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Planned Parenthood Study Finds Ways to Decrease Infection With Abortion Pill
A new study by Planned Parenthood shows that the risk of infections associated with abortion pills can be decreased by taking the drugs orally (instead of vaginally) and with a concurrently prescribed course of antibiotics. After infections and some deaths were...
Court Requires Pharmacists to Dispense Plan B
On Wednesday, a federal appeals court unanimously agreed that pharmacists are required to dispense Plan B to patients regardless of any personal or religious objections to the drug. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit wrote that...
Justice Ginsburg and Women on the Court
In the current issue of the New York Times Magazine, Emily Bazelon interviews Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (PDF) about the importance of women sitting on the Supreme Court bench. No stranger to the feminist movement, before her appointment to the Supreme Court in...
Despite Public Opinion, Anti-choice Democrats Oppose Abortion Funding in Health Care Reform
Last month, 19 anti-choice House Democrats sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi opposing any health care reform that includes funding for abortion. Among the congress members signing the letter were Pennsylvania Representatives John Murtha, Kathleen...
Spotlight on Labor Secretary Hilda Solis
A recent article in the New York Times looks into the life and history of Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis, the first Hispanic woman to serve in the president’s cabinet. The article begins with a quote from the speech she gave at Hunter College’s commencement in...
