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In the Fall issue of Ms., The American Prospect's Ann Friedman gets the real story behind Seasonale and Lybrel, the pills that allow women to menstruate only four times a year or not at all, respectively. Some opponents of these kinds of pills have argued that not having a period is "unnatural," and others say these pills "pathologize" menstruation. More »
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Cheerful anti-abortion advocate Leslee Unruh is at it again, trying to make sure that at least some small corner of her world lives according to her standards. For the second time in as many election cycles, Leslee's got a referendum on the ballot in South Dakota to make abortion illegal. On the one hand, the current initiative, which allows for abortion in cases of rape, incest or the life or health of the mother, is better than the full ban Unruh tried to pass last time; on the other, the "health" provisions are so vague that it would allow prosecutors to harass any doctor who performs one, meaning most doctors wouldn't. [UPI] More »
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Leslee Unruh is the President of the Abstinence Clearinghouse and Executive Director of Vote Yes for Life, which spearheaded the efforts to ban abortion in South Dakota. She's also dabbled in crisis pregnancy centers, mobile crisis pregnancy centers and even a home where unwed mothers can live rent free. These days, while keeping her toes in the anti-abortion movement, she spends much of her time trying to convince girls not to give it up until their wedding nights. She is committed, convincing and on the opposite side of pretty much every issue as me and Amanda Robb, the author of Unruh's More magazine profile. More »
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