Nebraska's misleadingly named "Women's Health Protection Act" was enjoined by a court in August. Stopping that law was a victory. But Nebraska is not done with its attacks on women’s rights.
Seems like many states will do anything to save a few dollars, even if it costs them down the road. And the easiest target is always the low-income woman.
In Shifra's Arms, a D.C.-based organization that "provides support for Jewish women facing unplanned pregnancies," appears to be following the model of its Christian cousins with an agenda that is less about ensuring women have choices than about making sure women facing unintended pregnancy make the "choice" that matches an organization's ideological agenda.
The same web site that claims reproductive health care providers lie to and manipulate women sends them to crisis pregnancy centers that provide inaccurate medical information.
The CDC has found that the share of teenage girls who use the rhythm method as birth control (at least some of the time) jumped from 11 percent in 2002 to 17 percent in 2008.
