Governor Brian Schweitzer vetoed a bill that would have prohibited coverage of abortion in state insurance exchanges; the wife of Kermit Gosnell is released on house arrest; Justice Sotomayor will visit a birthing center/Head Start provider in DC next week; and could HPV contribute to lung cancer?
The fact that the anti-choice movement is just one arm of the larger religious right is often ignored. But a new law mandating religious indoctrination of women should change the discourse.
The WHO lists 30 essential drugs for maternal and child health, Montanans don't want to ban abortion, Princeton Theological Seminarians upset by distribution of racist flyers, and health care reform turns one!
Earlier this month, the New York City Council passed a bill which requires limited service pregnancy centers, also known as crisis pregnancy centers, to disclose the services they do and don't provide. These centers which are not health care facilities, have a history of lying to women and disseminating misinformation in service to their anti-abortion agenda.
What goes on in crisis pregnancy centers? An investigative reporter tells us the scoop. Also, high HPV rates are discovered in men, and Mike Huckabee tries and fails to judge Natalie Portman.
Texas students respond to the state's teen pregnancy rate by marching on the capitol to demand contraceptive education, a mini-roundup of the South Dakota waiting period/mandatory pro-life counseling bill, and the Oklahoma House moves to make abortion after 20 weeks a felony - for the doctor.
Texas House passes mandatory ultrasound bill without a rape or incest exception, 40 Days of Harassment starts tomorrow, Minnesota introduces fetal pain bill, and will internet-procured medication be the new back alley abortion?
Sarah Jaffe tells the harrowing tale behind the anti-choice Democrats in Congress. Right wing media has been coming down hard on reproductive rights: a two-part report.
