Feminists For Choice

Colorado Pershonhood Bill Fails to Qualify for Ballot – National Partnership for Women & Children An Interview with Gloria Steinem – LA Times Are Smaller Condoms for Teens the Answer? – AlterNet

Last week, my kid and I decided to catch a matinee of James Cameron’s much anticipated Avatar. The trailers made it look interesting, and I really loved his last big hit (Titanic). As an added bonus, it looked like a good bet for entertaining someone of the 16 year-old techno-geek set. I figured I’d be [...]

New Magazine for Transguys – Original Plumbing Anti-choicers Loose Bid for “Choose Life” License Plates – Sun Times Sex Ed Via Cell Phone? – Amplify Your Voice Feminist By Day, Housewife By Night? – The Globe and Mail German Women’s Magazine to Ban use of Models – Feministing Where’s the Feminist Outrage Over David Letterman? [...]

Last week the Endocrine Society announced new treatment guidelines for transgender teenagers. The country’s oldest endocrinology organization recommended that transgender youth be given hormone blockers to delay the onset of the physical changes that result from puberty, and that hormone therapy should only be given to teenagers after the age of 16 so that teens [...]

A group calling themselves “Alaskans For Parental Rights” kicked off their campaign last week to get a parental consent law on the Alaska ballot, which would require that minors seeking an abortion obtain written parental approval in order to have the procedure. The ballot initiative must receive 30,000 signatures before it is officially up for [...]

According to a new fact sheet fro the Guttmacher Institute, American teens are getting it on, whether adults want to believe it or not.  The fact sheet also shows that accurate information about contraceptive use and STI’s can help teens delay the onset of sexual activity and decrease the rates of teen pregnancy . . [...]

Great links today in the click list. A really big thank you to all the tweeps who posted them. Thanks for the help! Lawyer Who Helps Teens Obtain Abortions Explains Why Parental Consent Laws Hurt Youth – Salon Who Will Provide Abortion Services For Latinas? – Latina Institute Why I am a Patient Escort at [...]