Morning Roundup: South Dakota Proposes Justifiable Homicide of Abortion Providers
A change to the justifiable homicide statute in South Dakota, find free condoms with your iPhone app in New York City, a quick run-through of five bad abortion bills, NARAL plans to take fight to the grassroots, and Sarah Palin is too feminist?
A change to the justifiable homicide statute in South Dakota, find free condoms with your iPhone app in New York City, a quick run-through of five bad abortion bills, NARAL plans to take fight to the grassroots, and Sarah Palin is too feminist?
- Legislators in South Dakota have proposed a law that would make a homicide justified if that person was attempting to harm an unborn child. What does that mean? It means that South Dakota is attempting to legalize the murder of abortion providers. Read more in Kate Sheppard’s Mother Jones piece.
- Need a free condom? There’s an app for that! The New York City health department has launched apps for the iPhone and the Android that allow a user to see five nearby places where they can get free condoms.
- If you’re not familiar with The Week magazine, it boils down serious issues to back-of-cereal box size for easy digestion by readers. In a recent issue, the periodical looks at five “controversial” abortion debates. I think I’d rephrase that to “five radical assaults on women’s autonomy.”
- Women’s and abortion right’s groups are planning on taking the Republican “War on Contraception” to their grassroots activists. Huffington Post reports that NARAL is asking its members to contact their representatives to find out where they stand on cutting access to contraceptives.
- Sarah Palin is too damn feminist, says an old curmudgeon columnist for the Daily Caller. Also, apparently she’s in with the “radical” National Organization for Women. I’m sure NOW would like more information on that one.
Feb 15
Feb 14
- Behind Closed Doors: The unsexy parts of sex – The Flat Hat
- The Obama Budget – New York Times
- Second-Hand Smoke and Cervical Cancer: Has the Link Been Found? – Yahoo! News
- Educators, Teens Meet to Discuss Preventing Teen Pregnancy – My Fox 8
- Panel passes bill banning abortion funding – BP News
- Abortion ban will be hard for GOP to resist – DesMoinesRegister.com (blog)
- Health Matters: Gardasil Isn’t Just For Girls – WCTV
- Female Viagra: Where Is It? (Audio) – Mother Jones
- Connecting the dots: top news stories for February 14 – San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
- Lawmakers pitch plan to intervene in divorce – KBZK Bozeman News
- Zimbabwe: Fewer Extramarital Partners and Dollars Push Precipitous Decline in … – New York Times
- ‘Don’t balance our budgets on the backs of our babies’ – Florida Times-Union (blog)
- Airplanes provide wings of rescue for regional health care – Billings Gazette
- Free Condoms For Valentine’s Day – NBC Bay Area
- Tenn. D.A.s use Facebook to bring awareness to teen pregnancy – TriCities.com
- What Will Happen for Egyptian Women After Mubarak? – Slate Magazine (blog)
- Republican House Leaders Launch New War on Women – Ms. Magazine
- Ronald Reagan and Crisis Pregnancy Centers, a Pro-Life Stand – LifeNews.com
- Deal stays Kan. lawsuit seeking abortion ban – NECN
- Addressing the Needs of Transgender Youth in Primary Care – Medscape
- Study Reveals That Teens Desire Abstinence Until Marriage – The New American
- Republican Lawmakers Face Grassroots Pressure Over ‘War On Contraception’ – Huffington Post
- Plan B Closer to Being Widely Available – Care2.com (blog)
- Ruling gives Lansley power on abortions – Morning Star Online
- Valentine’s Day Is Day For Marriage Equality – Neon Tommy
- GOP push more social issues at Legislature – NECN
- TAKE ACTION: GOP proposes complete elimination of US famly planning program … – Tucson Citizen
- Fertility treatment success linked to weight and race, study claims – BioNews
- Govt. HIV campaign targets varsity students – Primedia Broadcasting – Eyewitness News
- A New Kind Of Condom For The Modern Consumer – Forbes (blog)
- Planned Parenthood Attacks Parental Rights Amendment – Home School Legal Defense Association
- Lower The Risk Of Preterm Birth By Using… Mouthwash – Babble (blog)
- NYC Health Department Launches Free Condom App – Huffington Post
- Sex ed bill would change little here – Columbus Telegram
- Sarah Palin needs to rein in her harsh feminist rhetoric – Daily Caller
- Boston Teens Form Task Force for Sex Education – SexIs Magazine
- First Thoughts: Obama’s opening bid – msnbc.com
- Pacific Justice Institute joins suit against Waldorf charter school – Capitol Weekly
- Conservatives Want to Deeply Cut Health Care Funding – Center For American Progress
- Doctors urges government to give STD vaccine to girls – TopNews United States
- Restricting abortion: 5 most controversial debates – The Week Magazine
- Latta votes to stop government-funded abortions under Obamacare – Fremont News Messenger
- San Francisco Launches Female Condom Campaign – PR Newswire (press release)
- Public health advocates push for safer sex in pornographic film industry – CMAJ
- Burmese Lovers Embrace Valentine’s Day – The Irrawaddy News Magazine
- Thailand No. 2 in teen pregnancy cases – UPI.com
- House Assault on Women – Auburn Journal
- Abortion-rights backers blast rape language in federal funding bill – Student Life
- Polygamy contributes to cervical cancer – Sin Chew Jit Poh
- Aquino: RP bill is middle-ground between Church and RH bill – GMANews.TV
- USM produces food supplement that inhibits growth of cervical cancer cells – Sin Chew Jit Poh
- New initiative aims to restrict teen access to abortion – California Watch
- “Extreme agenda” – California Catholic Daily
- Alcohol free antibacterial mouth-rinse reduces incidence of preterm birth? – HealthJockey.com
- Unfair attacks on family planning – Concord Monitor
- Sons, mothers and lovers – Manila Standard Today
- Teen pregnancy: We must deal with realities – Florida Times-Union
- House GOP agenda: Curtailing abortion, cutting kids – Seattle Post Intelligencer
- We must educate young people about the risks of sexually activity – WalesOnline
- Letter: Take action on teen pregnancy – Memphis Commercial Appeal
- Lawmakers Consider Hearing on Parental Notification for Abortion – Patch.com