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Pregnant Servicewomen Now Face Jail Time
In what may be the worst military reproductive rights policy yet (and there's a lot of competition), one general has decided that soldiers under his command can be court-martialed and jailed for getting pregnant. More »Blindfolded By A Pink Ribbon? Barbara Ehrenreich On Mammograms, Breast Cancer
Barbara Ehrenreich asks, "has feminism been replaced by the pink-ribbon breast cancer cult?" In other words, are women so concerned with access to mammograms that they're ignoring science and even their own rights? More »"Palinizing" Prejean, Prejeanizing Palin: Two Conservative Women Look Out For #1
Health Care Bill Is Still Full Of Drama
It's been ten days since the announcement of the Stupak-Pitts amendment, and health care reform hasn't been the same. News bites, including the Massachusetts senate race, circumventing a filibuster, and how the Wall Street Journal got it wrong after the jump. More »Dirty Diana
[Washington, D.C., November 5. Image via Getty]
More »Three Feminists On Dirty Words, Pop Culture, And The Language Of Choice
Anti-Choice Democrats Hold Up Healthcare Bill
House Democrats are pretty much ready to get started debating the monster healthcare reform bill, except for those conservatives who are trying to seize the opportunity to block more women's access to abortion. More »Illinois Votes To Enforce Parental Notification Laws While Pro-Choice Nun Suspends Activism
Illinois's Medical Disciplinary Board has voted to start enforcing a law that requires doctors to give the parents or guardians of girls 17 or younger 48 hours' notice before providing them with abortions. More »Ova Are People, Too
Colorado anti-choicers are redefining personhood yet again. Life no longer starts at fertilization, but at "the beginning of the biological development of a human being." If so, say goodbye to in-vitro fertilization, stem cell research, and bodily autonomy! [Colorado Independent]Is A Forced C-Section Comparable To Rape?
Ever since women fought against twilight sleep being used in hospitals, questions about giving birth and what practices are helpful or harmful has captivated public conversation. A growing movement hopes to draw attention to the overuse of Caesarean procedures. More »What About The Miscarriage Penelope Trunk Didn't Tweet?
Guttmacher Institute: Recession Cures Baby Fever
A recent survey by the Guttmacher Institute found that nearly half of the American women who responded wish to delay childbearing until the economy improves. Unfortunately, many are also skipping birth control and routine gynecological care to save money. More »Who Is Enriching Himself In The Abortion Debate?
Well-known tool Tucker Carlson is really upset that doctors who perform abortions are charging for their services! He calls it "enriching" themselves. I call it being hypocritical and disingenuous, like most of the right-wing on this issue. More »How The Anti-Abortion Movement Demonized George Tiller
Awesome, Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg Explains It All To You
Australian Doctors Fear Prosecution For RU486
The upcoming trial of a 19-year-old Australian girl charged with procuring her own miscarriage has lead obstetrician Caroline De Costa to advise doctors to stop prescribing "non-surgical abortions" because of the legal loophole responsible for this sorry case. [News.com.au]Operation Rescue Goes Predictably Negative, Crazy On Sotomayor
In a Photoshop job that, were it about a child, might cause Sarah Palin to resign yet again, Operation Rescue's Randall Terry is calling for the defeat of Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court — and he's not alone. More »Steven Waldman Thinks We Should Pay Women To Carry Their Unplanned Pregnancies To Term
Several readers wrote in today to tip us to a video of Beliefnet's Steven Waldman and Slate's William Saletan discussing the idea of paying pregnant women to carry their babies to term in order to give them up for adoption. More »Perpetually Annoying Slate Writer Sez Calling It A Fetus Might Lead To Infanticide
Wow: William Saletan at Slate thinks that pregnant, abortion-loving women had better think twice about calling a fetus anything other than "a baby," or else they "might" end up offing their kids. More »Some People Underestimate The Economic Impact Of Abortion
Op-Ed Writer: Pro-Choicers Have George Tiller's Blood On Their Hands