NJ to Eliminate All Funding for Women’s Health Clinics

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Emily

I had a bad feeling about Chris Christie back in October. In the New Jersey gubernatorial race, Jon Corzine had explicitly used women’s issues as a major platform to separate himself from his opponent. Christie’s record and stances on women’s health seemed so striking, that this method of attack seemed like the best approach. He lost, [...]

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Henry Morgentaler on “The Moral Case for Abortion”

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Mike

I happened to be reading today a 1996 article by Henry Morgentaler titled The Moral Case for Abortion.  Mogentaler is a physician who survived Auschwitz, moved to Canada, opened Canada’s first abortion clinic in 1968 even though the law at the time was that abortions could only be performed to save the life of a [...]

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Nebraska Bans Abortion After 20 Weeks — The New (Unfounded) Logic is that Fetuses Feel Pain, Not the Recognized Basis of the Ability of a Fetus to Survive Outside of the Womb

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Mike

It wasn’t enough for Nebraska to pass a law requiring doctors to screen all women seeking an abortion to see if there are “physical, psychological, emotional, demographic, or situational” factors.  Now, it has also banned abortions at and after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on the ability to feel pain.  Both of these provisions are [...]

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Quick Hit: Nebraska to Screen Women Seeking Abortions on ‘Demographic Issues’

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Emily

Via Jezebel: Nebraska lawmakers have pushed through a measure that will mandate screenings for all women seeking to obtain an abortion. The bill states that doctors must screen potential patients on the basis of “physical, psychological, emotional, demographic, or situational” factors. Part of the motivation for the law is to identify women who may be [...]

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Obama Gives the Republicans Another Anti-Abortion Rights Victory

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Mike

Within a month of taking office, President Obama nominated Dawn Johnsen to lead the Office of Legal Counsel.  She was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee in March 2009.  However, in the face of unrelenting Republican opposition, she never received a floor vote.  Yesterday, she withdrew herself from consideration from the post. The Office of [...]

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NPR Changes Abortion Language Policy

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Emily

Top editors at NPR have recently made the decision to terminate the use of “pro-choice” and “pro-life” in their abortion-related articles. In a memo to staff, they outlined their reasoning to switch to the terms “abortion rights supporter” and “abortion rights opponent:” This updated policy is aimed at ensuring the words we speak and write [...]

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Reflections on Health Care Reform

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Emily

Late last night, the year-long health care debate (that lately has devolved into a circus), has, for all intents & purposes, come to a close. On Tuesday, Obama is expected to sign the bill into law. Of course, there are still potential roadblocks in the way: the Senate must approve reconciliations between its previously passed [...]

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Utah to Criminalize “Reckless” Miscarriages

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Emily

The Utah state House & Senate have both passed versions of a bill that would criminalize a woman’s “intentional, knowing, or reckless act” leading to a miscarriage. The bill uses the terminology “illegal abortion,” and specifically notes that a woman cannot go to prison for a legal abortion. The impetus for such a measure came [...]

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Virginia’s (Possible) New License Plate: “Trust Women. Respect Choice”

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Mike

I have lived in Virginia for many years.  To generalize the politics of the state, northern Virginia, where I live, tends toward being liberal, while the rest of the state is very conservative (tending toward being ultra-right-wing).  The state Senate is controlled by mostly centrist Democrats and the state House of Delegates is controlled by [...]

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Sally Jenkins: “Tebow’s Super Bowl ad isn’t intolerant; its critics are”

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Mike

Under the headline of “Tebow’s Super Bowl ad isn’t intolerant; its critics are,” well-respected Washington Post sports columnist Sally Jenkins writes today that she thinks that the CBS’ Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad against choice “is one of the better things to happen to young women in some time.” She also essentially writes that she [...]

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