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Linda Fentiman on Fetal Protection Policy in the United States

Posted on May 15, 2010
Linda Christine Fentiman (Pace University School of Law) has posted In the Name of Fetal Protection: Why American Prosecutors Pursue Pregnant Drug Users (And Other Countries Don't) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: For more than three decades, American prosecutors...

What to Make of Kagan's Advice to Pres. Clinton on Post-Viability Abortion Ban

Posted on May 15, 2010
Newsweek Magazine: Context Matters, by Eleanor Clift: Pundits and activists want to read the tea leaves from Kagan's support for a 'partial birth' abortion ban in 1997, but they should remember the political environment at the time. When it comes...

Sarah Palin Urges Anti-Choice Women to Form a "Conservative, Feminist Identity"

Posted on May 15, 2010
Wash. Post: Palin pushes abortion foes to form 'conservative, feminist identity', by Amy Gardner: Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin told a group of women who oppose abortion rights that they are responsible for an "emerging, conservative, feminist identity" and have...

CDC Reports Drop in Premature Birth Rate for Second Year in a Row

Posted on May 14, 2010
USA Today: Premature birth rate drops 2nd year in a row, CDC finds, by Rita Rubin: For the first time in nearly three decades, the U.S. rate of premature birth declined two years in a row, the government reported Tuesday....

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Palma Strand on Constitutionalism and Abortion

Posted on May 14, 2010
Palma Strand (Creighton University School of Law) has posted Harvey Milk, Jane Roe, and James Brady: Why Civic Organizing Matters on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article lies at the intersection of two current bodies of legal work. The...

Stefan Kirchner on the ECHR and the Right to Abortion

Posted on May 14, 2010
Stefan Kirchner (Institute for Public Law, University of Goettingen) has posted Abortion and Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Contrary to claims made by some human rights organizations, there is no...

A "Sleepy Start" for Kagan's Confirmation Process

Posted on May 14, 2010
Time Magazine: How Many Republican Votes Can Kagan Woo?, by Jay Newton-Small: On Wednesday, Solicitor General Elena Kagan will begin a time-honored pilgrimage across the Senate's red and yellow mosaic tiles that will last for the next month, and maybe...

Oklahoma Legislature Sends Another Onerous Abortion Restriction to the Governor

Posted on May 12, 2010
Tulsa World: Okla. Senate sends abortion reporting bill to governor, by Barbara Hoberock: OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Senate on Tuesday passed a measure requiring women who seek abortions to report extensive information about themselves. House Bill 3284, dubbed the...

Kagan's Tactical Advice to Pres. Clinton on Abortion Ban Comes Under Scrutiny

Posted on May 12, 2010
NY Times: As Clinton Aide, Kagan Recommended Tactical Support for an Abortion Ban, by Peter Baker: WASHINGTON ? Elena Kagan, President Obama?s nominee to the Supreme Court, once recommended to President Bill Clinton that he support a Democratic-sponsored ban on...

Reshaping the Court: Three Women on the Bench

Posted on May 12, 2010
NY Times: Reshaping Court?s Culture, a Woman at a Time, by Mark Leibovich: WASHINGTON ? In her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1993, Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg predicted that she would eventually be one of ?three, four,....

Center for Reproductive Rights on Kagan Nomination

Posted on May 12, 2010
Center for Reproductive Rights Press Release: New York?Today, President Obama announced that he will nominate U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court. Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights issued...

Egg Donor Compensation Raises Ethical Issues

Posted on May 11, 2010
NY Times: Payment Offers to Egg Donors Prompt Scrutiny, by David Tuller: . . . Demand for human ova has been growing in recent years, fueled by infertility treatments and increased investment in stem cell research. Young women at top...

Study Suggests the Pill May Lower Women's Sex Drive

Posted on May 11, 2010
Time Magazine: Study: Low Sex Drive, Ladies? It Might Be Your Pill, by Catherine Elton: It is a statement on the evolution of society's attitudes toward sex when you compare the concerns that were raised about the birth control pill...

Obama Nominates Kagan for Supreme Court

Posted on May 10, 2010
NY Times: Obama Nominates Kagan as Justice, by Peter Baker & Jeff Zeleny: President Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the nation?s 112th justice, choosing his own chief advocate before the Supreme Court to join it in ruling on...

Ross Douthat on Red Families, Blue Families, and Abortion

Posted on May 10, 2010
In his New York Times op-ed column today, Ross Douthat discusses Naomi Cahn and June Carbone's book, "Red Families v. Blue Families: Legal Polarization and the Creation of Culture": The authors depict a culturally conservative ?red America? that?s stuck trying...

