School of Law at Newark) has posted Martha Nussbaum, Essentialism, and Human Sexuality on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The type of liberal humanism defended by Martha Nussbaum can be criticized as ?essentialist? because it...

FDA to Consider Approval for New Emergency Contraceptive

Posted on June 09, 2010
Salon.com: FDA considers a Plan C, by Tracy Clark-Flory: But anti-abortion activists want ulipristal acetate, a new and improved emergency contraceptive, to be banned Next week, the Food and Drug Administration is set to consider approval for an emergency contraceptive...

Early Abortion Pill Given via Video Link in Iowa

Posted on June 09, 2010
NY Times: Abortion Drugs Given in Iowa via Video Link, by Monica Davey: DES MOINES ? The situation has played out hundreds of times. From his office here, a doctor asks a woman on the computer screen before him one...

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Gates Foundation Promises $1.5 Billion for Maternal and Child Health

Posted on June 07, 2010
NY Times: Gates Effort to Focus on Mother and Child, by Denise Grady: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said it would spend $1.5 billion over the next five years on maternal and child health, family planning and nutrition programs...

Peter Singer on the Moral Calculus Underlying Procreation

Posted on June 07, 2010
NY Times Opinionator: Should This Be the Last Generation?, by Peter Singer: Have you ever thought about whether to have a child? If so, what factors entered into your decision? Was it whether having children would be good for you,...

"Women Deliver" Conference Begins Today in Wash. DC

Posted on June 07, 2010
Via Women Deliver: Women Deliver 2010, a global conference, will be held in Washington DC on June 7-9, 2010. The theme of the conference is: "Delivering solutions for girls and women," and we plan to focus on political, economic, social/cultural,...

Alaska Supreme Court Rules Abortion Parental Notice Initiative May Appear on August Ballot

Posted on June 05, 2010
Ms. Magazine: Feminist Wire Newsbriefs: Parental Notification Initiative to Appear on the Alaska Ballot: On Wednesday, the Alaska State Supreme Court ruled that a parental notification initiative will appear on the Alaska primary ballot in August. The validity of the...

Newly Released Documents Reveal Little New Information About Elena Kagan's Views on Abortion and Other Issues

Posted on June 05, 2010
CNN: Kagan documents reveal pragmatic approach on abortion controversy, by Bill Mears:Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan took a pragmatic approach to the issue of late-term abortion when working as a top lawyer in the Clinton White House, documents released Friday...

Amy Wax on Demographic Variations in Patterns of Marriage, Divorce, and Childbearing

Posted on June 04, 2010
Amy L. Wax (University of Pennsylvania Law School) has posted Diverging Family Structure and 'Rational' Behavior: The Decline in Marriage as a Disorder of Choice on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The past fifty years have witnessed a growing divergence....

WSJ Opinion Piece Discusses Recent Gallup Poll on Abortion

Posted on June 04, 2010
Wall St. Journal (Opinion: Main Street): Gallup's Pro-Life America, by William McGurn: When will our media reflect America on abortion? During the health-care summit earlier this year, Vice President Joe Biden was roundly mocked for saying, "I don't know what...

Abortion Opponents Make Advances at the State Level

Posted on June 04, 2010
NY Times: Abortion Foes Advance Cause at State Level, by John Leland: At least 11 states have passed laws this year regulating or restricting abortion, giving opponents of abortion what partisans on both sides of the issue say is an...

Government Report Shows Teens More Accepting of Childbirth Outside of Marriage

Posted on June 03, 2010
USA Today: Survey: Teens more accepting of out-of-wedlock pregnancy, by Rita Rubin: Among teens in the USA, the percentage who have had sexual intercourse or say they'd be pleased if they or their partner were to get pregnant hasn't changed...

Abortions Illegal, but Common, in Brazil

Posted on June 03, 2010
Time Magazine: Abortions in Brazil, Though Illegal, Are Common, by Andrew Downie: It should not be too surprising that in Brazil, the country with the largest number of Roman Catholics (73% of the populace, or about 140 million), abortion is...

South Carolina Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates Offer Contrasting Views on Abortion

Posted on June 02, 2010
The Post & Courier: Striking contrast, by Robert Behre: Differences help define gubernatorial hopefuls The three Democratic gubernatorial candidates differ on removing the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse grounds, their support for abortion and whether they would do the...

Nun's Excommunication Highlights Catholic Church's Disparate Treatment of Nuns Versus Priests

Posted on June 02, 2010
Newsweek Magazine: Female Troubles, by Lisa Miller: At a time when the Catholic Church most needs women, it has launched a frontal attack on its nuns. Earlier this month, in something of a surprise, a nun at a Catholic hospital...

