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Latest blog posts from Reproductive Rights Blog

News Round Up (Sep 19)
Domestic News: Did y'all see today's NYT op-ed by Hillary & Cecile?  It's about those horrible draft regulations by HHS that would not only affect abortion, but IVF, end of life care, and, frankly, the ability of a business to hire people that will do the work of the business. Yale released its... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

News Round Up (Sep 10)
I'm just going to dump a whole lot of links out for you today:Editorial in NYT about how women need to be more involved in politics.Cost evaluation of HPV vaccine: "routine vaccination of 12-year-old girls, in addition to routine cervical screening, costs $43,600 per quality-adjusted life year... Read more...
Published a month ago

From the Convention - Women's Events
I'm here in Denver, blogging from a hotel on 16th street at least in part as a respite from the heat.  I only had a few events out here, and by and large they're over with, so I'm heading back to DC tomorrow.  Since I'm on this hotel computer, I can't open new windows, which means I can't link... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

News Round Up (Aug 22)
I'm off to the DNC Convention this weekend, so I won't be blogging from here, but hopefully I'll have good stuff to report back.  I'm going to do an event on women's cancers, but while I'm there I'll have time to head to some women's events, and hopefully volunteer with the Women's Campign... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Abortion and Mental Health
Over the years there has been much back and forth about how abortion affects a woman's mental health.  From the feminism of the 1960s to the current "safe, legal and rare", we rarely hear about abortion without it being tied to a woman's state of mind.  Back in the 1960s, women needed the right... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Election Stuff - Ramping Up
I'm gearing up for the elections in a lot of small and big ways, including continuing to work with the Women's Campaign Forum (if you are coming to the Hail to the Chiefs Event, please let me know!) and maybe going to the Democratic Convention (if I can find housing).  The campaigns are also... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

News Round Up (Aug. 8)
I've been out of the office, and out of the country, for the majority of the past few weeks, and only managed to blog once in that time.  So here's a bunch of stuff you should know about, if you don't.Also, I think I'm going to the DNC Convention in Denver.  Any tips?  Invites?  Hotel rooms... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

News Round Up (July 18)
I've been in and out of the office and working crazy hours the past two weeks, and I'm leaving for a no-internet vacation shortly.  In the meantime, in case you didn't know, here's what you should have been reading:McCain is no more pro-choice than he used to be, including that he doesn't know... Read more...
Published 3 months ago

Military Insurance (TRICARE) proposes to cover post-assault exams
TRICARE, the insurance for the uniformed services, has released a proposed rule today that would change coverage for the insurance system.  The proposed rule includes covering exams for sexual assault or domestic violence.  While the costs of these are often shared by the private co-insurance,... Read more...
Published 3 months ago

AT&T Discriminates Against Women (Still)
In the late 1960s/early 1970s, Noreen Hulteen, Eleanora Collet, Linda Porter and Elizabeth Snyder took maternity leave from their jobs at AT&T.  Under AT&T rules during this time, pregnancy was considered personal leave, and counted against employees for promotions, vacation, and pensions.... Read more...
Published 3 months ago