Roe at 39
How Have Politics Around Reproductive Rights Changed Since Roe?
by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check
January 26, 2012 - 10:05am (Print)
Jodi Jacobson and Merle Hoffman joined Rose Aguilar on her KALW radio show to discuss the the politics of and myriad legal challenges to a woman's right to privacy and choice.
Redefining Chutzpah: More Bad Ideas to Burden Women
January 23, 2012 - 9:18pm (Print)
What's chutzpah? Until December 2011, I would have deferred to the classic definition in Leo Rosten's The Joys of Yiddish: chutzpah is a man who kills his parents and then throws himself on the mercy of the court as a lonely orphan. But at the end of the year, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) introduced a bill to teach the world the real meaning of chutzpah: the "Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2011."
Next Generation Access: Medical Students Fill A Void
January 23, 2012 - 9:15pm (Print)
Medical Students for Choice were and are still literally putting their futures and lives on the line by taking on the medical establishment as well as the anti-abortion zealots to bring forward new generations of abortion providers.
Reproductive Rights on the Brink as Roe Turns 39
by Jessica Arons, Center for American Progress and Center for American Progress Action Fund
January 23, 2012 - 1:16pm (Print)
Bait-and-switch tactics by conservative politicians threaten to further undermine the protections of the Supreme Court’s seminal abortion rights case.
Women are Watching on Anniversary of Roe
by Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
January 23, 2012 - 12:20pm (Print)
On the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, women are watching, and they are angry at what they see.
Roe v. Wade News Footage, 1973: Original CBS Clip
On the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade (which was yesterday, 01/22), we remember the original decision as it was broadcasted on the news on January 22, 1973.
Gone Too Far? Reproductive Politics in the Time of Obama
January 23, 2012 - 8:32am (Print)
What about abortion gives it staying power as the central issue in domestic politics, even in the period of the worst economic situation since the Great Depression of the 1930s? This is a question well worth pursuing.
Anti-Abortion Harassment and Violence Still Stifle Access
January 23, 2012 - 8:30am (Print)
Although the clinic blockades of the 1980s and early 1990s, called "rescues" by anti-abortion activists, are fewer than they used to be thanks to 1994's Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act [FACE], the ever-present threat of violence remains a fact of life for providers.
Nearly Four Decades After Roe, Women Are Losing Independence
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
January 22, 2012 - 10:48pm (Print)
The 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade should be a day of celebration, but instead it's a time where we look across the landscape and realize that women's perception of themselves as free human beings is seriously challenged.
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The Problematic Framing of Abortion as an Issue of Privacy
by Marianne Møllmann, Amnesty International
January 22, 2012 - 10:34am (Print)
One key reason for the success of state legislatures in restricting women's right to choose might be that the fight over abortion in the United States historically has been framed as an issue of privacy. And the right to privacy offers poor protection for what is also an issue of life, health, and—above all—discrimination.
