Ross Douthat
The Horror of 160 Million Missing Girls – and Of the Attacks on Abortion Rights An answer to Ross Douthat
reader diary by Sunsara Taylor
June 29, 2011 - 2:43pm (Print)
On June 26, the New York Times ran an op-ed from Ross Douthat which highlighted the horror of there being 160 million girls missing in the world today, largely owing to sex-selective abortions. However, rather than indicting this as a horrible outgrowth of deeply entrenched male-supremacy and patriarchy, Douthat places the blame for this on women’s right to abortion and the few hard-won advances that have been made in some spheres for some women. As such, he ends up arguing for the very male supremacy and traditional values that lead to this kind of thing in the first place.
Ross Douthat Has Some Predictably Asinine Opinions About the Catholic Church + Contraception
Ross always seems eager (like, weirdly eager) to opine on women’s sexual choices and the inevitable deviance of those choices. Like usual, he’s reluctant to come right out and say that he thinks that birth control is only for bad, bad women, but that seems to be the bottom line.
What Health Care Reform Can Do For Women
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
April 4, 2010 - 10:00pm (Print)
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What Health Care Reform Can Do For Women
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
April 4, 2010 - 10:00pm (Print)
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Ross Douthat's Abortion Solution: Don't Let Women Have Abortions
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
June 9, 2009 - 9:50am (Print)
Reproductive freedom is a civil right, like marriage rights and the rights of minorities, that cannot be left up state legislatures.
Roundup (Afternoon Version): Marriage Is Not A Condom, Free Abortions In Spain?
by Amie Newman
March 20, 2009 - 12:30pm (Print)
It's All About Abortion! Douthat's Misguided Attempts to Attack Planned Parenthood
by Amie Newman
December 15, 2008 - 5:35pm (Print)
Roundup: Vatican Issues Statement on Bioethics; FDA Panel Votes in Support of Female Condom
December 15, 2008 - 12:04pm (Print)
