AZ Court Rules in Favor of Inmates’ Rights – Feminist Campus
The Link Between Women, Violence, and HIV – My Joy Online
Funding for HIV/AIDS Difficult to Find – SOS Children’s Villages
Medical and Social Aspects of Abortion – Dr. Warren Hern
Check out this GREAT interview with Gloria Feldt where she answers the question, “Why are you a [...]
Orrin Hatch can eat me. On Tuesday the Senator from Utah offered two amendments to the health care reform bill. One of them was approved by the Senate Finance Committee, the other one failed by a razor-thin margin. The amendment that passed would reinstate funding for abstinence-only sex education, despite the overwhelming [...]
The controversy over federal funding for abortion has become the new death panel in the health care debate. Those who oppose health care reform have narrowed in on abortion in hopes of derailing the entire package. And although President Obama stated in his speech to Congress that abortions would not be covered under [...]
The leaders of the world’s 20 wealthiest nations, called the G20, are preparing to meet later this week in Pittsburgh, AIDS activists from around the world are preparing to demonstrate outside of the meetings to protect the loss of funding for HIV prevention and services. A lot of media coverage during the Bush Administration [...]
UK Debating Allowing Abortion Clinic Ads on TV – The Guardian
Facts About Funding Assistance For Abortion – Women’s Reproductive Rights Assistance Project
What is RU-486? – NARAL Pro-Choice America
Health Care Reform Won’t Include Abortion – LA Times
How to Use a Female Condom – Metacafe
During the Bush administration, women’s rights were on the chopping block. Access to abortion was restricted, funding for birth control and other family planning services was eliminated, and fehttp://feministsforchoice.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=1940&message=1deral tax dollars where pumped into religiously-based abstinence-only programs. Thankfully, some of that is starting to change under the Obama administration. According to the [...]
Australia Revokes its Overseas Abortion Funding Ban – The Age
Who’s Responsible for Women’s Safety on College Campuses? – Blog Her
Speaking Positively About Abortion – National Abortion Federation
Pro-Life Really Means Anti-Contraception – Crooks and Liars
Prop 8 Trial Date Set – Feminist Daily News
Oklahoma Will Appeal Abortion Ruling – Feminist Daily News
There’s so much to say about health care reform. Rather than doing one mammoth post, I thought it would be better to just do a quick hit on several aspects of the health care debate.
Here’s a great article from The American Prospect about midwives. Miriam Perez notes:
Childbirth is among the top five causes [...]
Holy Supreme Court nomination hearings, Batgirl! It’s hard to believe that Sotomayor’s confirmation proceedings begin today, but they’re finally here. We’ll be live blogging throughout the whole process, so the links are a bit light today. Enjoy!
Irish Women Challenge Abortion Ban – Feminist Daily News
House of Reps Eliminates Funding for Abstinence-Only Education [...]
Reproductive health rights are in jeopardy in New York. I’m not a New Yorker, but apparently they’ve been witnessing some kind of a political circus over the past week. Last Wednesday the New York Senate was poised to vote on the Reproductive Health Act, and chaos ensued. Here’s Kelli Conlin, the president [...]