Phillipines: Sharp Decline in Publicly Funded Contraceptives in Creates Barriers to Women's Contraceptive Use

Posted on June 02, 2010
Guttmacher Institute news release: Cutbacks in Publicly Funded Contraceptive Services Reduce Filipino Women's Ability to Practice Contraception:Poor Women Most Affected by Higher Contraceptive Costs A sharp decline in publicly funded contraceptive services and supplies in the Philippines since 2004 has...

Breast Cancer Vaccine May Be on the Horizon

Posted on June 02, 2010
USA Today: Cleveland Clinic doctor reports a possible vaccine to prevent breast cancer: An immunologist at Cleveland Clinic says he believes he has discovered a vaccine that could prevent breast cancer, WKYC reports. Dr. Vincent Tuohy, who led the research,...

South Korean Constitutional Court Rules that Embryos are Not "Life Forms"

Posted on June 01, 2010
USA Today: Faith & Reason: Embryos are not 'life forms,' South Korea court rules: A story out of South Korea today gives one pause: The Constitutional Court there has ruled that "human embryos left over from fertility treatment are not...

Op-Ed on the "Framing War" in the Abortion Debate

Posted on June 01, 2010
LA Times (Op-Ed): Nuance matters in abortion debate, by Nancy L. Cohen: Despite recent hype, a majority in U.S. don't want abortion criminalized. But the nation is split between those who call themselves pro-life and those who are pro-choice, a...

New Book "America and the Pill" Traces the Pill's Influence on Women

Posted on June 01, 2010
Wash. Post: In "America and the Pill," Elaine Tyler May traces the pill's influence on women, by Elaine Tyler May: AMERICA AND THE PILL: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation "I would be perfectly happy if not for the...

Shari Motro on Tax Treatment of Pregnancy Support Among Unmarried Lovers

Posted on June 01, 2010
Shari Motro (University of Richmond School of Law) has posted Preglimony on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Unmarried lovers who conceive are strangers in the eyes of the law. If the woman terminates the pregnancy, the man owes her nothing....

Coerced Teen Pregnancy More Common than Many Realize

Posted on June 01, 2010
The Nation: When Teen Pregnancy Is No Accident, by Lynn Harris: Leyla W. couldn't figure out where her birth control pills kept going. One day a few tablets would be missing; the next, the whole container. Her then-boyfriend shrugged and...

Senate Armed Services Committee Votes to Repeal Ban on Abortions at Military Hospitals

Posted on June 01, 2010
National Abortion Federation press release: Senate Armed Services Committee Votes to Repeal Ban on Abortions at Military Hospitals: Saporta: Women in the military put their lives on the line for our country and they deserve the same access to safe,...

Survey Shows the Pill and Sterilization Remain the Most Popular Contraceptives Among Women

Posted on May 28, 2010
USA Today: U.S. women still prefer the pill, sterilization for contraception, by Rita Rubin: A growing percentage of U.S. women are using intrauterine devices, or IUDs, but the pill and female sterilization still lead the contraceptive pack, as they have...

Remembering Dr. George Tiller

Posted on May 28, 2010
National Abortion Federation press release: NAF Remembers Dr. George Tiller: Statement of Vicki Saporta, President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF): One year ago Monday, NAF member Dr. George Tiller was murdered at his church in Wichita, Kansas...

Medical Community's Opposition to Abortion Discourages New Abortion Providers

Posted on May 28, 2010
Guttmacher Institute news release: OB-GYN Residents Who Intend to Provide Abortion Services Often Do Not Actually Do So: Professional Obstacles, Not Fear of Harassment, Primary Barrier to Provision Opposition to abortion within the health care community?rather than fear of public...

Important Tips About Herpes

Posted on May 28, 2010
NY Times: 5 Things to Know About Herpes, by Eric Sabo: This week in The Times Health Guide, New York Times contributor Eric Sabo writes about genital herpes, ?the largest epidemic no one wants to talk about.? Genital herpes spreads...

Carole Joffe on the Recent Rise in Anti-Choice Misogyny

Posted on May 28, 2010
RH Reality Check: Anti-Choice Woman-Hating Goes Mainstream, by Carole Joffe (Sociology, UC Davis): She consented in the murder of an unborn child. There are some situations where the mother may in fact die along with her child. With this brief...

Morgan Holcomb & Mary Byrn on Surrogacy Compensation

Posted on May 28, 2010
Morgan Holcomb (University of Minnesota Law School) and Mary Patricia Byrn (William Mitchell College of Law) have posted When Your Body is Your Business on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Surrogacy in the United States is a multi-million dollar industry....

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