Roundup: Medical Students Decide Whether to Become Abortion Provider; RH Groups Set Priorities
November 24, 2008 - 10:43am (Print)
Washington Post Examines Abortion Provider Training
In A Hard Choice, Patricia Meisol examines medical student Lesley Wojick's decision not to become an abortion provider, despite her concerns about diminishing numbers of abortion providers nationwide.
EMILY's List Staffer to Be White House Communications Director
Ellen Moran, executive director of EMILY's List, the political group that backs pro-choice women candidates, was tapped to become President-Elect Obama's communications director, reports the Associated Press.
Reuters Examines Priorities of Reproductive Health Groups
Nancy Keenan of NARAL Pro-Choice America and Cecile Richards foresee early action on the global gag rule, but a harder going on the Freedom of Choice Act.
Raleigh-News Observer Editorializes in Favor of "Common Ground" Approaches on Abortion
In Abortion Realities, the newspaper says,
"A number of anti-abortion activists across the country have looked fully in the face of a Barack Obama presidency and foreseen that, with this ardently pro-choice president in place, chances that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade in the next four years will be nil.
They prudently have decided to put their energies toward making abortion a less-attractive choice by strengthening the social programs that would help more pregnant women choose life for the unborn.
Once The Ring Is On...
You're doing right by doing it all the time, says Texas pastor Rev. Ed Young.