Amie Newman

Amie Newman is a communications officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Amie’s professional advocacy for women started at the Northwest Women’s Law Center (now Legal Voice) and continued at Aradia Women’s Health Center where, for seven years, she directed the feminist women’s health center’s communications and outreach activities. Amie was also the Submissions Editor for the amazing publication Our Truths/Nuestras Verdades and a former editor of Rewire. Amie lives in Seattle with her family: her designer/musician husband, two beautiful and crazy children, two dogs, two chickens and a pair of fire-bellied toads.

Afternoon Roundup: Anti-Choice Bullies; ACLU Sues Federal Government for Rape Records; Protesting an HIV PSA in NYC

Amie Newman

Wisconsin anti-choice advocates bullying of an entire city - from medical doctors to hospital administrators to women seeking care - results in a hospital's decision not to provide abortions; Gay and Lesbian advocacy groups protest a NYC public service announcement on HIV prevention; the ACLU files a lawsuit against the government to gain access to records on rape in the military.

Afternoon Roundup: Pushing the Child Marriage Act, Free Birth Control in Colombia, Colorado’s First Gay/Latina Justice!

Amie Newman

Congress has the chance to pass historic legislation preventing child marrriage globally; web hosting company GoDaddy.com donates a whopping $500,000 to an HIV/AIDS prevention center for women; the Philippine parliament sells out poor citizens' reproductive health access; Colorado swears in its first openly gay, Latina Supreme Court Justice.

Don’t Throw Out Your Sexy Lingerie Or Jump Up and Down: Get A Real Plan

Amie Newman

A new campaign from Plan B, the makers of emergency contraception, launch a new campaign urging women to plan for unprotected sex by keeping EC on hand rather than ending up freaking out after the fact, unsure what to do or how to do it.

(UPDATED) Federal Judge Rules Against Health Reform Law

Amie Newman

A federal judge in Virginia has ruled in favor of Virginia's Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli's lawsuit. Judge Hudson, a Republican favorite, determined that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's central provision - that all Americans must purchase health care - is unconstitutional. What happens next?

Afternoon Roundup: Republicans Block Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell on Eve of Human Rights Day

Amie Newman

Don't Ask, Don't Tell falls temporarily - and with it the hopes of a repeal of the military abortion ban; the U.S. fails on almost all measurable goals for improving women's health; Afghan women get a hand from the UN and a new report and more.

Afternoon Roundup: Safe Sex Flash Mob, Pushing Personhood in Florida, Porn Acting and Condoms: A Winning Mix?

Amie Newman

Porn actors should wear condoms as a rule; pushing personhood for fetuses in Florida doesn't seem to be a winning idea; the number of premature infants being born in the U.S is decreasing; and a safe-sex flash mob?

On the Verge: DADT and Military Abortion Ban

Amie Newman

Will the Senate vote tonight on a repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell? Is the military abortion ban next? It seems we're on the verge of a potentially historic breakthrough when it comes to government sanctioned discrimination.

Separate And Unequal: How Abortion Bans Exacerbate Discrimination

Amie Newman

The Hyde Amendment banning federal funds for abortion care discriminates against low income women and women of color. But is far from the only ban that discriminates against women of color and low-income women.

Afternoon Roundup: Republicans Say Abortion More Important Than Economy, Birthornot.com Couple “Rejects” Abortion

Amie Newman

Newly elected Republicans around the country are hard at work dealing with the troubles afflicting our nation...access to abortion for women; The "Birthornot.com" couple makes a shocking decision; and surgeons gather from around the globe to address an entirely preventable and treatable childbirth-caused condition called obstetric fistula.

Afternoon Roundup: Wikileaks Founder’s “Condomgate”, Toys in Babeland’s Holiday Video

Amie Newman

Texas wants to balance its budget on the backs of low-income pregnant women and seniors; Wikileaks founder under scrutiny and in the police-eye for...condomgate; and commenting on nitrous oxide for pain relief during labor.

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