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U.S. District Court Finds "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy Unconstitutional
Fri, 09/10/2010 - 20:19
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...
Source: Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Commentary Challenges View That Abortion is Too Easily Accessible
Fri, 09/10/2010 - 20:16
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...
Source: Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Estimated Number of Congo Rape Victims Continues to Rise
Fri, 09/10/2010 - 20:13
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...
Source: Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
China to Begin Pilot Projects to Relax One-Child-Only Policy
Fri, 09/10/2010 - 20:07
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,...
Source: Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Studies Purport to Link Ovulation with Certain Female Consumer Behaviors
Fri, 09/10/2010 - 20:05
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...
Source: Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
The "Snap, Crackle, Pop" of the Anti-Choice Extremist Movement
Fri, 09/10/2010 - 18:09
Sarah Palin, Tom Coburn, and Rick Santorum Walk Into a Senate Race. We wish this line were the beginning of a lame joke, but it's not. Anti-choice Senate candidate Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire completed the right-wing "trifecta" as
Source: NARAL Blog for Choice
Government Probes Mortgage Companies' Discrimination Against Pregnant Women on Leave
Fri, 09/10/2010 - 14:45
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...
Source: Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Mexican Women Imprisoned for "Infanticide" Are Freed After Advocates and Legislators Intervene
Fri, 09/10/2010 - 13:36
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...
Source: Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
A Little Sunshine from the Sunshine State
Fri, 09/10/2010 - 13:24
If we gave away Emmys, Rep. Kendrick Meek's new ad, in which he touts his pro-choice values, would win hands down. As you know, Rep. Meek is the NARAL Pro-Choice
Source: NARAL Blog for Choice
Abortion is a matter of sorrow.
Fri, 09/10/2010 - 10:36
Abortion is a matter of sorrow because women cannot take baby. It is painful for women. some bangla song tell about this pain. It should be avoid by people so that next generation can grow smoothly.
Source: RH Reality Check: Access to Abortion
Roundup: Clinic Violence, Clinic Closure, and Abstinence Ed Tries Self-Funding
Fri, 09/10/2010 - 09:14
Potential clinic violence has been thwarted in North Carolina, where a man who allegedly was plotting to bomb a women's clinic has been arrested. Via WSOC - Charlotte: A Concord man gave bomb-making advice to
Source: RH Reality Check: Access to Abortion
What are the common myths about call center outsourcing
Fri, 09/10/2010 - 02:36
  • If I do call center outsourcing, I can eliminate the need for call center management in my organization.”
  • The reality is, you’ll need a high level of expertise with regards to call
Source: RH Reality Check: Access to Abortion
Jeffrey Parness and Zachary Townsend on Paternity Acknowledgments
Thu, 09/09/2010 - 22:58
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...
Source: Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Doctor in Maryland Suspended for Failure to Follow Accepted Standards for Abortion Care
Thu, 09/09/2010 - 22:55
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...
Source: Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
HIV-Positive Namibian Women Testify About Forced Sterilizations
Thu, 09/09/2010 - 22:31
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...
Source: Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Erin Buzuvis on Transgender Student-Athletes and Sex-Segregated Sports
Thu, 09/09/2010 - 22:25
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,
Source: Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
47,858 Americans Speak Out for Abortion Coverage in High-Risk Pools
Thu, 09/09/2010 - 16:57
NARAL Pro-Choice America will send a letter signed by more than 47,000 Americans voicing their opposition to an
Source: NARAL Blog for Choice
Nick Cannon: Anti-Choice Double Standards on the Airwaves
Thu, 09/09/2010 - 07:00
In my household, we’ve recently started listening to top 40 radio morning shows because the loud music, gossipy tone and cracking noise of listener call-ins is a great formula for vaulting us out of bed. Our recent station of choice features a daily show hosted by Nick Cannon, the rapper and R+B
Source: RH Reality Check: Access to Abortion
Colorado Voters Will Again Face Ballot Measure Declaring Embryos to Be Persons
Wed, 09/08/2010 - 23:00
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...
Source: Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Iran and European Union Clash Over Commuted Sentence of Stoning for Iranian Woman Convicted of Adultery
Wed, 09/08/2010 - 22:57
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...
Source: Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
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