NY Times Feature on Global AIDS Crisis

Posted on May 10, 2010
NY Times: At Front Lines, AIDS War Is Falling Apart, by Donald G. McNeil Jr.: KAMPALA, Uganda . . . Uganda is the first and most obvious example of how the war on global AIDS is falling apart. The last...

USA Today Editorial on Oklahoma's Ultrasound Abortion Law

Posted on May 10, 2010
USA Today Editorial: Our view on women's choice: Ultrasound mandates in abortions cross a line:Since the Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973, opponents have steadily succeeded in making abortions harder to get. Sometimes, as in the case of parental consent...

Happy Mother's Day!

Posted on May 09, 2010
Slate Magazine: Today's Pictures: A Magnum Gallery for Mother's Day: Countries around the world set aside different days to celebrate mothers. In recognition of Mother?s Day in the United States this weekend, Magnum salutes moms the world over.

President Obama Signs Bill to Bolster Care for Female Veterans

Posted on May 08, 2010
Time Magazine: Landmark Bill Bolsters Care for Female Veterans, by Laura Fitzpatrick: America's daughters have been serving in the U.S. military for centuries, and they're being deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in unprecedented numbers. But back home, they're still not...

Governor Crist Mulls Veto of FL Ultrasound Abortion Bill

Posted on May 08, 2010
The Miami Herald: Gov. Charlie Crist feeling pressure on abortion bill, by John Frank: Once again, Florida's governor is considering a veto of a controversial measure that is spurring an outcry. TALLAHASSEE -- Facing an intense public outcry, Charlie Crist...

American Academy of Pediatrics Considers Ceremonial "Nick" as Compromise to Female Genital Mutilation

Posted on May 08, 2010
NY Times: Group Backs Ritual ?Nick? as Female Circumcision Option, by Pan Belluck: In a controversial change to a longstanding policy concerning the practice of female circumcision in some African and Asian cultures, the American Academy of Pediatrics is suggesting...

Obama Could Change the Supreme Court's Gender Balance

Posted on May 06, 2010
Newsweek Magazine: Women's Court, by Daniel Klaidman: President Obama knows he can't reshape the Supreme Court ideologically, but he can change its gender balance. Three. That may be the number to pay close attention to as we await President Obama's....

A Look at How Young Adults Today Are Managing Sex and Risk

Posted on May 06, 2010
Chicago Tribune: Sex and risk among people in their 20s, by Jessica Pauline Ogilvie:High rates of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections are reported. Over the last few decades, the period between the time when young adults leave their parents'...

The Pill Not Only Changed Social Relationships but Led to Changes in FDA Protocols

Posted on May 06, 2010
NY Times: It Started More Than One Revolution, by Gardiner Harris: The birth control pill has been called the most important scientific advance of the 20th century, and no wonder. Fifty years after its approval by the Food and Drug...

Abortion Increasingly Concentrated Among Poor Women

Posted on May 05, 2010
Guttmacher Institute news release: Abortion Has Become More Concentrated Among Poor Women: Rising Poverty, Economic Recession May Be Factors The proportion of abortion patients who were poor increased by almost 60%?from 27% in 2000 to 42% in 2008, according to...

Judge Diane Wood has Strong Record on Right to Abortion

Posted on May 05, 2010
Wall St. Journal: Judge Has Record on Abortion Issue, by Nathan Koppel: Recent Supreme Court nominees have come before the Senate with such slim records on abortion that their views were anybody's guess. Not so with Diane Wood, a Chicago...

Oklahoma Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Law on Hold Until Judge Rules on Legal Challenge

Posted on May 04, 2010
NewsOK: Oklahoma judge temporarily halts new abortion law, by Nolan Clay: Tulsa clinic, Norman doctor challenge rule on giving ultrasounds before procedure The state has agreed not to enforce a new abortion law ? criticized as one of the nation?s...

Catholic Nuns Who Signed a Letter Urging Health Care Passage Face Punishment

Posted on May 04, 2010
NY Times editorial: Courage of the Sisters: In the fierce closing debate over health care reform, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops charged that the legislation didn?t do enough to restrict insurance coverage of abortions. Many Catholic nuns and...

Oklahoma's Abortion Rate is Below the National Average

Posted on May 02, 2010
The Oklahoman (newsok.com): Oklahoma's abortion count is below U.S. average, by Julie Bisbee: Oklahoma?s lawmakers in the past few years have enacted laws seeking to limit the number of abortions in the state. So far, the number of terminated pregnancies...

An Argument for Involving Men in Protecting Reproductive Freedom

Posted on May 02, 2010
Huffington Post: Transcending Ovaries: Toward Male Equality in the Abortion Debate, by Jacob M. Appel: During last week's heated debate in Florida's House of Representatives over a misguided measure to require pregnant woman to pay for an ultrasound before obtaining...

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